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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman has been charged with killing her boyfriend with a sword on Christmas Eve. Cape Girardeau Police said 32-year-old Brittany Wilson was found outside the home she shared with her boyfriend Friday night with blood on her clothing, and a sword was lying in the front yard. After

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Funeral services are now set for Bryant Gladney, Boone County Fire Protection District’s assistant chief who was fatally struck while working an accident scene. The district says visitation will be Monday evening, and a funeral will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Hearnes Center on the University of Missouri campus.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police are investigating after a pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver. The accident happened about 8 p.m. Friday in north St. Louis. Police say the woman was struck near the intersection of West Florissant and Thrush avenues in the Walnut Park East neighborhood. The driver fled

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — A toddler from suburban Kansas City has died when a gun the child was handling discharged. The shooting happened Friday afternoon in Independence, Missouri. The name of the 2-year-old child has not been released. Police say they were initially told that the child was struck by a bullet from a drive-by

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The highly contagious omicron coronavirus variant has spread across much of Missouri, wastewater testing data released Friday shows. The variant has now been detected at low levels in 15 of the 63 test locations, including in St Louis, Kansas City, Jefferson City, Columbia, Branson, St. Joseph, Union, Clinton, Warrensburg and

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri has cleared Santa’s reindeer to fly his sleigh. The state’s Department of Agriculture said in a tweet this week that the agency worked with Santa’s veterinarian to approve his livestock movement papers. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph have all been given clearance to cross

SPRINGIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield police say officers shot and killed a man after he pointed a gun at them outside an apartment complex. Police said in a news release that officers went to the complex Thursday afternoon after receiving a report that an armed man was trying to break into an apartment. One 911

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Authorities say three people were shot and killed at an apartment building in north St. Louis. Police said that officers responded to a call about the shooting just before 2 p.m. Thursday. Police said a man and a woman were found in an alley suffering from gunshot wounds. A third gunshot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A House panel has agreed on two tentative plans for redrawing Missouri’s state legislative districts, while the Senate panel deadlocked. The redistricting commissions faced a Thursday deadline to submit proposed district maps. The House panel took an unusual step and sent in both Republican and Democratic maps. Other commissioners have

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A House panel has agreed on two tentative plans for redrawing Missouri’s state legislative districts, while the Senate panel deadlocked. The redistricting commissions faced a Thursday deadline to submit proposed district maps. The House panel took an unusual step and sent in both Republican and Democratic maps. Other commissioners have

By The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — The Federal Bureau of Prisons says a drifter convicted of killing two Massachusetts men in carjackings in 2001 and sentenced to death has died. The bureau said 62-year-old Gary Lee Sampson died Tuesday at a medical center for federal prisoners in Springfield, Missouri. Sampson’s lawyers said he

TAMPA, Fla (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has blocked President Joe Biden’s requirement for federal contractors to receive coronavirus vaccines, adding to a series of legal setbacks for the mandate. U.S. District Judge Steven D. Merryday on Wednesday wrote that Florida’s lawsuit against the rule demonstrated a “substantial likelihood” that the White House

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area health officials said Thursday that the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus appears to be fueling a surge in cases. The St. Louis County health department said Thursday in a news release that “the community is not as safe as it was a month ago.” Officials urged the