By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself. This week a St. Louis judge overturned Johnson’s murder conviction and ordered him freed. Johnson
Continue Reading ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates beat first baseman Ji-Man Choi in salary arbitration while Seattle outfielder Teoscar Hernández and St. Louis pitcher Génesis Cabrera went to the last two hearings of the year. Choi got $4.65 million instead of $5.4 million. Teams lead 8-5 with six decisions to be issued Saturday. Hernández
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Jefferson City man was charged this week after allegedly making a false claim in a 911 call. Emerson Maureira, 34, is charged with misusing 911 and making a false report. He is held at the Cole County Jail on a $10,000 bond, according to Casenet. He also has a pair
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Department of Labor says one of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country. The agency said Friday that Wisconsin-based Packer Sanitation Services Inc. has paid over $1.5 million in
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former Theranos executive Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani returned to federal court Friday in a last-ditch attempt to stay out of prison while appealing a jury’s verdict convicting him of orchestrating a blood-testing hoax with his former boss and lover, Elizabeth Holmes. Besides overseeing arguments about
Continue Reading By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Department of Labor says one of the country’s largest cleaning services for food processing companies employed more than 100 children in dangerous jobs at 13 meatpacking plants across the country. The agency said Friday that Wisconsin-based Packer Sanitation Services Inc. has paid over $1.5 million in
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Friday night basketball consisted of a big crosstown CMAC double header at Battle hosts Hickman. For the girls, Battle came out on top 57-50 and for the boys, the Kewpies put a comeback together to down the Spartans 64-61. Watch a replay of the games in the web player below. The Lady
Continue ReadingBy RYAN HUGHES Click here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — A 5-year-old was rushed to a hospital after police say he and his father were both shot in Northeast Philadelphia Saturday night. There is still an active scene at this time. One neighbor says she heard multiple shots fired and she dropped
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By Daniel Dale, CNN President Joe Biden has made another series of inaccurate claims in an economic speech. In late January, CNN fact-checked Biden’s false and misleading claims in an economic speech to union workers in Virginia. In a speech this Wednesday to union workers in Maryland, Biden repeated one of those claims and made
Continue ReadingBy Dre Bradley Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — A police procession Friday morning transported K-9 Officer Champ, who was killed in a traffic crash Wednesday night, from North Kansas City Animal Control to Rolling Acres Memorial Garden. Champ was taken across the Kit Bond Bridge, which spans the
Continue ReadingBy LEVAN REID Click here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — The Emerson Prison Initiative is a non-profit that provides college courses to those incarcerated in Massachusetts. It started at MCI in Concord in 2017 and was the idea of Professor Mneesha Gellman. “The public safety has been for so long, this notion
Continue ReadingBy Mythili Gubbi Click here for updates on this story SALT LAKE CITY (KSTU) — People gathered at the Utah State Capitol to raise awareness about substance abuse and show others on this road that they are not alone. “Recognizing that recovery is for everyone,” said Jennifer Slack, a facilitator for family support with USARA.
Continue Reading By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A public commission says Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government met the “very high threshold” for invoking the Emergencies Act to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions last winter. For weeks, hundreds and sometimes thousands of protesters in trucks and
Continue ReadingBy KSBY Staff Click here for updates on this story CALIFORNIA (KSBY) — Rep. Salud Carbajal visited the Lompoc Fire Department headquarters on Wednesday to thank firefighters and first responders for helping rescue a family during the January 9 storm. On January 9, firefighters and first responders recued a newborn and the baby’s parents immediately
Continue Reading ARKABUTLA, Miss. (AP) — Six people were shot dead Friday in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, officials said. Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed the killings in Arkabutla, in Tate County, to The Associated Press. Gov. Tate Reeves’ office said he had been briefed on the
Continue ReadingBy Corderro McMurry Click here for updates on this story TEXAS (KRIS) — Its been almost a year since Russia first invaded Ukraine and organizers are putting on a local event, called 365 Days of Freedom, to remind individuals of its impact in the Coastal Bend. Olexsandr “Alex” Zhalkovskyi shared his personal stories over the
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon will require corporate employees to return to the office at least three days a week. Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff Friday the new policy will go into effect May 1. The current policy allows team leaders to determine how
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN A Republican strategist was sentenced Friday to 1.5 years in prison for facilitating an illegal contribution from a Russian businessman to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in 2016. Jessie Benton, who worked for the pro-Trump super PAC and was a longtime aide to former GOP Rep. Ron Paul, was convicted by a
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) — Seis personas murieron y una más resultó herida este viernes en varios tiroteos en el condado de Tate, Mississippi, luego de que un hombre abriera fuego contra su exesposa y posiblemente contra otros miembros de la familia, dijo a CNN el sheriff del condado de Tate, Brad Lance. Las autoridades recibieron la
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — Officials say a small jet slid off a runway at a Houston airport, halting flights. The jet landed at Hobby Airport, a Southwest Airlines hub, just before noon on Friday and slid off the runaway and onto a grassy area located between two runway safety areas. KTRK-TV video shows that the white
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