By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Healing a campus riven by student protests over race relations and recent online terror threats isn’t just a mandate for interim University… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
APNews Guide: A look the University of Missouri’s issues
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Efforts are underway at the University of Missouri to address the racial issues that led to demonstrations by students, a strike by members of the school’s football team… Read more »
Loop Trolley project to cost more than expected
(UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo., AP) — The Loop Trolley project in the St. Louis area is now expected to cost about $51 million, $8 million more than the original estimate. The St. Louis… Read more »
Man, 19, accused in connection with Ferguson-related looting
(CLAYTON, Mo., AP) — A St. Louis County 19-year-old is accused of assisting in the looting that followed a grand jury’s decision a year ago not to indict a Ferguson police officer… Read more »
St. Louis pizza site doubling as karate studio again raided
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A St. Louis pizza restaurant and karate studio has been raided again amid allegations of neglect and dangerous conditions at a youth shelter there. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch… Read more »
Judge rules man will stand trial in southwest Missouri death
(MOUNT VERNON, Mo., AP) — A judge has ruled that a 26-year-old man will stand trial on murder charges in a fatal shooting in southwest Missouri. Clinton Blizzard is charged with first-degree… Read more »
Missouri hearing in double killing postponed until next year
(HILLSBORO, Mo., AP) — A Missouri change-of-venue hearing on murder charges linked to a double slaying has been postponed for the suspect already serving life sentences for six killings in Illinois. Thirty-six-year-old… Read more »
Kansas City convention hotel won’t go to votes
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Kansas City Council has decided that citizen petitions seeking a public vote on a proposed convention hotel won’t go to voters. The Kansas City Star reports… Read more »
Kansas City man faces several charges in attacks
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Kansas City man faces several charges accusing him of separate attacks on women beginning in 2013. The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1Y8QR5g ) that 29-year-old Tajuan L…. Read more »
Teenager charged in shooting murder of former classmate
(EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., AP) — An Excelsior Springs teenager has been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a former classmate in North Kansas City last month. The Kansas City Star… Read more »