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Reed carries Southeast Missouri over UT Martin 76-69
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Eric Reed Jr. had 21 points as Southeast Missouri topped UT Martin 76-69. KJ Simon led the Skyhawks on Thursday night with 24 points and seven rebounds.
Continue ReadingCAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Eric Reed Jr. had 21 points as Southeast Missouri topped UT Martin 76-69. KJ Simon led the Skyhawks on Thursday night with 24 points and seven rebounds.
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. — Evan Gilyard II had 20 points as Kansas City got past South Dakota 72-63. Tasos Kamateros led the Coyotes on Thursday night with 15 points.
Continue ReadingDAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Senate has passed legislation expanding a scholarship program for adults seeking to finish their college degrees or complete new certifications. The Fast Track grant program was due to expire later this year but would be extended for seven more years under a bill
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Columbia police say a second 16-year-old suspect is in custody in connection to the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl. Police say the suspect was detained Thursday for his alleged role in the death of Battle High School student Aubry Doxley. Another 16-year-old suspect was arrested on Tuesday. They both face
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature has passed a stopgap budget attempting to block Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood while also funding voter-approved Medicaid expansion. Minutes later, the House on Thursday OK’d a proposal that would allow them to effectively undermine Medicaid expansion by
Continue ReadingSEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors say a man is charged with second-degree murder after a Sedalia man died from a drug overdose. Pettis County Prosecutor Phillip Sawyer charged 30-year-old Nathan Riga on Wednesday. Sedalia police say Riga supplied fentanyl to 24-year-old Micah Munro just hours before Munro died on Aug. 23, 2021. Toxicology reports determined
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a stopgap budget plan that again seeks to strip any public funding from Planned Parenthood while paying for Medicaid expansion and pumping money to schools. The GOP-led House on Thursday voted 133-12 to send the bill to Republican Gov. Mike Parson. The budget plan is primarily
Continue ReadingPLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — Platte County authorities say 11 inmates at the county detention center were charged after a disturbance in December. Prosecutors say about 25 inmates participated in the riot on Dec. 20, which lasted more than five hours. Some of the inmates were described as passive participants. Others destroyed jail property and
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield police say a man who was assaulted at a club in late January has died from his injuries. Investigators say 37-year-old Jeffrey Brent, of Springfield, was assaulted in the parking lot of Rumors Cabaret on Jan. 30. He died at a hospital on Sunday. Police say they have identified a
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS (AP) — Police have identified a Missouri man who was fatally run over and dragged by a car that then fled the scene in St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the crash happened late Sunday night in the city’s Walnut Park West neighborhood, killing 47-year-old Damian Moore, of Country Club Hills.
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain and drizzle is disrupting travel from Central Texas to the Great Lakes, with ice-glazed roads leading to hundreds of traffic accidents, including one in Kentucky that killed a toddler. Hundreds of flights have been canceled at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as as parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Arkansas brace
Continue ReadingSPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Isiaih Mosley had 33 points and 11 rebounds as Missouri State defeated Bradley 83-67. Connor Hickman and Malevy Leons led the Braves on Wednesday night with 15 points.
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The GOP-led Missouri Senate has passed a stopgap budget that attempts to strip funding for Planned Parenthood while paying for Medicaid health care for newly eligible patients. Senators on Wednesday voted 25-7 to pass the legislation. Because senators amended the plan, it needs another vote of
Continue ReadingBy SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Republican Missouri state senator punished for wearing overalls has ended his filibuster. State Sen. Mike Moon on Wednesday apologized if he offended anyone with his outfit. Moon earlier this month wore denim overalls paired with a jacket and tie on the Senate floor. There’s no
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Police say five people who died of suspected fentanyl overdoses in a suburban Denver apartment included both parents of an infant who was found alive in the home. The parents have been identified as 24-year-old Sabas Marquez and 28-year-old Karina Rodriguez. Police say their child is now being cared for by a
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Republican Party says it rejected a filing fee from state Rep. Patricia Derges, who is facing federal Medicaid fraud charges. The party announced Wednesday that it would not accept the fee from Derges, of Nixa, while her case is in court. In a 23-count indictment, federal prosecutors accuse
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Police Department has agreed to pay a $900,000 settlement to a Black man who was wrongly arrested when he was 15 and held for three weeks before being released without charges. Tyree Bell sued in 2017 over his arrest for a crime he did not commit. Attorneys
Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House has endorsed legislation that could expand the number of school personnel allowed to carry guns. Current law lets teachers and administrators undergo training to function as school protection officers. A bill endorsed by a voice vote Wednesday in the House would expand that to any school personnel.
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press Hospitalizations from COVID-19 are dropping, new cases are declining and Missouri’s largest county is ending its mask mandate as the omicron variant fades out. Democratic St. Louis County Executive Sam Page announced Wednesday that the mask mandate will end at 8 a.m. Monday in the county of 1 million residents.
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 34-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing the mother of his children. Christopher Spears was sentenced Tuesday for shooting Andrea Dean in a Kansas City home last June. He was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and armed criminal action.
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