Foster, MO

A 70-year-old Lincoln County foster mother who shipped a teenage girl in her care across state lines, in a scheme witnesses said was tied to a monkey, will spend exactly zero days in a Missouri prison for the felony she just admitted. The post Missouri Foster Mother Accused of Trading Child for a MONKEY Gets ZERO Additional Prison Time — Judge Says State “Failed” Vulnerable Children appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.

The man killed has been identified as 26-year-old Preston Foster Jr. of St. Louis.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Kehoe appointed a St. Joseph teacher and former youth housing manager Friday...

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has announced three appointments to state boards and commissions, including appointments involving foster care and adoption, well installation, and psychology. Lauren Dudley of St. Joseph was appointed to the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board. Dudley teaches secondary science at St. Joseph Christian School. She previously worked as a resident […] The post Kehoe announces three appointments to Missouri boards, commissions appeared first on KTTN 92.3 FM &

OLIVETTE, MO – August 30, 2026 (STL.News) Authorities have identified the man killed in a weekend shooting outside a restaurant in Olivette as investigators continue working to determine who was responsible and what led to the deadly encounter. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis identified the victim Sunday as Preston P. Foster Jr., […] This News Police Identify Man Killed in Olivette Shooting appeared first on STL.News.

Chester Zoo in England said the python received the cancer treatment after a tumor returned and began invading its jawbone.

(Missouri Independent) – A bipartisan group of Missouri lawmakers pressed Children’s Division Director Sara Smith on Wednesday to explain how the agency ensures children with elevated medical or behavioral needs get appropriate foster placements. The questions came after what state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, an Arnold Republican and chair of the legislature’s Joint Committee on […] The post Missouri lawmakers question foster care safety after teen’s death appeared first o

(Missouri Independent) – Lawmakers are hauling the Missouri Children’s Division back to the Capitol on Wednesday. The hearing will cover some of the agency’s recurring trouble spots: relative foster placements, child fatalities, reunification rates and how the department has carried out laws passed since 2020. Steph Quinn published two stories this that, read together, are […] The post Missouri child welfare reforms pile up as old problems return appeared first on KTTN-FM 92.3 an

(Missouri Independent) – It was after 5 p.m. on May 13, and 17-year-old Korbin Papadopoulos sat in the Macon County office of the Missouri Children’s Division waiting for his next foster placement. Korbin had type 1 diabetes and autism, so his caseworker, another division worker and their supervisor searched the state’s foster provider database for […] The post Missouri placed diabetic teen in unlicensed foster home; he died 24 days later appeared first on KTTN-FM 92.3 and KGOZ -

Workers sought a home equipped for 17-year-old Korbin’s medical needs. Instead, he was sent to a foster home where the caregiver wasn’t trained to manage diabetes.