AP Missouri

BELLE, Mo. (AP) — Police say a man who was walking in the traffic lanes of a central Missouri highway died after being hit by a vehicle. Columbia television station KOMU reports that the accident happened just before 4 a.m. Saturday on Highway 28 about five miles west of Belle. A report by the Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A trial is underway for a Kansas City, Missouri, police officer accused of involuntary manslaughter in a 2019 shooting. Officer Eric J. DeValkenaere also is charged with armed criminal action in the death of 26-year-old Cameron Lamb. The officer says he shot Lamb after Lamb pointed a gun at another

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Officials say a man has died in a mobile home fire in St. Charles. Firefighters were called to the blaze around 3 p.m. Sunday after a neighbor spotted smoke coming from the home and called 911. Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke and flames coming from the back end of

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Attorneys for a Kansas City man who has spent most of his life in prison for a triple murder that many people, including a prosecutor, believe he didn’t commit will get a chance to argue that their client should be exonerated. The evidentiary hearing Monday

By JILL PAINTER LOPEZ Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Troy Terry and Benoit-Oliver Groulx each had a goal and an assist, and John Gibson stopped 34 shots to lead the Anaheim Ducks to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. Sam Steel and Sam Carrick also scored for Anaheim, and Hampus Lindholm had

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Damir Kreilach scored in stoppage time to put Real Salt Lake over Sporting Kansas City 1-0 and clinch a playoff berth on Sunday. Real Salt Lake is the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference and will play second-seeded Seattle in the first round. Sporting KC, which went into the

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers did all they could defensively to help out Jordan Love in his first career start. Too bad for Love their special teams weren’t on board. In fact, the Packers were so bad on kicks and punts in a 13-7 loss

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police said a woman who was found with gunshot wounds in southern St. Louis has died and a man has been arrested. St. Louis police said the shooting was reported shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday in St. Louis’ Gate District. Officers found a woman who had been shot. She was later

LAKE SAINT LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Some Missourians may be having a hard time finding dentists and other service providers who are vaccinated because employers have to balance protecting their employees’ health information against their customers’ need for transparency. Washington University law professor Pauline Kim says the political nature of the debate over COVID-19 vaccinations

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Right-hander Trevor Bauer, third baseman Nolan Arenado, outfielder Charlie Blackmon and infielder-outfielder Jurickson Profar declined to opt out of their contracts to become free agents. Bauer agreed to a $102 million, three-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in February and began 8-5 with a

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Jason Shelley passed for a touchdown and rushed for two more scores as Missouri State beat FCS ninth-ranked Southern Illinois 38-28. The game featured three made field goals of 50-plus yards. Jose Pizano gave Missouri State a 10-7 lead on a 51-yarder and Southern Illinois kicker Nico Gualdoni tied it at

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Stetson Bennett passed for 255 yards and two touchdowns before giving way to former starter JT Daniels, leading No. 1 Georgia to a 43-6 win over Missouri. The game opened new questions for Georgia at quarterback while affirming the Bulldogs’ season-long defensive dominance. It was

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Jefferson City woman is dead after an accident in the mid-Missouri town. Police say the wreck happened around 1:18 a.m. Saturday on Route C when a Ford Fusion driven by 30-year-old Kristina M. Pont collided with a semi. Pont died, and the driver of the semi suffered minor injuries.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating after a man was found dead in an apartment. Officers were called just after 9:30 a.m. Saturday to an apartment in the 3700 block of East 47th Terrace after a caller said they wanted to check on a man who had not been

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Business operators in Kansas City, Missouri, are hopeful that the end of the city’s mask mandate will mean a return of more customers. The Kansas City Council voted Thursday to rescind the mask order, though it kept the mandate for children and adults in school. Businesses may still ask patrons

WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri girl is hospitalized and three households have been evacuated after a rare mercury spill. Jen Niswonger of Wentzville first took her four children to the doctor this summer when they all broke out in rashes. Her 11-year-old daughter didn’t get better. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that it