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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has ended a state of emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic and replaced it with a narrower order that focuses on the state’s health care system. The governor said Friday the new actions acknowledge the state’s progress in fighting the pandemic but keeps in place rules that

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — New Missouri laws taking effect Saturday include to-go cocktails, coronavirus liability protections for businesses, and penalties for cities that cut police funding. Restaurants will be able to sell sealed mixed drinks to go under one new law. Many coronavirus-related lawsuits also will be banned. Another new

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Wyandotte County authorities say a man’s shooting death at a park might be part of a series of violent crimes. Five people were taken into custody after the shooting death of 30-year-old Skylar Needham at a Wyandotte County park on Aug. 15. Sheriff Don Ash said on Thursday the five

VELDA CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis say a man has been shot to death in Velda City. St. Louis County Police were called to the community in north St. Louis County around 3:45 p.m. Thursday and found a man with at least one gunshot wound. The man was taken to an

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man has been shot to death in a south Kansas City neighborhood, and police are asking the public for tips in finding the shooter. Police say the shooting happened shortly after 2 a.m. Friday, when officers were called to an area around East 112th Street and Bristol Terrace near

HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — Police in eastern Missouri say they have arrested a man who was being sought for an attack with a machete and who had a previous conviction for firing a crossbow and assault rifle at an acquaintance. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 31-year-old Ted Treece of High Ridge was arrested Thursday

By CHRIS TALBOTT Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Salvador Perez hit his fourth career grand slam and the Kansas City Royals beat the Seattle Mariners 6-4. Perez’s 35th home run fueled a five-run sixth inning during which the team batted around and helped the Royals snap the Mariners’ three-game winning streak. It was the catcher’s

By JOHN PERROTTO Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Gregory Polanco turned boos into cheers with the decisive two-run double during an eight-run seventh inning and the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for an 11-7 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Polanco’s double put the Pirates ahead for good at 9-7 and was one of six straight hits

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (AP) — A 23-year-old St. Louis man has pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors after an all-terrain vehicle crash that killed a woman. John Douglass pleaded guilty Wednesday for his role in the death of 19-year-old Lydia Byrne in July 2019 in Pike County. Charging documents say Douglass admitted he intentionally slid the

OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A 33-year-old man accused of shooting at law enforcement officers during a long standoff in southwest Missouri has been charged with 12 felonies. Jenson Wayne Faught is charged with multiple counts of first-degree assault and armed criminal action after the confrontation Tuesday south of Ozark. Christian County sheriff’s deputies went to

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Missouri is opening antibody treatment centers in several counties in the hopes that they’ll keep some high-risk patients with COVID-19 from dying or becoming critically ill. Monoclonal antibody infusion treatment will be available for 30 days at sites in Jackson, Pettis, Scott, Butler and Jefferson counties. Two more sites will

AARON MORRISON Associated Press In the nation’s capital on Saturday, multiracial coalitions of civil, human and labor rights leaders are convening rallies and marches to urge passage of federal voter protections that have been eroded since the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Satellite marches and rallies are planned for dozens of other cities, including Atlanta,

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a woman on a first-degree murder charge in the death of a 4-year-old boy. Quatavia Givens was initially charged with second-degree murder after Darnell Gray died while she was babysitting him in October 2018 in Jefferson City. A grand jury on Wednesday returned the indictment

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A new leader has been hired to oversee St. Louis’ jail system that has been plagued by unrest among detainees and concerns about conditions. The mayor’s office on Wednesday announced that Jennifer Clemons-Abdullah will take over as corrections commissioner on Sept. 13. She has 30 years of experience in corrections, most

HILLSBORO, Mo. (AP) — An eastern Missouri man being sought for an attack with a machete had a previous conviction for firing a crossbow and assault rifle at an acquaintance. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 31-year-old Ted Treece of High Ridge was charged in at-large warrants Wednesday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are searching for a central Missouri man who is charged in the deaths of his girlfriend and the woman’s 11-year-old daughter. Prosecutors on Wednesday charged J.T. McLean of Fulton with two counts of first-degree murder. A news release from the Boone County Sheriff’s Department says authorities have been unable to

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in northeastern Missouri say a woman died and a man was injured after the stolen vehicle they were riding in crashed along a Pike County highway. Police say they are now looking for the driver of the stolen vehicle, who fled on foot from the wreckage. The St. Louis

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Missouri have charged more than a dozen restaurant owners and managers in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, accusing them of a racketeering scheme to hire and employ immigrants living in the U.S. illegally. The Kansas City Star reports that the indictment unsealed Wednesday charges the owners and managers

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Alex Bregman had two hits and an RBI in his first action in more than two months, and he scored the winning run in the 10th inning on a groundout by Jake Meyers to lift the Houston Astros to a 6-5 win over the Kansas City