(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — More than 2,000 petitions have been delivered to the leader of the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus demanding the reversal of a decision that threatens a Planned Parenthood… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Missouri revenues up 3 percent from last fiscal year
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri officials say revenues for the fiscal year that started July 1 are about 3 percent higher than they were in 2015. Acting budget director Dan Haug… Read more »
2 St. Louis police officers cleared in deadly shooting
By JIM SUHR Associated Press (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Two St. Louis police officers acted in self-defense and won’t be charged in the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man who was armed… Read more »
Kansas City throws a party to celebrate Royals’ championship
By MARGARET STAFFORD and BILL DRAPER Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The world champion Kansas City Royals basked in the adulation of hundreds of thousands of ecstatic fans in a… Read more »
Democrats gain seat in Missouri House special elections
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Democrats have gained a seat in the Missouri House as a result of special elections held to fill several vacancies. Three empty House seats were on the… Read more »
Hanaway proposes 20-week abortion ban in Missouri
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A Republican candidate for Missouri governor wants to ban abortions that are not medically necessary at or beyond 20 weeks of pregnancy. Former House speaker and U.S. attorney… Read more »
Missouri execution on hold pending appeals court review
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court put on hold the execution of a Missouri man at the last minute, sending the case back to an… Read more »
National Blues Museum set for St. Louis opening next spring
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A $13 million national blues museum’s debut in downtown St. Louis is now scheduled for next spring. The site’s executive director, Dion Brown, tells the St. Louis Post-Dispatch… Read more »
Students move Planned Parenthood discussion after concerns
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A group of Saint Louis University law school students moved a previously scheduled discussion about Planned Parenthood off school property Tuesday after feeling external pressure from the university…. Read more »
Missouri grad student on hunger strike against Wolfe
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A University of Missouri graduate student has begun a hunger strike to seek the ouster of the university system’s president. The Columbia Missourian reports (http://bit.ly/1GLalc3 ) Jonathan Butler, a… Read more »