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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state senator punished for wearing overalls on the Senate floor has blocked any work from getting done in protest. Republican Sen. Mike Moon on Tuesday filibustered to prevent even administrative tasks from getting done. Moon is running for Congress. Earlier this month, he

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Republican party has rejected a filing fee from a man who has previously been criticized by his own children for what they call his racist and homophobic views. The Missouri GOP announced on Twitter Tuesday that it rejected a filing fee from Steve West, a Kansas City-area Republican.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has passed a pair of bills pushing back on requirements to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The legislation passed Tuesday includes one bill that would ban public employers from requiring vaccinations, with exceptions for nursing homes and other health care facilities that need to mandate vaccines in order

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The hedge fund trying to buy newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has returned to court. It is seeking to settle a dispute over the way the votes for two longtime board members should be counted next month at the company’s annual meeting. Alden Global Capital already

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB pollution. The state alleged that Monsanto and spinoff companies Solutia and Pharmacia are responsible for contamination of public property, water and other natural resources. It also alleges that the PCB contamination

CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Law enforcement authorities continue to search for a suspect in a shooting at a party in southeast Missouri that left two people dead and 14 people injured. The shooting occurred early Saturday in Charleston in the Missouri Bootheel. Robert Hearnes, director of the Charleston Department of Public Safety, identified the victims

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge says a former Kansas City, Missouri, police detective will be allowed to remain out of jail while he appeals his conviction in the shooting death of a Black man. Jackson County Circuit Court Presiding Judge J. Dale Youngs ruled Tuesday that Eric DeValkenaere will remain free on bond

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge says a former Kansas City, Missouri, police detective will be allowed to remain out of jail while he appeals his conviction in the shooting death of a Black man. Jackson County Circuit Court Presiding Judge J. Dale Youngs ruled Tuesday that Eric DeValkenaere will remain free on bond

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Court records say a St. Louis man who told police he strangled a woman he said broke into and tried to burglarize his home over the weekend had been in a relationship with the woman and was the father of her infant son. Police 46-year-old Samuel Williams and he was charged

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man convicted of killing his wife and lying about the whereabouts of her body has pleaded guilty to abuse of their young daughter. KMIZ-TV reports Joseph Elledge pleaded guilty Tuesday to child abuse, child endangerment and domestic assault. Elledge was sentenced to 10 years in prison, to be served

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Candidates in Missouri are signing up to run for Congress without knowing exactly who they will represent. The candidate filing period opened Tuesday without new maps in place for U.S. House districts. Missouri also lacks new districts for its state Senate. Missouri is one

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The National Weather Service is warning of bitter cold descending on several Midwest states, including Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and parts of Missouri, as a winter storm system dropped some snow, sleet and freezing rain on those areas early Tuesday. The weather service has issued a wind chill warning for much of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City have identified a man and woman killed in a shooting that also critically wounded a 5-year-old boy. Police say the shooting was reported just before 1 a.m. Monday at an intersection between the Santa Fe and Oak Park West neighborhoods. Arriving officers were pointed to a

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A newly-released report says a flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands of teachers’ Social Security numbers has been in place for a decade before a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter exposed it. Republican Gov. Mike Parson condemned reporter Josh Renaud last fall for writing about the weakness,

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Missouri conservation officials say they are making progress eliminating feral hogs from the state. The Springfield News-Leader reports that the Missouri Feral Hog Elimination Partnership killed 9,857 feral hogs in 2021, bringing the total number of hogs killed since 2016 to more than 54,000. Jason Jensen, incident Commander of Feral Hog

PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in Platte County say a man and a teenage boy were killed in crash that also injured two other children and a woman. The Platte County Sheriff’s Office says the crash happened Sunday afternoon on state Highway 92 between Platte City and Smithville. Investigators say a minivan driven by

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City say a man and woman were shot dead and a young child was critically wounded overnight inside a vehicle in Kansas City. Police say officers were called just before 1 a.m. Monday to an intersection between the Santa Fe and Oak Park West neighborhoods for reports

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police in St. Louis say a man fatally choked a woman who broke into his home over the weekend. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the incident happened Sunday evening in St. Louis’ Dutchtown neighborhood. Police investigators say the 34-year-old woman broke into the home around 6:20 p.m. Sunday, and a

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Iverson Molinar scored 16 points, Shakeel Moore made a layup with 10. 5 seconds left and Mississippi State beat Missouri 58-56. Garrison Brooks added 11 points and seven rebounds for Mississippi State (16-11, 7-7 SEC). Moore finished with nine points, seven rebounds and two steals. Jarron Coleman answered with a layup

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — What appeared to be a deadly motorcycle crash turned into a homicide investigation after a medical examiner determined the driver had been shot before the crash. The crash was reported shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday after the motorcycle driver went straight into a roundabout at the intersection of Benton Boulevard