By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A state appeals court panel has ruled that an eastern Missouri community’s ordinance governing red-light cameras contradicts state law and is not… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Bill James, Warrensburg publisher, dead at 65
(WARRENSBURG, Mo., AP) — Bill James, former publisher of The Daily Star-Journal in Warrensburg and a member of the Missouri Press Association Hall of Fame, has died. He was 65…. Read more »
Mo. lawmaker charged with stealing
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri House member was charged Wednesday with stealing and numerous campaign finance violations for allegedly diverting political donations to his… Read more »
Jackson Co. voters reject medical research tax
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Jackson County voters soundly rejected a proposed half-cent sales tax that supporters said would have made the county a national leader in medical research. Unofficial… Read more »
Gov. Nixon invites Mo. lawmakers to Medicaid discussion
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon is proposing a Thanksgiving week meeting with Missouri lawmakers to discuss potential changes to the Medicaid health care system. Nixon wants to… Read more »
Mo. supers offer student-transfer woes solution
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A group of school superintendents has developed an alternative to a Missouri law that allows students to transfer from unaccredited to accredited districts. The Kansas… Read more »
Mo. to receive $26M through drug settlement
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s Medicaid program will receive $26 million through a national settlement with a pharmaceutical company. The $2.2 billion settlement announced Monday involves Johnson & Johnson,… Read more »
Mizzou football fans boo the president at halftime
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Some University of Missouri students are criticizing Tiger football fans for booing a reference to President Barack Obama during a halftime ceremony honoring new members of… Read more »
Federal appeals court halts Mo. horse slaughterhouses
By JERI CLAUSING (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday temporarily halted plans by companies in New Mexico and Missouri to begin slaughtering horses, continuing on-again, off-again… Read more »
Former KC-area attorney sentenced for fraud
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A disbarred Raytown lawyer has been sentenced to three years in federal prison for fraud and must pay nearly $350,000 in restitution to his victims…. Read more »