(CAHOKIA, Ill., AP) — Police in southwestern Illinois say a suspect fleeing authorities jumped from a highway ramp leading to a Mississippi River bridge into St. Louis. The man survived… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Mo. lawmakers pass changes to workers’ comp claims
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a measure that would double the fees charged to businesses in order to replenish… Read more »
KC couple charged with confining girl in basement
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – A Kansas City couple was taken into custody Wednesday on charges that they confined a 9-year-old girl in a basement with a… Read more »
Three-day fall festival set for September in Warrensburg
A three-day fall festival is coming to downtown Warrensburg. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Johnson County and Warrensburg Main Street Inc. are sponsoring the first Burg Fest, which is scheduled… Read more »
Zebra mussels found in western Mo. lake
(NEVADA, Mo., AP) – The state Conservation Department says biologists have found invasive zebra mussels in a west-central Missouri lake. The department says a crew conducting a fish study found… Read more »
Mo. mom has heroic Mother’s Day by rescuing family
(FLORISSANT, Mo., AP) – A St. Louis County mother saved the day on Mother’s Day after finding relatives unresponsive in their beds, authorities said. Names of the woman and her… Read more »
Two Green Ridge residents killed in hit-and-run
(JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo., digitalBURG) – Two Green Ridge, Mo., residents were killed and two were seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident Sunday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol…. Read more »
Mo. collection sold for breast cancer
(GRANBY, Mo., AP) – A southwest Missouri woman’s 2,000-piece Precious Moments figurine collection has been donated to a breast cancer foundation. Jon Stouffer donated his late mother’s collection of Precious… Read more »
3rd Kansas inmate who escaped is back in custody
By BILL DRAPER (EDGERTON, MO., AP) – A third inmate who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison was captured late Friday, hours after the other two surrendered at a… Read more »
2 Kansas prison escapees in custody in Missouri
By BILL DRAPER (EDGERTON, MO., AP) – Two of three inmates who walked away from a northeast Kansas prison surrendered Friday afternoon at a northwest Missouri home where they had… Read more »