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By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Eric Fisher’s life changed almost as soon he felt the pain in his left foot during the AFC championship game. He agonized about his inability to play in the Super Bowl. After eight seasons in Kansas City, he was released in March as a cost-cutting move

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri inmate who admitted to a long-unsolved killing while serving time for robbery says he confessed to the crime because his conscience was nagging him. DeAngelo Thomas says he felt relief when he penned his admission from his Missouri prison cell. “Just like a weight lifted on my shoulder,” he

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A civil rights group has sued the St. Louis City Department of Corrections for allegedly violating the Missouri Sunshine Law. The ACLU of Missouri said in a news release that it filed suit Wednesday on behalf of ArchCity Defenders over requested records about incidents of detainees being abused by corrections officers

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers, business lobbyists and protesters are railing against President Joe Biden’s planned vaccine mandate for large businesses. Influential industry groups on Wednesday told lawmakers that the requirement could be catastrophic to businesses as protesters rallied against the mandate in the Capitol rotunda. Business lobbyists

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — An Independence, Missouri, police officer is hospitalized with critical injuries and another man is dead after a shooting Wednesday morning. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Sgt. Andy Bell said two officers went to a residence in Independence about 11:30 a.m. in response to a call to dispatch and were met by

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Good luck getting Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid to ruminate on the fact that he’s nearing NFL history, just one win away from becoming the first to reach 100 with two different franchises. The answer you’ll get is pretty standard whenever such topics

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A lawsuit contends the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners was created and maintained for the discriminatory purpose of denying Black residents their right to control the police department. The lawsuit filed Tuesday by Gwen Grant, president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Kansas City, also alleges that

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tyler Bozak is staying with the St. Louis Blues. The 35-year-old forward signed a one-year contract worth $750,000. Bozak was with the Blues in 2019 when they won the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history and put up 13 points during that title run. Injuries limited him to

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Homestead-Miami Speedway will return to the playoff portion of the NASCAR season in 2022. The series is also bringing its Cup Series to the Gateway track outside St. Louis and will race on Easter Sunday for the first time in more than three decades.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Two lawyers are demanding the removal of two courthouse murals in Columbia, Missouri, that show a white man pointing a gun at a Native American man, shirtless Black men chained by their ankles and white men being hanged and whipped. The Columbia Missourian reported Tuesday that Gary Oxenhandler and Rusty Antel

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Some Southeastern Conference defenses are flexing their muscles after 2020 being a defensive coordinator’s nightmare. The SEC’s seven ranked teams all have formidable — or at least improved — defenses. League competition ended last season with Alabama’s Mac Jones, Florida’s Kyle Trask and their offenses putting up stratospheric numbers

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The path is now clear for Canadian Pacific’s $31 billion acquisition of Kansas City Southern railroad to move forward after Canadian National dropped out of the bidding war Wednesday. The deal could still face tough scrutiny from regulators at the federal Surface Transportation Board, which

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s new health czar is lamenting that the coronavirus had become so embroiled in politics as another child died and the virus sickens record numbers of youths. Donald Kauerauf began serving three weeks ago as the director of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services. The Springfield News-Leader reports that

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Sitting out the preseason did nothing to slow the start to the NFL season for guys like Matthew Stafford, Russell Wilson and Dak Prescott. For guys like Aaron Rodgers, Ryan Tannehill and Matt Ryan, there appeared to be some rust. In all, nine quarterbacks who didn’t take a

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Salvador Perez is having the kind of season the Kansas City Royals won’t soon forget. The Oakland A’s are having the kind of September they might want to forget real soon. Perez hit a go-ahead, three-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday night, giving

By MIKE FITZPATRICK AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Edmundo Sosa hit the go-ahead single in a three-run 11th inning and the hard-charging St. Louis Cardinals climbed all the way back into playoff position with a 7-6 victory over the New York Mets. New York scored twice in the bottom of the 11th and

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republicans have chosen suburban St. Louis Rep. Dean Plocher to be their next pick for Missouri House speaker. Republican state representatives on Tuesday chose the Des Peres lawmaker to succeed GOP Speaker Rob Vescovo. The full Missouri House must vote on Vescovo’s successor during the 2023 session. But Republicans have

By SIMMI BUTTAR AP Pro Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on top of the first AP Pro32 poll of the season. The Kansas City Chiefs, who lost to the Bucs in the Super Bowl, are at No. 2. The Seattle Seahawks and New Orleans followed at

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A 72-year-old man who used a stolen identity to vote and get government benefits has been sentenced to six months in prison and six months of house arrest. Eric Nyembe Casey was also ordered Tuesday to repay $76,389. Casey, who is originally from South Africa, pleaded guilty in May to two

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Emails sent by Missouri State Museum employees show they tried to defend an LGBTQ history exhibit before state officials ordered it removed from the state Capitol. The Kansas City Star reports it obtained emails showing how state officials reacted after questions were raised about the exhibit. State officials have said