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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents who file income taxes would be eligible for up to a $500 tax credit under a new Republican proposal. The House Budget Committee held a hearing on the measure Wednesday. The Republican House budget leader’s bill would set aside $1 billion in state funding

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court is debating whether Netflix and other streaming services should have to pay local governments the same fees levied on cable operators. The argument is similar to one in several other states, where cities are trying to force streaming service companies to pay

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — A 54-year-old St. Louis County man who shot his supervisor after being fired from a child care center has been sentenced to life in prison. Christopher Owens of Florissant was sentenced Wednesday in the January 2021 death of 60-year-old Brantley Tate at Marygrove Child Center in Florissant. Owens pleaded guilty to

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police say a shooting at a house party early Wednesday in Kansas City left one person dead and two others injured, capping a violent 24 hours in the city that saw four people killed in separate incidents. Police say officers in the Ivanhoe Northeast neighborhood around 3:15 a.m. Wednesday heard

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Kansas City Royals at St. Louis Cardinals game has been postponed because of inclement weather. The teams will make up Wednesday’s postponed game on Monday, May 2, at 3:15 p.m. Central time at Busch Stadium. The Cardinals won the first game 6-5 on Tuesday night as Albert Pujols homered for

SALADO, Texas (AP) — Nearly two dozen people were injured when tornadoes swept through central Texas as part of a storm system that’s expected to spawn more twisters and damaging winds. The storms caused widespread damage Tuesday in Salado, about 50 miles north of Austin. Bell County Judge David Blackburn, the county’s top elected official,

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police say a middle school student who was reportedly was stabbed by another student at school has died. Police identified the victim as 14-year-old Manuel J. Guzman. Police say the male suspect has been charged in juvenile court with murder, armed criminal action and unlawful use of a

By ADAM GELLER, CARLA K. JOHNSON and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press On the deadliest day of a horrific week in April 2020, COVID took the lives of 816 people in New York City alone. Lost in the blizzard of pandemic data that’s been swirling ever since is the fact that 43-year-old Fernando Morales was one

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Albert Pujols homered for the first time since returning to St. Louis and Andrew Knizner hit a three-run shot as the Cardinals defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-5. Nolan Arenado also went deep for St. Louis, which has won 20 of 27 interleague games against the

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer Vladimir Tarasenko scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the second period, and the St. Louis Blues rallied to beat the Boston Bruins 4-2. Torey Krug and David Perron each finished with a goal and an assist as the Blues (43-20-10) posted their sixth straight victory. Ville Husso had

CARLYLE, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a Kentucky man jailed in connection with the fatal shooting of an Illinois deputy and a subsequent carjacking in neighboring Missouri last year has failed in an escape attempt. The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office says 40-year-old Ray Tate of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, escaped from his cell at the Jefferson County

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri residents who file income taxes would be eligible for a $500 tax credit under a new Republican proposal. But House Democrats on Tuesday criticized the measure as a tax break that wouldn’t help the state’s poorest. The proposal by the Republican House budget leader would set aside $1 billion in

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 58-year-old St. Louis man has been sentenced to 10 years and five months in federal prison for lying on applications to receive $2.7 million in federal coronavirus aid. Prosecutors said Robert Williams lied on about 30 applications for his business. Another 23 people paid him a fee after he helped

EUREKA, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis police officer has been hospitalized after being struck by a stolen vehicle. The incident happened Tuesday in Eureka. A news release from the city says officers spotted a vehicle that had recently been stolen in Jefferson County. The news release says the officer had gotten out of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former corrections officer at the Jackson County Detention Center faces 14 months in federal prison for taking bribes to deliver illegal drugs to inmates. Twenty-seven-year-old Daniel Coach was sentenced Tuesday. He was ordered to repay $3,631 he received in bribes from March 2020 to March 2021. Prosecutors said Coach

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City police say a middle school student suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed at school. The stabbing occurred Tuesday morning in a bathroom at Northeast Middle School. Police spokeswoman Donna Drake says another student was detained after the stabbing. Both students are male. Drake says the two students had

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has sentenced two men and a woman from Missouri to several weeks in jail for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol building. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg sentenced Emily Hernandez, of Sullivan,

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Columbia officials say an election for the Columbia City Council ended in a tie. Election certification conducted Monday found council incumbent Karl Skala and Roy Lovelady, a community activist and business owner, each received 1,102 votes in last Tuesday’s election for the Third Ward council seat. The candidates could request a

LICKING, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man whose murder conviction was overturned was released from prison after 18 serving years. KSHB-TV reports that 52-year-old Keith Carnes left South Central Correctional Facility in Licking on Monday. His release comes after Jackson County prosecutors announced Friday that they would not retry Carnes in the shooting death of