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Friday, April 19, 2013  A St. Louis man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the beating death of his 2-year-old son.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Maries County Sheriff’s Office arrested 35-year-old Kenneth Ketcherside of Vienna for multiple violations including felony failure to register as a sex offender.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  A man convicted of killing a sports editor in Columbia in 2001 is asking Gov. Jay Nixon for a pardon.

Friday, April 05, 2013  The Colorado Department of Corrections held a press conference Thursday afternoon to discuss their parole policies.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013  Updated with photos from sentencing: Teen who shot to death 3 students at Ohio high school gets 3 life sentences without parole

Tuesday, March 12, 2013  More than 90 dogs have found homes during the program’s two years

Friday, February 22, 2013  All three are in the Maries County Jail, each on a $50,000 bond.

Friday, January 11, 2013  He was on probation and parole for a 2001 homicide in Columbia

Friday, November 09, 2012  Gabby Giffords faces man who went on deadly Arizona rampage as judge orders life in prison

Thursday, November 08, 2012  Judge sentences man to life in prison for shooting Arizona Rep. Giffords, killing 6 in rampage

Tuesday, October 02, 2012  She got seven years in federal prison without parole

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  Mother says man violeted parole.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  A man and woman from New Jersey were arrested in Fulton.

Tuesday, March 06, 2012  The Missouri House on Tuesday gave first-round approval to legislation that shortens the sentences of criminals placed on probation.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  The Missouri Senate has endorsed a plan that could shorten the sentences of some criminals who are on probation or parole.