(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A federal judge has granted a stay of execution for Missouri death row inmate John Winfield, less than a week before his scheduled execution. U.S. District… Read more »
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Missouri Gov. Nixon to roll out vetoes
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is getting ready to wield his veto pen. Nixon has scheduled a news conference Wednesday afternoon to discuss vetoes of several… Read more »
State files violation notice against Tyson Foods
(MONETT, Mo., AP) — The state has filed a notice of violation against Tyson Foods after a chemical spill killed fish and caused Monett’s wastewater treatment plant to fail last… Read more »
Bear killed in Missouri traffic accident
(META, Mo., AP) – A young bear was recently struck and killed by a vehicle on a rural road in central Missouri. KRCG-TV reports (http://bit.ly/1qkcfU6) it happened Monday morning near the… Read more »
Vegas police killer decried government on YouTube
By MICHELLE RINDELS and JUSTIN PRITCHARD (LAS VEGAS, AP) — His face painted to look like the comic book villain the Joker, a man who would months later gun down two… Read more »
Axelrod kicks off list of speakers at 2014 Missouri Boys State
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Barack Obama and director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago, will lead the list of speakers for… Read more »
FBI documents show widespread vice operation
(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — More than 600 pages of reports from an FBI investigation into Joplin-area gambling reveal a wide-ranging vice operation that involved numerous influential people in southwest Missouri… Read more »
Historians seek missing prison gas chamber keys
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — During a private tour not long after the Missouri State Penitentiary closed its doors a decade ago, the original keys to the prison’s gas chamber… Read more »
MU to build amphitheater for 175th anniversary
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The University of Missouri has announced plans to build an outdoor amphitheater near Jesse Hall in honor of the school’s 175th anniversary. The Mizzou Alumni Association… Read more »
St. Louis Zoo now home to African wild dogs
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Three new wildlife exhibits are now open at the St. Louis Zoo. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1xiEAyR) reports that five African wild dogs are new to… Read more »