By ADAM ATON Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers are debating whether to ban a common second-trimester abortion method. A House committee heard testimony Tuesday on a bill that… Read more »
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Ferguson residents worried about cost of US-mandated changes
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (FERGUSON, Mo., AP) — Many Ferguson residents expressed concern Tuesday that a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice could financially ruin the St. Louis suburb where… Read more »
St. Joseph man pleads guilty in solar energy fraud case
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The owner of solar energy installation company in St. Joseph has pleaded guilty to conspiracy in a $1.4 million fraud scheme. Thirty-six-year-old Trevor Dryden pleaded guilty in… Read more »
Woman charged in fleeing US pleads guilty to identity theft
(KANSAS CITY, Kan., AP) — A Lawrence woman accused of fleeing to Europe with her two daughters has pleaded guilty to forging her ex-husband’s signature on official documents when she fled. Thirty-three-year-old… Read more »
St. Louis seeks state support for federal spy agency project
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay and other city leaders want Missouri lawmakers to support plans to keep a federal spy agency from moving its regional headquarters to… Read more »
Former Jefferson City bank teller sentenced for embezzlement
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A former Jefferson City bank teller has been sentenced to 15 months in federal prison for taking $410,000 from the vault. The U.S. attorney’s office says 29-year-old… Read more »
Students seek dismissal of Missouri State diversity official
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A group of Missouri State University students is seeking the dismissal of the school’s highest-ranking Hispanic official, alleging he made derogatory comments… Read more »
Last black University of Missouri curator steps down
By JIM SUHR Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — As the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus tries to rebound from racial unrest, the system’s governing board is without minority representation after… Read more »
Missouri bill aimed at block censorship of student reporters
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri lawmaker is touting a bill he said will protect the state’s student journalists from censorship, written in part as a… Read more »
2 killed in fatal car crash in suburban Kansas City
(LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo., AP) — Authorities say two 18-year-olds have died in a crash in the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit. Police said in a news release that the crash happened… Read more »