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By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City’s public schools haven’t seen sufficient or long enough improvement to upgrade its accreditation, Missouri’s State Board of Education president said… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Missouri switches to new execution drug
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Missouri Department of Corrections said Tuesday it is switching to a new lethal injection drug, less than two weeks after the governor… Read more »
Maryville prepares for protest
(MARYVILLE, Mo., AP) — A northwest Missouri sheriff anticipates up to 2,000 people showing up for a protest organized online on behalf of a girl who says she was sexually… Read more »
Consultants for KC schools temper expectations
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The consultants hired by Missouri to recommend ways of improving Kansas City schools are tempering expectations — noting that improvement is… Read more »
Gov. Nixon proposes more higher education funding
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Monday he will propose a significant funding boost next year for colleges and universities and new resources… Read more »
KC prosecutor vows fairness in Maryville case review
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Jackson County prosecutor Jean Peters Baker says neither politics nor personal connections will play any role in her review of a northwest Missouri teen sexual… Read more »
Mo. AG has limited powers in Maryville case
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — As state attorney general, Chris Koster is sometimes referred to as Missouri’s top prosecutor. But as the nationally publicized case of an alleged teenage sexual… Read more »
Girl in Maryville case writes 1st-person account
By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri teen who says she was raped by an older boy at her high school and left passed out on her… Read more »
Mo. Rep. upset by pro-tolerance shirt at book fair
(NIXA, Mo., AP) — A Missouri state representative said he was unhappy that two high school students were wearing gay-supportive T-shirts while working at an elementary school book fair. Rep…. Read more »
Online promos bring legal issues for local bars
By STEVE GANEY (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Five local bars got a little too creative with their online advertisements, violating state liquor advertisement regulations through their promotions on Facebook. Cpl…. Read more »
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