(PITTSBURGH, AP) — Federal prosecutors declined to pursue civil rights allegations against law enforcement officers 96 percent of the time since 1995, a newspaper found, with most experts blaming the low prosecution… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Missouri panel considers more gun access on college campuses
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers during a Monday House committee hearing weighed proposals that would expand gun access on college campuses by allowing people to… Read more »
Man, 18, charged in car crash that killed 2 in Kansas City
(LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo., AP) — An 18-year-old has been charged in a car crash in the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit that left his two passengers dead. Collin Carter was charged… Read more »
4 Trump protesters issued disorderly conduct citations
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City police say four people who were arrested at a weekend rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump have been issued disorderly conduct citations. The Kansas… Read more »
Recent Missouri Editorials
The Associated Press The St. Joseph News-Press, March 11 Missouri House member Joe Don McGaugh thinks there should be a special place in the legal system for people who spread… Read more »
The Latest: Early turnout brisk in Missouri primary
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Latest on the presidential preference primary In Missouri. (all times local): 9:15 a.m. Presidential primary voting is brisk in the Kansas City suburb of Belton, where… Read more »
Trump’s new normal: campaign rallies where chaos is expected
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press (CLEVELAND, AP) — Hundreds of police officers, Secret Service agents and private security guards in cars, on foot and on horseback blanketed the area… Read more »
Top Missouri lawmakers claim exemption from open-records law
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Standing in front of dozens of editors and reporters, Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Ron Richard was asked if he believed… Read more »
Kansas City group opens rare LGBTQ domestic violence center
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A quiet office in a busy entertainment district is a rare space for LGBTQ people to find help in times of crisis… Read more »
Kansas City chief defends tactics used during Trump protests
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The police chief in Kansas City, Missouri, is defending his officers’ use of pepper spray in handling protesters outside of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s rally Saturday… Read more »