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Judge halts execution amid claims inmate isn’t mentally fit

July 15, 2020 8:48 am Associated Press

A U.S. judge has halted the execution of a federal death row inmate whose lawyers argue suffers from dementia.…

Trucker sentenced for Indiana crash killing mother, 2 girls

July 14, 2020 11:15 am Associated Press

A Mid-Missouri truck driver has been sentenced to 9 years in prison for causing a highway construction zone crash in Indianapolis that killed a woman…

Missouri ex-governor Greitens rushes to scene of double homicide

July 14, 2020 9:34 am Associated Press

Police say two men have died in a shooting near Saint Louis University, as former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens rushed to the shooting scene to help.…

Supreme Court rules Manhattan DA can obtain Trump taxes

July 9, 2020 9:28 am Associated Press

The Supreme Court has upheld a prosecutor’s demand for President Donald Trump’s tax…

Kansas City police officer shot, suspect dead after shooting

July 3, 2020 9:00 am Associated Press

A suspect has died and a police officer who was shot in the head during a Kansas City shooting remains in critical condition.…

Missouri man freed from prison with help from WNBA’s Moore

July 2, 2020 9:43 am Associated Press

Moore was on hand when Jonathan Irons, 40, walked out of the Jefferson City Correctional…

IBM to move jobs from Iowa to Columbia

July 1, 2020 5:18 pm Associated Press

The IBM Client Innovation Center in Dubuque will close within four months, the big tech company said Wednesday, taking nearly 350 jobs with it, with…

Couple draw guns at crowd heading to St. Louis mayor’s home

June 29, 2020 8:55 am Associated Press

A white couple pointed guns at protesters in St. Louis, Missouri, as the group marched toward the mayor’s…

Bear knocks Columbia woman to ground near Yellowstone’s Old Faithful

June 25, 2020 9:16 am Associated Press

Yellowstone National Park administrators say a woman was knocked to the ground by a grizzly bear and suffered minor injuries as she was hiking near…

Democrats want Parson to apologize for virus comments

June 24, 2020 10:37 pm Associated Press

The Missouri Democratic Party is urging Republican Gov. Mike Parson to apologize for refusing to take any blame for a sharp increase in coronavirus…

Columbia man charged in case of burned body found in KC homeless camp

June 24, 2020 11:02 am Associated Press

Authorities have charged a Columbia man with the death of another man whose body was found burned beyond recognition at a Kansas City homeless camp…

Kansas City won’t prosecute nonviolent protesters

June 19, 2020 11:09 am Associated Press

Kansas City officials have voted to drop misdemeanor charges against those who took part in street protests to decry racial injustice following the…

Missouri officer accused of striking man with SUV is charged

June 17, 2020 12:07 pm Associated Press

A white suburban St. Louis police detective who was captured on video apparently hitting a black suspect with a police SUV then kicking and punching…

Christopher Columbus statue removed from St. Louis park

June 16, 2020 10:45 am Associated Press

A statue of Christopher Columbus that stood in a St. Louis park for 134 years has been removed amid the growing national outcry against monuments to…

2nd man charged in death of retired St. Louis police captain

June 15, 2020 2:55 pm Associated Press

A second man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of retired St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn during a pawn shop break-in that…

Family seeks answers after deputy kills Missouri woman

June 15, 2020 11:20 am Associated Press

The father of a Missouri woman who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy during a weekend traffic stop says he doubts officials’ reports that she…

Murder charge upgraded in Floyd case, 3 other cops charged

June 3, 2020 1:41 pm Associated Press

Prosecutors are charging a Minneapolis police officer accused of pressing his knee against George Floyd’s neck with second-degree murder, and for the…