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Wednesday, April 03, 2013  A northwest Missouri woman will spend at least four months in prison for the death of her disabled 4-year-old daughter last year.

Saturday, June 23, 2012  A suburban St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to first-degree involuntary manslaughter and second-degree assault in a drunken-driving crash that killed a teacher and injured her son.

Thursday, March 08, 2012  A Cole County judge put a man on probation after he pleaded guilty Wednesday.

Wednesday, January 04, 2012  UPDATE: After hearing arguments for a change of venue, the judge agreed to move the case to Gasconade, which is the county directly east of Osage.

Wednesday, November 09, 2011  A man accused of Involuntary Manslaughter will go to trial after causing an accident that killed two people in September.

Monday, November 07, 2011  Story updated with video of crowd outside courtroom, sentencing Nov. 29.

Tuesday, October 04, 2011  Maries County is seeing an increase in illegal activities by teens.

Thursday, July 07, 2011  Rachel Sweet is charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  28 year old Rachel Sweet is charged with involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  An Osage County man faces an involuntary manslaughter charge after a fatal boating incident.