JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety wants to remind all drivers that a statewide media campaign will be held Oct. 10-18. Speed limit enforcement will run Oct. 16-18. During this time law enforcement will be actively enforcing Missouri’s speed limit laws and reminding drivers of the increased risks associated with higher
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MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County lab’s approval to start testing samples of marijuana means that commercial marijuana for medical use could be on the shelves this month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that EKG Labs in Maryland Heights on Sept. 26 became the first of 10 licensed medical marijuana testers to
Continue ReadingCAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. (AP) — A 21-year-old Nebraska man has drowned in the Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Reece Isenberg of Omaha, Nebraska, died Saturday morning after he went swimming off a dock and never resurfaced. The State Patrol said Isenberg was intoxicated at the time that he drowned in
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis has tied its all-time record homicide rate, following a shooting death at a north side bar. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 36-year-old William Edwards of Cahokia, Illinois, was killed Sunday night at Bernie’s Place Lounge & Restaurant. A 28-year-old woman is suspected in the crime. St. Louis has
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On Saturday, the Department of Health and Senior Services reported 131,105 total COVID-19 cases in Missouri.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — As Missouri Gov. Mike Parson continues to recover from the coronavirus, his office is declining to say how many members of his staff also have tested positive. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Friday that Parson’s spokeswoman, Kelli Jones, has not responded to several requests for information on staff illnesses. Jones hasn’t
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police say they are investigating after videos on social media shows officers kneeling on a pregnant woman during an arrest. The video shows an officer kneeling on the back of the woman with her belly on the ground while handcuffing her during a confrontation Wednesday night. Police Capt.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Mayor Lyda Krewson says trick-or-treating won’t be canceled in St. Louis this Halloween. But health department Director Dr. Frederick Echols on Thursday said social distancing and face mask requirements will still be in place. He recommended socially distanced trunk-or-treat events. He also advised ditching communal candy bowls and instead giving out
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Hours after President Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19, Missouri state and federal elected officials reacted to the news on social media.
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The news that residents could finally see their family brought Olivia Barklage’s mother to tears, who has been a resident of the home for about a year. She called Barklage to tell her the news.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two well-known organizations that work to overturn wrongful convictions are joining forces. The Midwest Innocence Project and the MacArthur Justice Center announced Thursday that they will work together to expand efforts to overturn criminal wrongful convictions in Missouri and the Midwest. The two organizations are already working together to overturn
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City leaders are introducing a new four-part plan they hope will help the city reduce its burgeoning crime rate. Mayor Quinton Lucas introduced Reform Project KC during a news conference Wednesday that was attended by dozens of public officials and community organizers. The four “pillars” of the program are
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union is suing over a Missouri court order allowing some Kansas City area evictions to continue during the coronavirus pandemic. The ACLU on Wednesday filed a lawsuit in federal court. The organization is fighting a Jackson Court Circuit Court order allowing some evictions to continue, even
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Police say the father of a bullied Missouri junior high student has been charged with making a terrorist threat after allegedly saying he would shoot everyone in the school office. The Springfield News-Leader reports that 35-year-old Kenneth Hicks, 35, was arrested Tuesday after authorities were contacted by a Kum N Go
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A federal judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed by St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner and blasted her claims that she was the victim of a coordinated and racist conspiracy aimed at forcing her from office. Gardner, the city’s elected prosecutor, claimed in the suit that “entrenched interests” were intentionally impeding her efforts to
Continue Reading CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit claims that a Missouri man died at a 2019 Dave Matthews Band concert after being hit by a chair thrown by an employee of the venue in St. Louis County. Jasen Smith wrongful death lawsuitDownload The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the lawsuit filed by Darcy Smith
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Health department director Dr. Randall Williams said tests have already been sent to Missouri nursing homes and historically black colleges and universities, but more are headed to the state level.
Continue Reading O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The number of people hospitalized for the coronavirus has nearly tripled in areas outside of Missouri’s two largest metropolitan areas since the state reopened for business in mid-June. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ COVID-19 dashboard shows that the state’s northwest, southeast, southwest and central regions all reached record
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis officials will not prosecute nine people who were charged with trespassing after a confrontation with a gun-wielding couple during a demonstration. The nine people were part of a group that entered a private and gated St. Louis neighborhood during a racial injustice protest in June. Mark and Patricia McCloskey
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According to a letter sent to parents Monday, Southern Boone School District closed the high school for cleaning after a student tested positive for COVID-19.
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