Missouri woman pleads not guilty to illegally killing elk
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri woman pleaded not guilty to a killing an abandoning an elk last year. The misdemeanor charge…
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Trial moved for Missouri man charged in brothers’ deaths
The trial of a Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Wisconsin is being moved because of extensive pre-trial publicity.…
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Missouri Christian boarding school probed over abuse claims
Authorities are investigating a Christian boarding school from which around 20 girls were removed after former residents turned to social media to…
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Maya Moore now wed, to wrongfully jailed man she helped free
NEW YORK (AP) — Basketball star Maya Moore has married Jonathan Irons, the Missouri man she helped work to free from prison after a 22-year-old…
Continue ReadingBlack Lives Matter mural on Kansas City street vandalized
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One of six Black Lives Matter street murals in Kansas City has been vandalized. Now, the artists behind the mural are…
Continue Reading Police: Decomposing body found in vacant home ruled homicide
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say the discovery of a decomposing body in a vacant Kansas City home marks the city’s latest homicide investigation.…
Continue Reading Veteran dies after fight at eastern Missouri bar
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two men are charged with second-degree murder after an Air Force veteran died from injuries from a bar fight in eastern…
Continue Reading Man gets 48 years in prison for killing Missouri couple
TUNAS, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for killing a couple in 2018. KYTV-TV reports that…
Continue Reading St. Louis matches homicide total for all of last year
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 15-year-old girl shot to death in St. Louis has become the city’s 194th homicide victim in 2020, matching the total for all of…
Continue Reading Mizzou journalism school faculty criticize system president
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School faculty members are criticizing the university system’s president for…
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AP: Election 2020 Advance Voting guide
2020 could be the first year in which more than half of voters cast their ballot for president before polls open on Election…
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GOP’s slimmed-down virus bill scuttled by Senate Democrats
Thursday’s mostly party-line vote capped weeks of wrangling over a fifth relief bill that all sides say they want but are unable to deliver on.…
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Home in north St. Louis leveled in overnight explosion
Officials say no one was injured when a house in north St. Louis was destroyed in an overnight explosion.…
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Senate passes bill targeting St. Louis prosecutor
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) A faction of Republican lawmakers have forced through a bill that would give the Missouri attorney general power to prosecute St.…
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University of Missouri students face discipline over virus guideline violations
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) With nearly 700 confirmed cases of the coronavirus among students at the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus, several…
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St. Louis officer dies after being shot by gunman
Authorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died.…
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Hurricane Laura makes landfall in Louisiana
Forecasters say Hurricane Laura has made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4…
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Grain Belt Express project to expand available wind power in Missouri, Kansas,
A company planning a high-voltage power line carrying wind energy across the Midwest says it plans to distribute more electricity in Missouri and…
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Appeals court reinstates lawsuit against 3 Columbia police officers
A Missouri appeals court says a man’s lawsuit against three Columbia police officers arising from a bar fight can proceed.…
Continue Reading Missouri judge finds GOP redistricting measure misleading
A Missouri judge has ruled that the state’s Republican-led legislature illegally tried to mislead voters into repealing anti-gerrymandering reforms…
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