By RALPH D. RUSSO Missouri All-American Michael Sam says he is gay, and the defensive end could become the first openly homosexual player in the NFL. In interviews with ESPN, The New York Times and Outsports...

By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Many Missouri Democrats on Wednesday praised Gov. Jay Nixon's call to bar discrimination based on a person's sexual orientation, but a tepid response from...

(NIXA, Mo., AP) — A Missouri state representative said he was unhappy that two high school students were wearing gay-supportive T-shirts while working at an elementary school book fair. Rep. Kevin Elmer,...