By SCOTT STROUD and PHILLIP LUCAS (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Questions about the racial identity of a well-known activist in the “Black Lives Matter” movement have stirred controversy and drawn a blistering… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
New Muslim center expected to open in Columbia next summer
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A new Muslim school and community center is expected to open by June 2016 in Columbia. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1V0D1jW) the 14,000-square-foot building will… Read more »
Trial underway for man accused of killing 3 at Jewish sites
(OLATHE, Kan., AP) — A trial is underway for a Missouri white supremacist accused of killing three people last year at two Jewish sites in suburban Kansas City. Frazier Glenn… Read more »

Charges filed after crash near elementary school
By LEAH WANKUM Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — A Warrensburg man faces two felony charges after fleeing an accident Tuesday near Maple Grove Elementary School and Warrensburg High School…. Read more »
Missouri Supreme Court rules on traffic-camera challenges
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that there are constitutional or legal issues with three cities’ traffic-camera ordinances, a move that has… Read more »
St. Louis judges plan sculpture to honor slaves
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Judges in St. Louis are seeking a sculpture to honor the roughly 400 slaves who petitioned Missouri courts for freedom in the 1800s. The St. Louis… Read more »
Suspect dies after jumping from police car
(OVERLAND, Mo., AP) — An investigation is under way after a suspect jumped from a suburban St. Louis police car onto an interstate highway and died the next day from… Read more »

WPD arrest armed man near schools
by Leah Wankum Managing Editor An unidentified armed man was arrested Tuesday after fleeing an accident in the area near two local schools, according to the Warrensburg Police Department. Tim Lowry, acting police chief,… Read more »
History professor says drones helping at archaeological digs
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Saint Louis University archaeologists are getting some high-tech help from drones and other gadgets. History professor Thomas Finan says drones, along with high-speed computer applications and… Read more »
Reward increased to $12,000 in unsolved Kansas City homicide
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The reward for information in a shooting death in Kansas City’s Power & Light District has been increased to $12,000. The Greater Kansas City Crime… Read more »