Guilty plea on hate, arson charges in Islamic center fire A man who set a fire that destroyed an Islamic center in southeast Missouri has pleaded guilty to hate crime and arson charges The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022
The Supreme Court Will Hear a Second Challenge Over Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan As the Court agrees to take up yet another case against the Education Department's loan forgiveness plan, Biden's goal of forgiving billions in student loans seems increasingly doomed. Reason · Dec 13, 2022
College Hoops Should Prioritize Preserving Its Rivalries As realignment and super conferences threaten the sport’s classic matchups, Missouri-Kansas was a reminder of the value of maintaining them. Sports Illustrated · Dec 13, 2022
Lamar Johnson was convicted of murder before two people confessed to the same killing. Why is he still in prison? ‘This is just a moment I’ve always been waiting for. And I’ve been fighting for over 28 years’ The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022
Missouri man seeks exoneration in murder; 2 others confessed A hearing began Monday in a case that will decide if the conviction should be overturned for a Missouri man who has spent nearly three decades in prison for a murder that two other people have since confessed to committing The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022
Missouri Democrats could take abortion issue to voters. What would it look like? KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bolstered by an August vote that upheld the right to an abortion in Republican-controlled Kansas, abortion rights supporters are considering whether to seek a ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in Missouri. Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022
More states to consider extending postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond two months Lawmakers in several conservative-led states — including Montana, Wyoming, Missouri, and Mississippi — are expected to consider proposals to provide a year of continuous health coverage to new mothers enrolled in Medicaid. Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022
Updated Chiefs 53-man roster by jersey number for Week 14 Be sure you know all of the players on the #Chiefs' roster ahead of their Week 14 game with the #Broncos. USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 11, 2022
2 plead to misdemeanors in Missouri boarding school case Two men charged with felony counts of abusing students at a private Christian boarding school in Missouri have pleaded guilty to misdemeanors, and the case against a third employee has been dropped The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022
Missouri man sentenced in Capitol riot case said Trump, others to blame for his actions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Independence man sentenced Friday for breaching the Capitol on Jan. 6 blamed Trump, right-wing media and other elected officials — including Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley — for spreading the “Big Lie” that led to his actions. Tribune News Service · Dec 9, 2022
Union Station: Missouri Court of Appeals upholds trial court ruling ordering state to resume payroll deductions for Department of Corrections employees On Dec. 6, 2022, a three-judge panel of the Missouri Western District Court of Appeals upheld a September 2021 ruling by Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Edward Beetem in which Beetem ordered the Missouri Office of Administration to resume payroll deductions for Department of Corrections employees. The Office of… Ballotpedia · Dec 9, 2022
Prosecutor: No evidence hiding in wrongful conviction case St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is accusing Missouri’s attorney general of seeking sanctions against her “because he has no case” in his effort to keep Lamar Johnson in prison for a murder that Johnson has long contended he didn't commit The Independent UK · Dec 9, 2022
Prosecutor seeking to free inmate accused of hiding evidence Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has asked a judge to sanction St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, accusing her of concealing evidence in her effort to vacate the conviction for a man who has spent nearly 30 years in prison for murder The Independent UK · Dec 8, 2022
The disability tax: Medical bills remain inaccessible for many blind Americans A Missouri man who is deaf and blind said a medical bill he didn’t know existed was sent to debt collections, triggering an 11% rise in his home insurance premiums. Tribune News Service · Dec 8, 2022
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 8, 2022 Marijuana legalization in Missouri takes effect Thursday JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Marijuana legalization in Missouri takes effect Thursday, capping a 50-year effort to end prohibition and allowing individuals to legally possess 3 ounces or less of marijuana flower.
Daily Mirror · Dec 7, 2022 Dad spends $6,000 on tattoos and then covers himself in 'demonic' ink Artist Xander Snow, 34, from Springfield, Missouri, US, has admitted he has so many tattoos since getting his first at the age of 18 that he's lost count of them all now
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 7, 2022 Lynn Schmidt: Hawley behaves increasingly like a vice presidential candidate in waiting Put aside all the funny memes of Sen. Josh Hawley running. Could it be that the soon-to-be senior senator from Missouri is vying to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential running mate? The current list of potential vice presidential picks swirling around does not seem to include Hawley, but that doesn’t…
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Dec 6, 2022 Editorial: Republicans' silence on Trump's anti-Constitution screed violates their oaths Upon taking office, every member of Congress must swear an oath to “support and defend” the United States Constitution. America is currently watching most congressional Republicans — including Missouri Sens. Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley and the state’s entire GOP House delegation — violate that oath in real time. What…
Reuters · Dec 6, 2022 From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing As a boy in the 1960s, David Wagner would run around his family’s Missouri farm with a glass jar clutched in his hand, scooping flickering fireflies out of the sky.
USA Today Sports Media Group · Dec 4, 2022 Updated Chiefs 53-man roster by jersey number for Week 13 Be sure you know all of the players on the #Chiefs' roster ahead of their Week 13 game with the #Bengals.
Daily Mirror · Dec 3, 2022 Girl, 19, banned from watching her dad be executed says ‘justice system failed me’ Khorry Ramey, from Missouri, saw her father Kevin Johnson, 37, for the last time on Tuesday before he was executed by lethal injection for killing a Missouri police officer in 2005
Bangkok Post · Dec 3, 2022 Man cashed his dead mum's social security cheques for 26 yrs in US A Missouri man pleaded guilty this week to stealing his dead mother’s Social Security payments for more than a quarter century, accumulating nearly US$200,000 in the process, federal prosecutors said.
Salon · Dec 1, 2022 Medicaid in South Dakota sees resistance South Dakota's Medicaid expansion faces a difficult rollout due to political pushback and outdated technology
Tribune News Service · Dec 1, 2022 News briefs Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft, expected to run for governor, opposes same-sex marriage measure
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Nov 30, 2022 Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft, expected to run for governor, opposes same-sex marriage measure JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — One of the leading candidates for governor in the 2024 election is making same-sex marriage an early issue in his campaign.