Ahead of a key anniversary, Missouri's sprawling 240-mile Katy Trail has earned national praise from USA TODAY readers.

The Kansas City, Missouri, metropolitan area has long been a regional hub for the federal government, and the pain from the ...

Nestled in the southwestern corner of Missouri near the tiny town of Mindenmines, this 3,500-acre expanse of tallgrass prairie represents one of the last remaining pieces of a once-vast ecosystem that ...

Mid-Missouri communities are ripe for an LA-style wildfire disaster, and experts have rung similar alarm bells for years.

We love this time of year when we can visit with our friends at Rural Missouri Magazine to learn who they have chosen as the ...

The phrase “flyover country” conjures flat stretches of grassland, dotted with cattle and cornfields. In truth, the Midwest ...

With a prime location on North America's migratory paths and a variety of welcoming natural spaces, the Kansas City area is ...

Widespread flooding have left entire towns underwater in the central United States. The days of rain and severe weather are responsible for 19 deaths and up to $90 billion in economic damages.

"To ensure EfW remains a sustainable part of urbanization in major cities worldwide, its expansion must be carefully balanced with clean energy goals to prevent merely substituting one high-emission ...

A deadly tornado outbreak ripped through the South and Midwest Wednesday and Thursday, destroying homes and neighborhoods, damaging vehicles, bringing down trees and utility lines and knocking out ...

Cancel anytime. JEFFERSON CITY — The latest attempt to prohibit local governments from banning the declawing of cats is moving again in the Missouri Legislature. Rep. Jim Murphy, a south St ...