The Associated Press Caskets crushed into the same grave, others buried outside cemetery grounds, hundreds of families unable to find loved ones — what happened at Galilee Memorial Gardens in… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Syrian family that was resettled in Missouri to speak
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A member of the first Syrian family to be resettled in the U.S. under a speeded-up “surge operation” for refugees is speaking to the media. Ahmad al-Abboud… Read more »
Southwest Airlines flight diverted to Kansas airport
(WICHITA, Kan., AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight traveling from Dallas to Kansas City, Missouri, has been diverted to a Kansas airport after cabin pressure dropped. The airline said in a news… Read more »
Missouri Supreme Court rules for suits against gun dealers
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled a mother can sue a pawn shop for selling her schizophrenic daughter a gun… Read more »
Missouri House advances rules on daily fantasy sports
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri House is advancing a bill to allow daily fantasy sports and exempt the practice from gambling regulations. The House in a voice vote Tuesday gave… Read more »
Missouri House advances motorcycle-helmet exemption
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers are advancing a bill to exempt motorcyclists who are 21 and older from wearing a helmet. House members gave the measure initial approval Tuesday. Riders… Read more »
Kansas City, St. Louis voters renew cities’ earnings taxes
By JIM SUHR Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Voters in Missouri’s two biggest cities overwhelmingly renewed a decades-old earnings tax for the second time in five years, siding with their… Read more »
Missouri postal worker accused of PCP-shipping scheme
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Federal prosecutors are accusing a Kansas City, Missouri postal carrier and a California man of plotting to distribute gallons of PCP through the mail. Authorities say 64-year-old… Read more »
Illinois leaders seek more time to challenge spy agency move
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A southwestern Illinois county wants more time to challenge a federal spy agency’s preliminary decision to remain in St. Louis rather than relocate. The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants… Read more »
Warrensburg Schools Foundation announces annual golf tournament
The Warrensburg Schools Foundation announces its fifth annual golf tournament Friday, June 10. Sponsored by the UCM College of Education, the Warrensburg Schools Foundation Alumni and Friends Golf Tournament will raise money to… Read more »