By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Neighbors watched in horror as a 10-year-old southwest Missouri girl was snatched off the street just blocks from her home. Some had… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Warrensburg Booster Club sponsors White Out game
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Friday night’s contest between Warrensburg and Clinton will be no ordinary basketball game. This is the WHS White Out basketball game, sponsored by the Warrensburg Booster Club…. Read more »
Mo. House backs measure on budget-cutting powers
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri House has given initial approval to a proposed constitutional amendment granting lawmakers a say in the governor’s budget-cutting decisions. The measure endorsed by… Read more »
Shortage of execution drugs becomes more acute
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The nation’s shortage of execution drugs is becoming increasingly acute as more pharmacies conclude that supplying the lethal chemicals is not worth the… Read more »
Mo. Senate endorses university funding legislation
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Senators endorsed legislation Tuesday that would institute performance-based funding for the state’s four-year universities, but only in years the state can… Read more »
Mo. Senate endorses gun constitutional amendment
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri senators have given preliminary approval to a proposed amendment to the state’s constitution that would increase protections for gun owners. The measure endorsed Monday… Read more »
Mo. Senate backs off reporting of stolen guns
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Bowing to pressure from the National Rifle Association, the Missouri Senate on Monday stripped a provision from a broad gun rights bill… Read more »
Command change coming at Whiteman Air Force base
(KNOB NOSTER, Mo., AP) — A leadership change is in the works at Whiteman Air Force Base. Brig. Gen. Glen Vanherck is to take command of the 509th Bomb Wing… Read more »
KC Catholics among those seeking Finn sanctions
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Roman Catholics in the Kansas City area have joined a formal request to Pope Francis to discipline Bishop Robert Finn, who was convicted in 2012… Read more »
Chart-topping Mo. nuns to release Lent album
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (GOWER, Mo., AP) — Eight times a day, a group of nuns files into a chapel in their rural northwest Missouri monastery to chant and worship. Quite… Read more »