By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Once one of the most active death penalty states in the U.S., Missouri carried out its first execution in nearly three years… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
KC area man charged with stealing donation jars
(LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo., AP) — The Jackson County prosecutor has filed charges against a suburban Kansas City man accused of stealing two donation displays for the Children’s Miracle Network. The… Read more »
Details emerge in Warrensburg Police shooting
By STEVE GANEY (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) –A Missouri State Highway Patrol investigation report reveals a fuller picture regarding the circumstances of a police raid and subsequent fatal shooting of a… Read more »
Missouri executes serial killer Franklin
By JIM SALTER (BONNE TERRE, Mo., AP) — Joseph Paul Franklin, a white supremacist who targeted blacks and Jews in a cross-country killing spree from 1977 to 1980, was put… Read more »
Deer kill down in Mo. on opening weekend
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri wildlife officials say the fall deer hunt could still turn out to be normal despite a slower than usual start due to poor weather… Read more »
Doctors propose pilot program for Mo. Medicaid
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Some doctors want to make Missouri’s Medicaid program a little more like a health club. A proposal outlined by a pair… Read more »
Kansas to study building Missouri River aqueduct
By JOHN MILBURN (TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — Kansas water officials said Tuesday they were moving forward with plans to determine the feasibility of building a 360-mile aqueduct to tap the… Read more »
Warrensburg director of program for disabled indicted
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted the director of a program for disabled people in a northwest Missouri town for allegedly embezzling more than $385,000… Read more »
Mo. lawmaker says he intends to impeach Gov. Nixon
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri House Republican says he intends to seek articles of impeachment against Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. Nick Marshall, of Parkville, referred to the governor’s… Read more »
Missouri gov. denies clemency for serial killer
By JIM SALTER ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday denied a clemency request for white supremacist serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin, calling his crime a “cowardly… Read more »