The measure states that Kentucky wishes to “promote, strengthen, and encourage family life for the protection and care of ...

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri is poised to launch its first-ever housing wing for prisoners with newborns. After three years of planning and retrofitting, the women’s prison at Vandalia is ...

Missouri's first prison nursery program opened in Vandalia, Mo, this week. The program is the first of its kind in the state and just the 10th nationwide. "We have transformed one of the wings of ...

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Two arrests were in Illinois, the third in Missouri. Owen said police were ... The man may have been heading toward Vandalia Street, police said. On Wednesday, police released photos of a man ...

Missouri is now the 10th state to offer a prison nursery to incarcerated mothers. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic, and Correctional Center in Vandalia ... a violent crime, not committing ...

VANDALIA — Women's Eastern Correctional Center ... Perkins said the nursery's success is a product of the support of Missouri State legislators. The nursery program is funded through state ...

Over the summer, a Missouri House Special Committee held meetings and hearings on what they called a Report of the Special Committee on Illegal Immigrant Crime. “We heard repeatedly that our ...

A 60-year-old woman was seriously injured Monday evening after being struck by a vehicle in Vandalia, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The crash occurred at approximately 5:10 p.m ...

The legal proceedings concerning Andrew Lester have concluded as he died while awaiting sentencing, Clay County Court ...

Portions of south central, southwest, and west central Illinois and central, east central, and northeast Missouri ... for updates on this situation. && VANDALIA — Women's Eastern Correctional ...