KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners is suing the City Council and mayor over plans to change how a portion of the police department’s budget will be spent. The board voted 4-1 Friday to file the lawsuit, with Mayor Quinton Lucas the only dissenting vote. The lawsuit was filed
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Centralia man has filed a federal lawsuit against a former Centralia police officer, the Centralia Police Department, the City of Centralia and two others after the man was allegedly pulled over, assaulted and arrested without probable cause. The lawsuit was filed on May 12, 2021 in the U.S. District Court
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials say arrests for marijuana use in state parks have dropped dramatically after policy changes prompted by the legalization of medical marijuana. The parks department issued new enforcement policies in April of last year. The Department of Natural Resources says 51 people were arrested for possession of less than
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Authorities are searching for a 30-year-old mother and her two children who went missing from Missouri City, Missouri.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) In the State of the City address on Tuesday, Columbia City Manager John Glascock said one of the priorities for the upcoming fiscal year is an increase in pay for city employees. “We are committed to the financial security of our employees,” Glascock said. “In fiscal year 2022, I am proposing an
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For the first time this year, the State Profile Report for Missouri categorized the state’s community transmission of COVID-19 as “moderate,” after spending several months at the “substantial transmission level.” Read the full State Profile Report below. Missouri State Profile Report 5-21-21Download This change comes with another drop in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths across the
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A special prosecutor has amended the charges against a St. Louis woman who waved a gun at racial injustice protesters last summer, and he’ll decide soon if he’ll amend charges against her husband. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were indicted by a grand jury in October on felony charges of unlawful use of a weapon and
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WAYNESVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say remains found in 1981 in Pulaski County have been identified. The sheriff’s office announced Tuesday the remains were those of Karen Kay Knippers. Her death is being investigated as a homicide. Sheriff’s deputies found the body at a low water crossing near Dixon on May 25, 1981. Officials were
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The state-controlled board that oversees Kansas City’s police department has voted to initiate legal action over city leaders’ decision to change how some of the department’s budget gets spent.  Minutes posted on the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners website said board members voted Monday in a closed meeting
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A Columbia man seeking an alternative method of execution will be put to death by lethal injection, despite the possibility of seizures.
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Thomas E. Capps, 50, will face a jury trial starting Monday in Moniteau County.
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 210 new cases of COVID-19 Sunday, bringing the total up to 509,520 cases since the start of the pandemic. In addition, the state also reported 83 new probable cases found through antigen testing. That total now sits at 86,742. No new deaths were reported on Sunday,
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The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services reported 342 new cases of COVID-19 in the state on Saturday, bringing the total to 509,301 throughout the pandemic. The state also reported 168 new probable cases through antigen testing. That total now sits at 86,659 cases. One new death was reported on Saturday, bring the statewide
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HARRIS, Mo. (AP) — A rural north-central Missouri woman has died after being attacked by a mother cow. KTVO-TV reports that 76-year-old Jane Heisey died about 8 a.m. Thursday on a farm near the Sullivan County town of Harris. Sullivan County Coroner Bob Wyant says Heisey and her husband, Glenn, were in a lot near
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WASHINGTON (AP) — An FBI employee has been indicted on charges that she stored classified documents and other national security information at home over the course of more than a decade. The Justice Department says 48-year-old Kendra Kingsbury had unauthorized possession of a broad swath of sensitive government documents, including materials that describe FBI sources
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