JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House gave lukewarm approval Wednesday to a plan for redrawing the state’s eight congressional districts that left both Democrats and some conservative Republicans unhappy and could upend the state’s calendar
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol alert sent cellphones blaring statewide: Authorities in Gotham City, Missouri, were searching for a purple and green 1978 Dodge 3700GT. But there is no Gotham City, Missouri,
Photo: Dr. David Smock A doctor charged with 11 counts of child sexual abuse involving students at a Missouri boarding school has been given bond in one county but is still awaiting word on whether he will
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The city of Fayetteville has reinstated its requirement to wear a face mask in city-owned buildings as the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to surge in Arkansas. The Fayetteville City Council
Former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders makes a surprise appearance during a “Make America Great Again” rally with Ivanka Trump on Nov. 1, 2020, at Stoney Creek Hotel and Conference Center in Rothschild, Wisconsin. On
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House endorsed a congressional redistricting plan Tuesday that is projected to maintain the state’s Republican edge but turned back an attempt by some GOP members to more aggressively redraw districts
Photo: Joshua J. Damon CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri has announced 35-year-old Joshua J. Damon was sentenced Tuesday to serve 148 months in federal prison following his
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has announced the Show Me Strong Recovery Task Force has released its final report of recommendations to support small businesses across the state. In the report, the task force
Photos: Gerald Keith Hoffman and Sheila Renee Phillips GALENA, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been charged with tampering with evidence in the shooting death of a Galena man in November, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.Billy
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A northeast Arkansas state lawmaker said Monday that he will not run for reelection to his state House seat. Republican Rep. Joe Jett of Success said in a statement that he wants
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — The Toro Company has acquired privately-held Intimidator Group based in Batesville. The Intimidator Group designs and manufactures Spartan Mowers, a professional line of zero-turn mowers. Sold through an established dealer network, Spartan Mowers has
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Three joint state and federal disaster centers are set to open in northeast Arkansas to assist those affected by tornadoes that killed two people in the area in December. Officials with the
ST. LOUIS (AP) – The current surge in virus cases in Missouri driven by the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant is straining hospital capacity and making it difficult to transfer patients to larger hospitals. Kellie
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Arkansas Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Lake View school funding case. In 2002, the court ruled that the state’s system of funding public school
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has unanimously approved a minute order authorizing Director Austin Booth to sign an agreement with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) to update the existing Marine Fuel
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Columbia man has been convicted by a federal jury of illegally possessing the stolen firearm that he threw out of his car during a police chase. Cecil Jason Robinson, 42, was found
Agents with the Missouri Department of Conservation (DOC) are conducting an investigation after being alerted to a suspicious trash bag full of duck carcasses. The discovery was made Wednesday in Fremont in Carter County. A DOC social
Photo: Remberto Rivera FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Springdale man was sentenced Thursday to 168 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of possession with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. The Honorable
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Last year, Arkanasas state certified 33 businesses as minority- and women-owned business enterprises through the Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprise (MWBE) Certification Program. Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) officials made the announcement Thursday.
Photo: Dr. David Smock SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A doctor charged with 11 felony sex abuse crimes involving children at a Missouri boarding school has pleaded not guilty to three of the charges. Dr. David Smock, a
A Desha County man is in custody, after he allegedly shot two individuals following a domestic disturbance outside a Dumas residence Thursday night. According to Arkansas State Police, 36-year-old Jason Jenkins died at a local hospital and
WENTZVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A St. Charles County farmer died after he fell into a grain bin and was trapped, authorities said. The body of Paul Hepperman, 75, was recovered Friday from a grain bin on his
MONETT, Mo. (AP) — Teachers in a southwest Missouri district won’t be able to use a book that tackles contemporary American race relations in their lesson plans. KYTV reports that Monett superintendent Mark Drake says the book,
ST. LOUIS (AP) — COVID-19 infections are rising in Missouri nursing homes and crippling schools as the highly contagious omicron variant surges. New data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows cases among nursing
NORMANDY, Mo. (AP) — School districts struggling with staff absences because of COVID-19 are facing difficult decisions about how to provide the required number of instruction hours while being limited in the number of hours of virtual
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A state appeals court on Thursday rejected an appeal brought by Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick over wording on a proposed constitutional amendment.Fitzpatrick sued Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft in July, alleging a
U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson announces the break up of a large scale theft ring in Tulsa Thursday. Looking on are Tulsa Police chief Wendell Franklin, center, and Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor. State and federal officials say
The ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court, photographed Thursday, that reversed the statutory rape conviction of Rodney A. Smith from St. Louis. The court found that an investigator’s video testimony violated the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Nevada, Missouri, business owner who failed to pay taxes on nearly $1.5 million of income pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to filing a false tax return. “When businesses and individuals don’t pay
Photo: Gina N. Nunez SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Nixa woman who led law enforcement officers on a high-speed chase at night with no headlights pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to trafficking methamphetamine. Gina N. Nunez, 43,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that a $3 billion steel mill planned for northeast Arkansas could help the state lure the auto industry to the state. Hutchinson and state Commerce Secretary Mike
Photo: Little Rock Police Chief Keith Humphrey LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock’s police chief is returning to duty, ending the paid leave for shooting at a woman accused of shooting another woman on New Year’s
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas state senator has tested positive for COVID-19 and the state Capitol’s cafeteria has closed because of the rising number of virus cases. State Sen. Clarke Tucker said Wednesday that he
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Four inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail sued the facility and its doctor Thursday after they said were unknowingly prescribed ivermectin to treat COVID-19 despite health officials’ warnings that the anti-parasitic drug
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Surplus gun ammunition for Arkansas’ state prison systems was taken and sold by a Department of Corrections employee, according to an auditor for the state. Arkansas Legislative Audit staff member Don Morgan
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican lawmakers on Wednesday debated a proposal that would raise the bar for amending Missouri’s Constitution, an effort that follows the success of several Democratic policies at the polls. The measure, discussed Wednesday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Conway man has pleaded guilty to importing and possessing illegally taken wildlife. Twenty-seven-year-old Jackson Roe entered his guilty plea Wednesday afternoon before Chief United States District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. In
Photo: House Republican Leader J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm, is displayed on video screens as he speaks remotely following opening remarks from House Speaker Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, during the opening session of the Washington state House, Monday, at the
MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Doctors in Kansas and Missouri are hunting down ventilators and running out of monoclonal antibodies as COVID-19 patient counts hit pandemic highs at a growing number of hospitals. Health officials for hospitals in
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced Wednesday that as of Dec. 31, the SAFE Kit Initiative, which aims to clear the backlog of untested sexual assault kits, has aided 115 police departments and
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — A Springdale man was sentenced Wednesday to 180 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release on one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm and one count of
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly 60 Missouri police chiefs are supporting a lawsuit that raises concerns about a new state law forbidding local law enforcement from enforcing federal gun laws. The group of chiefs belonging to either
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri House panel advanced a congressional redistricting plan Wednesday that is projected to keep Republicans solidly in control of the state’s delegation to Washington without reaching for an even more dominant
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — A Springdale city official and former councilman has won the Republican nomination in a special election for a northwest Arkansas state Senate seat. Colby Fulfer defeated retired U.S. Navy Capt. Steve Unger Tuesday
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Most Little Rock schools will return to in-person classes Wednesday, but several will continue virtual instruction because of the surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, area school districts announced Tuesday. Little Rock
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated the 2018 manslaughter and armed criminal action convictions for an southeast Missouri man and sent the case back to circuit court. Samuel Jerry Whitaker was
Photo — Eva Bruns speaks at a news conference in Spanish Lake, Missouri, on Nov. 11, calling for a more thorough investigation of the death of her son, 28-year-old Justin King. To the right of Bruns is
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri House lawmakers on Tuesday debated bills that would ban critical race theory in K-12 schools and give parents and guardians more control over what their children learn, an issue that likely will
Photo: Courtesy Arkansas Economic Development Commission LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — United States Steel Corp. on Tuesday announced it’s building a $3 billion mill in northeast Arkansas that’s expected to employ at least 900 people. The Pittsburgh-based
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge is leading an effort with attorneys general from all 50 states and D.C. to urge the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to put in place stronger measures to help
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — The two people killed when their plane crashed in eastern Missouri on Saturday were experienced pilots from Ohio who were flying to Denver to pick up cargo, authorities said Tuesday. George King,
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri’s governing board on Tuesday rejected a request from the university system’s president to temporarily require masks in response to increasing cases of COVID-19.System President Mun Choi first asked the
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri has named a choral hall after musician Sheryl Crow, who graduated from the school in 1984 with a degree in music education.The Columbia Missourian reports that the newly named
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved his request for a major disaster declaration in response to severe storms and tornadoes in Missouri on Dec. 10.
Photo — This file photo shows then-Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen, right, and his attorney, Kurt Altman, as they leave a court hearing in Phoenix on Nov. 5, 2019. An appeals court on Monday upheld Petersen’s six-year
Photo: Todd Mayes. Photo courtesy fourstateshomepage.com JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man charged in the death of his 17-year-old daughter shot her after she threw a bottle at him during an argument, police say. Todd Mayes,
Photo: Marc Carrier. Photo courtesy Greene County jail SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP)– A Springfield man has been sentenced to life in prison in the 2019 death of a 7-month-old baby. The Springfield News-Leader reports that child’s mother and
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday proposed a $6 billion budget for the coming fiscal year that includes increases for public schools, services for the developmentally disabled and higher starting salaries for
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s administration on Monday pushed lawmakers to approve a 5.5% state employee raise that would kick in as soon as Feb. 1. Missouri Budget Director Dan Haug asked members of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — State Senator Trent Garner (R-El Dorado) announced Monday he will not seeking reelection for the District 27 seat, according to a report from THV 11 in Little Rock. In a statement posted to
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The leader of Missouri’s largest anti-abortion group on Monday urged state lawmakers to adopt an aggressively Republican congressional map that could leave Democrats holding just one of the state’s eight U.S. House
Photo: Emily Hernandez SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman who was photographed last year carrying a wooden name plate torn from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor for her role in
JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford has tested positive for COVID-19, his staff said Monday. In a statement, the 55-year-old Arkansas Republican said he was fully vaccinated but contracted the coronavirus late last week. It
January is known as Human Trafficking Awareness Month. It is a time for educating about human trafficking and learning to spot the signs of trafficking. Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons or modern-day slavery, is
The Arkansas State Police is investigating a shooting incident that occurred along Interstate 630 near the Mississippi Street and Rodney Parham Road interchange in Little Rock Sunday afternoon shortly before 4:30. Fredrick Taylor, 26, of Little Rock,
GLENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — Three people have been found dead in a home in western Arkansas, Arkansas State Police said Monday. The bodies of David Sawyer Claborn, 25, his wife Meredith Claborn, 24, and their 23-month-old daughter
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Taney County man has been sentenced in federal court for the sexual exploitation of children. Sixty-year-old Mark Nicholas Cobb of Merriam Woods Village was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Friday
Gov. Asa Hutchinson is asking businesses with 100 or more employees not to comply with President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. He appeared Sunday morning on State of the Union and expressed his opposition. Hutchinson said the federal
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Two people died when a small plane crashed in St. Charles County shortly after taking off Saturday evening. National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter Knudson said the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 58 took off
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The number of people being treated for COVID-19 across Missouri continues to set records as virus cases surge across the state and strain hospital capacity. The state Department of Health and Senior Services
SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. — Simmons Foods has announced plans for a $100 million expansion of its prepared foods operation located at 2101 Twin Circle Drive in Van Buren. According to Joel Sappenfield, president of Simmons Prepared Foods,
FILE — Light from the morning sun illuminates the Supreme Court in Washington Dec. 3. The Supreme Court is holding a special session to hear arguments on the Biden administration’s vaccine or testing requirement for large employers
Sen. Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis (photo courtesy Arkansas State Senate) Arkansas Senate Minority Leader Keith Ingram, D-West Memphis, will not seek re-election following his current term, according to a Talk Business and Politics report. Ingram has been
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, marking the anniversary of the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has joined forces with the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two Little Rock area school districts said Friday that they will continue teaching classes virtually rather than in person for two more days because of a spike in COVID-19 cases. The Little
Convicted murderer Joseph Elledge, center, listens with his attorneys Scott Rosenblum, right, and Matei Stroescu, Friday in Columbia during the sentencing phase his trial. Elledge was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2019 killing of his wife,
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) on Friday issued a call to action to Arkansans, especially school, municipal, business and faith leaders, to recognize the short-term threat posed by the fast-spreading omicron
WASHINGTON — A fourth Arkansas resident is facing charges tied to the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 of last year, accused of entering into the Capitol building twice and even urinating on an inside
A former Arkansas resident pleaded guilty Thursday to tax evasion and admitted he lied to IRS special agents. According to court documents, Joshua Wood, previously of Alma, instructed his employer not to withhold income taxes from his
Photo: Courtesy bikesbluesandbbq.org FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A large motorcycle rally in northwest Arkansas that hasn’t been held for the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic is moving to a new city. Organizers of the Bikes,
WARRENTON, Mo. (AP) — A man who was chasing a dog on Interstate 70 west of St. Louis died after being hit by a car, officials said. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. Thursday in the westbound
Photo: Courtesy forbes.com ST. LOUIS (AP) — Increasing COVID-19 cases combined with staff shortages are straining the ability of Missouri hospitals to provide care for patients with the virus and other illnesses, according to hospital officials. Dr.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s administration is set to open debate next week on increased spending this year for state employee pay and other services. The Republican governor proposes adding $91 million in
A new book produced by female members of the Missouri Senate encourages childhood literacy and inspires young readers. From the founding of our state 200 years ago, ordinary citizens from all walks of life have stepped forward
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — More Arkansas schools announced shifts to virtual classes Thursday as the state continued to see record increases in COVID-19 cases. The North Little Rock School District announced that there would be no
Photo: Courtesy MDC JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows deer hunters in the state harvested 9,965 deer during the alternative-methods portion of the firearms deer season that began Dec.
Photo: U.S. District Judge Lee Rudofsky LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge says he won’t recuse himself from hearing a lawsuit challenging Arkansas’ new state House maps, rejecting complaints from groups who cited his connections
Photo: Evan Schrader BLOOMFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri teenager has pleaded guilty for his role in the death of a man from Advance two years ago. Evan Schrader, of Benton, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree
Photo: Courtesy stltoday.com UNION, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman charged with participating in the riot at U.S. Capitol last year has been arrested after she allegedly caused a fatal crash while driving drunk and the wrong
Photo: Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is calling for Gov. Mike Parson to issue writs of election to fill four vacant House of Representatives seats, with
Photo courtesy kshb.com KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The parents of one of three people killed in a crash with a Kansas City firetruck are suing the city, the fire department and the firetruck’s driver. Michael Elwood,
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The city of St. Louis has not destroyed guns seized months ago from the couple who made headlines by waving the weapons at racial injustice protesters, and the couple is trying to get
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man who injured two United States deputy marshals by crashing into them while attempting to flee in a stolen truck pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to forcibly resisting federal
Hospital and health officials across Missouri sounded the alarm Wednesday over sharply increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases, with some saying they are seeing more confirmed cases than at any time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Leaders of
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Little Rock’s school district officials announced Wednesday a shift to virtual classes for the rest of the week because of a major spike in COVID-19 cases in the area and Arkansas. Little
BENTONVILLE, Ark. — It’s a new year, and Walmart is resolving to bring the convenience of InHome delivery to even more customers in 2022. The retailer announced Wednesday its plans to scale the service, going from InHome
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature kicked off the 2022 annual session Wednesday amid a coronavirus surge and during an election year. Seating in House hearing rooms and the chamber is limited to curb the spread
The University of Missouri System currently does not plan to join other universities across the country that have delayed the start of their spring semesters or returned to online-only instruction because of the surge in COVID-19 cases.Classes
Photo: Rep. Monte Hodges State Rep. Monte Hodges, D-Blytheville, says he will seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Congress in the First District, the seat currently held by U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro. Hodges, a five-term representative,
Photos: (from left) Rep. Justin Hill and Rep. Aaron Griesheimer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Suburban St. Louis-area Republican Rep. Justin Hill, known for skipping his own inauguration last year to oppose President Joe Biden’s election, on
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the first time since 2006, more than 1,000 people died in traffic crashes last year in Missouri, the state transportation department said. Preliminary data showed 1,004 people were killed in crashes
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Medicaid clients can now get additional prescriptions paid for each month. Previously, Arkansas Medicaid paid for up to three prescriptions for adult clients per month. Clients’ doctors also could request three more
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Groups representing Arkansas’ pediatricians and teachers called for more school districts to require face masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus Monday, as the state’s virus cases and hospitalizations continued to
Photo: Shea Lewis LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The next director for Arkansas State Parks (ASP) has been names. In an announcement Monday, Stacy Hurst, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism, said Shea Lewis
MONROE, La. (AP) — President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program to be vaccinated against COVID-19, a Louisiana federal judge ruled Saturday, handing a victory to 24 states that had sued
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states indicated in a monthly survey that the region’s economy continued to improve going into the new year, with confidence in the economy over the next
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)– Senate President Dave Schatz and former House Speaker Elijah Haahr are expected to be deposed later this month in a lawsuit alleging that a former House employee was fired for raising concerns about
The Arkansas General Assembly will convene for the 2022 Fiscal Session on Monday, Feb. 14.Preparations for that session will begin in the next two weeks.Beginning next Monday, the Joint Budget Committee will hold a series of meetings
Women entering Missouri prisons could have a chance to bond with their infant children while incarcerated, under a proposal that House members will be asked to consider in the session starting Wednesday, but that concept is not
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Amtrak service in Missouri will be reduced to one round trip starting Monday as federal and state COVID-19 relief funding ends. The Missouri River Runner Amtrak train service will run one train
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Racing Commission has approved rules to allow for mobile sports betting in Arkansas. The decision came Thursday. KARK reports casino operators in Arkansas have said mobile online betting is something many
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The police chief in Little Rock has been placed on paid leave after shooting at a woman who allegedly shot another woman on New Year’s Eve, the city’s mayor said Saturday. Police
Laboratory assistants from Nextgen Diagnostics administer COVID-19 tests to a group of patients in a City of St. Louis Equipment Services vehicle during one of the city’s public testing sites events at the Electrical Workers Local One
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas prisons are going into lockdown for at least two weeks because of the rising number of COVID-19 cases among staff and prisoners, the state Department of Corrections announced Friday. State prisons
FOLEY, Mo. (AP)– The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating after an eastern Missouri sheriff’s deputy shot a man after the man allegedly shot his own mother. Lincoln County deputies were called Thursday morning to a report
GOLDEN, Mo. (AP) — Investigators say a southwest Missouri man died after an experimental plane crashed on the pilot’s first solo flight. Kenneth Phillip Taylor, 53, of Golden, died in the crash near Eagle Rock Rock, Barry
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday Missouri’s COVID-19 related state of emergency will expire and not be renewed on Friday. Gov. Parson first issued an executive order (EO) declaring a state of emergency existed
SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri man is charged with first-degree murder and several other crimes in a shooting that killed a teenager and left the teen’s mother wounded. The shooting happened Wednesday in Sikeston. The
Photo: Kenneth W. Thompson. Photo: Courtesy Arizona Department of Correction FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A man awaiting execution on Arizona’s death row was found dead in his cell and prison officials say two other inmates are suspects
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — In large part because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the state Department of Human Services (DHS) has a backlog of applications for Medicaid. Not only has the pandemic caused layoffs and forced some businesses
DALTON, Ark. — The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission has confirmed that a hunter-harvested white-tailed deer taken in Randolph County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD).The deer was harvested just south of the Missouri border during
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican-led commissions responsible for redrawing Missouri’s congressional districts on Thursday proposed new boundaries. GOP lawmakers released redrawn maps for the state’s eight U.S. House districts. Republican lawmakers said their proposal complies with
BLOOMFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri man has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a woman. The Sikeston Standard Democrat reports that 39-year-old John Clary of Bloomfield also is charged with felony
LITTLE ROCK — At his weekly news briefing Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson discussed in-class instruction and new COVID guidelines from the CDC, in addition to the increasing case numbers and rapid at-home tests. SCHOOLS Gov. Hutchinson said
GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (AP) — A plumbing worker has died after a trench collapsed in western Missouri. KMBC-TV reports that the accident happened Wednesday in Grain Valley, about 23 miles east of Kansas City. The Occupational Safety
Photo: Courtesy KTVI/KPLR ST. LOUIS (AP) — The latest COVID-19 surge in Missouri has residents scrambling to get tested, but having difficulty finding a place to do it. Urgent care centers, pharmacies and other places offering COVID-19
From reducing income tax to lowering the sales tax on used cars, there are several pieces of tax legislation passed in 2021 that will take effect Saturday. In the most recent special session, the General Assembly passed
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson announces Wayne Wallingford as the new director of the Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR) and welcomed Valeri Huhn as the new director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH).During
(AP) — A firearms store and gun range in suburban Kansas City refused to let a Muslim woman use the range unless she removed her hijab, a Muslim civil rights organization alleged in a federal lawsuit. In
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas judge on Wednesday struck down a state law that prevents schools and other governmental entities from requiring face masks. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Tim Fox had already temporarily blocked the
Photo courtesy Boone County, Missouri, jail COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The driver of a deadly hit-and-run in Columbia was sentenced Tuesday to more than a decade in prison. Charles Waddill, of Harrisburg, pleaded guilty in September to
Photo: Round Spring Visitor Contact Station was destroyed by fire earlier this week. NPS Photo VAN BUREN, Mo. — Officials with Ozark National Scenic Riverways are requesting assistance locating persons responsible for suspected theft and arson of
Photo courtesy youtube.com JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday requested FEMA declare a major disaster so the state can access federal help recovering from deadly tornadoes that hit this month. If granted,
FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP)– Authorities said they’re investigating the Christmas Eve escape of two inmates who used a water hose to rappel down the side of a western Arkansas jail. Jeremiah Slavens, 39, of Fort Smith, and
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A southeast Missouri woman has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of her boyfriend, who was stabbed with a sword. Brittany Wilson, 32, of Cape Girardeau, entered the plea
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri State Highway Patrol has completed an investigation of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that began after a journalist exposed a state database flaw. Patrol Capt. John Hotz told the Post-Dispatch Monday
Dollar General Corp. of Goodlettsville, Tennessee, is looking to build a $140 million warehouse distribution center in the Galloway area of North Little Rock, according to an Arkansas Business report. The Little Rock publication reports the plan
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Eight people died on Missouri roadways over the long Christmas weekend, two fewer than the holiday period in 2020. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said Monday that troopers worked 310 total accidents
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has ordered U.S. and Missouri flags be flown at half-staff at all government buildings in Boone County, the Firefighter Memorial of Missouri in Kingdom City and firehouses statewide on
The number of new COVID-19 cases is rising sharply in Missouri’s largest county, and officials warn that case counts will almost certainly rise over the next couple of weeks as the Omicron variant takes hold. St. Louis
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) –A man wanted in connection with the shooting death of a toddler in suburban Kansas City has been arrested in Omaha. Police have said the child died after a gun the 2-year-old was handling
NEWBURG, Mo. (AP) – Investigators in a small southern Missouri town are trying to determine the identity of a serial arsonist who is believed responsible for nearly two dozen suspicious fires. KYTV-TV reports that 20 fires have
The highly contagious omicron coronavirus variant has spread across much of Missouri, wastewater testing data released Friday shows. The variant has now been detected at low levels in 15 of the 63 test locations, including in St
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Arkansas, making federal relief funding available in five north eastern counties hit by tornadoes that ripped through the Midwest and South this month.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has cleared Santa’s reindeer to fly his sleigh. The state’s Department of Agriculture said in a tweet this week that the agency worked with Santa’s veterinarian to approve his livestock movement
SPRINGIELD, Mo. (AP) – Springfield police say officers shot and killed a man after he pointed a gun at them outside an apartment complex. Police said in a news release that officers went to the complex Thursday
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The doctor for a private Christian boarding school that has been the focus of an abuse investigation in Missouri was charged with child sex crimes. An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for David
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas was reporting 1,314 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, the largest one-day increase in cases since September. That tops the 1,365 new cases reported in the state on Sept. 24.
Jill Dillard, Jessa Seewald, Jinger Vuolo, and Joy Duggar filed a 2017 privacy lawsuit. Photos courtesy GettyImages FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal trial has been reset for April in a case brought by four sisters of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A House panel on Thursday agreed on two tentative plans for redrawing Missouri’s state legislative districts, while the Senate panel remained deadlocked within hours of its deadline to act. House and Senate
FILE — Gary Lee Sampson, center, is escorted into Hillsborough County Superior Court on June, 1 2004, in Nashua, New Hampshire. The Federal Bureau of Prisons says Sampson, 62, a drifter convicted of killing two Massachusetts men
TAMPA, Fla (AP) — A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday blocked President Joe Biden’s requirement for federal contractors to receive coronavirus vaccines, adding to a series of legal setbacks for the mandate.U.S. District Judge Steven Merryday
FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Department of Justice announced Thursday nearly $126 million in funding to advance school safety under the STOP School Violence Act. The grants, awarded by the Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area health officials said Thursday that the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus appears to be fueling a surge in cases, and urged the public to avoid travel and gatherings.”The community
FULTON, Mo. (AP) — A central Missouri man is jailed without bond after allegedly using a crossbow to attack a neighbor. Fulton police were called to a home just before noon Wednesday to help a 42-year-old man
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri law forbidding local police from enforcing federal gun laws is hampering efforts to protect the public, federal authorities say. A blistering court brief filed Tuesday by the U.S. Department of
Photo courtesy Jackson (Missouri) Police Department JACKSON, Mo. (AP) — Police in the southeast Missouri town of Jackson are continuing to investigate what led to a shooting that left one man dead and another critically wounded. The
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Three southwestern Missouri men pleaded guilty Thursday to federal misdemeanors for breaching the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The Kansas City Star reports that 45-year-old Zachary Martin and two brothers, 44-year-old Michael Quick
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — An accounting oversight board filed a complaint against Missouri’s Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway this month over critical audits of Sen. Josh Hawley’s use of public money while he was state attorney general.
Arkansas State Police is investigating the death of an unidentified person whose body was discovered Wednesday morning about 9 in Pope County in a wooded area near the 83-mile marker along Interstate 40.The remains were found by
ST. LOUIS (AP) — New cases and hospitalizations from COVID-19 are surging throughout Missouri, and health leaders are warning of an approaching “perfect storm” if more people don’t get vaccinated and take other precautions.Missouri is now seeing
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday turned aside efforts by five Missouri counties to reverse his ruling stripping local health departments of the ability to impose regulations aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19.
This booking photo provided by the Garland County Sheriff’s Department, shows Cody Webb, 35, who was arrested and charged with capital murder Tuesday in the death last week of his 5-month-old son. (Garland County Sheriff’s Department via
FESTUS, Mo. (AP) – A school bus struck and fatally killed a first-grader Tuesday in eastern Missouri on the last day of classes before winter break. “This morning we were singing Christmas carols together,” said Clint Johnston,
Photo: Tyler Gates. Photo: Courtesy Independence Police Department INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of a man in a deadly 2018 shooting outside a suburban Kansas City shopping mall because
Photo courtesy khqa.com JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The owner of Skelton Tactical, a gun store in Osage Beach, has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally selling firearms to undercover agents of the Bureau of
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A member of the foundation board that oversees the Missouri Governor’s Mansion says she stepped down over concerns about the increasing role of the governor’s wife in decision-making. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Chris Irick of Pleasant Hope harvested the first elk by archery methods in Missouri’s modern elk hunting history during the archery portion, Oct. 16-24. Pictured with Irick is Conservation Agent Logan Brawley. Photo courtesy Missouri Department of
Monday afternoon, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office obtained a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate on federal contractors, which halts enforcement of the mandate in Missouri and the other states in Missouri’s coalition that initially
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas Department of Education is joining the Arkansas Department of Health and Arkansas Drug Director’s Office to announce schools and other service organizations now have an easier route to obtain NARCAN, an
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Medical marijuana sales in Missouri have reached a milestone, now topping the $200 million mark. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said Monday that 14 months after sales began, 158,169
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A man accused of pointing a gun at police officers in Springfield is in custody. Springfield police say Talon Williams was arrested Monday afternoon after a manhunt that lasted several hours. A news
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Executive orders that Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed on Monday will provide recommendations for use of federal infrastructure funds, align audits in certain executive branch agencies and create the Energy Resources Council to improve
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Two men with gunshot wounds were found dead in a stolen vehicle near the front entrance of a Little Rock hospital, police said, and a third person later arrived with a gunshot
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Independence man pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to robbing three banks within a period of about a month in Lee’s Summit, Kansas City and Odessa. Hubert J. Holmes, 61, pleaded guilty
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The commissions in charge of redrawing Missouri’s state House and Senate districts based on new census data are pushing up against a constitutional deadline to agree on tentative maps for next year’s
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Monday a warrant has been issued for Joseph Schwartz, owner of Skyline nursing homes. Schwartz is accused of eight counts of Medicaid fraud resulting from the submission
Photo courtesy kshb.com KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police have identified the three victims killed last week when a firetruck collided with a sport utility vehicle and then smashed into a building in a Kansas City entertainment
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican state representative has introduced legislation that would ban nearly all abortions in Missouri, mirroring a new Texas law. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the bill introduced Thursday by state
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) — A person is dead after being shot by a deputy sheriff in southeast Missouri. KFVS-TV reports that the shooting happened Sunday afternoon in Butler County. Sheriff Mark Dobbs said authorities were called
FILE- A tornado approaches Interstate 80 near Atlantic, Iowa, as a semi truck rolls eastward on Wednesday. The National Weather Service has declared the series of thunderstorms and tornadoes that swept across the Great Plains and upper
Photo courtesy kfvs12.com Ste. Genevieve County, Mo. (AP) — Volunteers have removed 3.5 tons of garbage from a sinkhole cave in southeast Missouri in a single day. The Missouri Department of Conservation said Friday the focus of
TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) — Questions over the competency of an Arkansas state prison inmate charged with killing a county jail guard in 2016 have continued to delay a resolution in the case. Prosecutors have filed a motion
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is banking on Republican voters forgiving his past indiscretions when they choose a U.S. Senate nominee next August. Many in the GOP establishment are hoping they don’t forget.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee investigators on Friday identified the two men shot dead by an Arkansas trooper during a chase between the two states. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Terrance Dogan, 27, and John H.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Tech University will partner with “Ready For Life” to strengthen workforce education and training in the River Valley, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Friday during a speech to the Russellville Chamber of Commerce.”Ready
Photo: Courtesy mentalfloss.com Nearly 50 toxic waste sites around the U.S. will be cleaned up, and ongoing work at dozens of others will get a funding boost, as federal environmental officials announced Friday a $1 billion infusion
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s treasurer no longer will help schools refinance bond debt unless superintendents promise not to enforce face mask requirements and other COVID-19 safety measures issued by local officials.Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick this month began
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas on Friday reported its first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant as the states coronavirus cases and hospitalizations continued to increase. The Arkansas Department of Health did not release information about
ST. LOUIS — United States District Court Judge Matthew T. Schelp accepted a plea of guilty from Tarik Mazhar on Friday. Mazhar pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute methamphetamine. Judge Schelp set
Image courtesy Tennessee Department of Transportation MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — An Arkansas state trooper shot and killed two men during a chase that began in Arkansas and ended in Memphis, authorities said. The chase along Interstate 55
KANSAS CITY, Mo (AP) –Three people were killed when a firetruck collided with a sport utility vehicle, then plowed over a sidewalk and into a building in a Kansas City entertainment district. Police said the collision happened
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Jefferson City man has been convicted by a federal jury of illegally possessing the firearm he used to shoot another person during an argument. Dana Ray Day Jr., 31, was found guilty
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Three male juveniles have been taken into custody in connection with the shooting death of a Sedalia man, police said. The juveniles. ages 15 and 16, are suspects in the death of 32-year-old
Photo: Anthony Nunes JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man who told two store clerks he had COVID-19 and asked if they wanted the disease has been sentenced to two years of probation. Anthony Nunes, 27, pleaded
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Westrock Coffee Company, LLC (Westrock Coffee) announced plans Thursday to expand its operations and beverage capabilities with the purchase of a new facility in Conway that, when fully built-out, will be the largest
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday the state has begun the process to obtain federal disaster assistance for Missouri in response to severe storms and deadly tornadoes that swept across the state on December
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Conway man has pleaded guilty to importing and possessing illegally taken wildlife. Twenty-seven-year-old Jackson Roe entered his guilty plea Wednesday afternoon before Chief United States District Judge D. Price Marshall Jr. In
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Billings man who belongs to the Aryan Brotherhood pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to methamphetamine trafficking.Jimmy Jack Pinkley, 44, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to one count
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The economy remains strong in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states, but some of the bankers surveyed this month said they are worried about how inflation will affect farmers. The overall
Missouri-based commercial refrigeration manufacturer True Manufacturing announced Thursday it will build a new facility in Poplar Bluff, investing $21 million and creating 175 new jobs in the area. “True Manufacturing’s expansion is a Missouri success story, and
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas officials said Wednesday that they have extended into next year the deadline for applying for rental relief after little of the state’s share of the federal funds for the program had
Photo: Bryan C. Kirkendoll II KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for his role in a $1 million conspiracy to steal more than 1,400 cellphones in dozens of commercial
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — An Everton man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for illegally possessing the firearm he was carrying at the time he was arrested for rape and sex trafficking in Lawrence County.David Arnold, 48, was
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Much of the Midwest braced Wednesday for powerful winds, heavy rain and a chance of tornadoes as temperatures felt like summertime despite the official start of winter being only days away. Forecasters across
Photo: Grayden Lane Denham PLATTE CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man has been convicted of killing four of his family members — including an infant — whose bodies were discovered in the aftermath of a 2016 house
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The FBI and Poinsett County Sheriff’s Office need the public’s help identifying and locating a man who robbed a bank in Marked Tree on Monday. The robbery occurred at approximately 10:23 a.m. at
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri WIC is extending the temporary increase of the Cash Value Benefit for Fruit and Vegetable Purchases (CVB) for January, February and March 2022. The increase is the same amount as November and
Photo: MDC reports 14,896 deer were harvested during the antlerless portion of deer season, Dec. 4 through Sunday. Photo: Courtesy MDC JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows deer hunters
Photo: Kody Ryan Kelso SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Springfield man who contacted hundreds of children through a teen dating website was indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday on child sexual exploitation charges. Kody Ryan Kelso, 30,
SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) – A former city councilor won the Republican nomination in a special primary election Tuesday night, beating out candidates that included “19 Kids and Counting” father Jim Bob Duggar. The poll results show that
Photo: Courtesy stlpublicradio.org The St. Louis-based electric utility Ameren Corp. said in a court filing Tuesday that it will close a coal plant several years early, a move that follows a court order this summer requiring pollution
FORT SMITH, Ark. — A Fort Smith woman was sentenced on Dec. 8 to 41 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release and ordered to pay $120,978.00 in restitution following her guilty plea to
Image: Courtesy mobidefed.org JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A new cross-state recreational trail is a step closer to completion after Missouri announced on Tuesday that it was accepting ownership of an old railroad corridor that can be
In this Dec. 10 photo provided by Sandra Hooker, from left, Avalinn Rackley, 7, Alanna Rackley, 3, and Annistyn Rackley, 9, pose for a picture in a bathroom in their home near Caruthersville. Annistyn, a third-grader who
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and state legislative leaders have agreed on a financial framework for the upcoming budget that assumes state revenues will grow to a record amount. The agreement released Tuesday
In this Thursday, July 10, 2014 file photo, Bobby Bostic poses for a portrait in the visitation room at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Cameron, Mo., where he has served 23 years of a 241-year sentence for
FILE – Jim Bob Duggar and his family listen as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee speaks to the Values Voter Summit, held by the Family Research Council Action, Friday, Sept. 17, 2010, in Washington. Duggar is among
Photo: Monett nursing home. Photo courtesy yahoo.com A 2-month-old whose family tried to protect her by putting her in a car seat. A 94-year-old Korean War veteran from Arkansas. A longtime florist in Tennessee who recently “started
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones on Monday signed a bill repealing city ordinances that make it illegal to possess small amounts of marijuana. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that in addition to repealing
The bodies of a Madison County couple were recovered from a rural residence east of Huntsville Sunday night. Arkansas State Police says the deceased man and woman have been identified as Michael Gilman, 46, and Lori Newman,
Photo: Courtesy Missouri Department of Conservation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Conservation Commission gave final approval at its Friday open meeting to the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) proposed regulation changes that would allow the expanded
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Weather forecasters say damaging winds are expected in parts of Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri this week, just days after devastating tornadoes that wreaked havoc in the Midwest. The National Weather Service has
Gov. Mike Parson toured storm damage in Pemiscot County, Mo. on Sunday (Source: KFVS) DEFIANCE, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials are continuing to assess the damage caused by tornadoes that killed at least two people in the
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has been charged with three felonies for allegedly firing a shotgun at a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper and injuring him after a short chase Friday night in Springfield. Justin
MONETTE, Ark. (AP) – Two people were killed in northeastern Arkansas as tornadoes struck several states in the region, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Saturday in Monette. One person at Monette Manor nursing home in Monette and one
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri System Board of Curators voted Friday to allow guns in parked vehicles on all of its campuses. The university system still prohibits open or concealed carry of firearms on
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper was injured Friday night after a short chase and an exchange of gunfire with a suspect in Springfield, the patrol said. Patrol Sgt. Mike McClure said that
WASHINGTON (AP) – An eastern Missouri man was sentenced Friday to three years of probation for participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Nicholas Burton Reimler, 29, of Valley Park, pleaded guilty in September
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than a half-dozen local health departments in Missouri have stopped offering COVID-19 services, such as contact tracing and tracking case numbers, in response to threats of legal action from Attorney General
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At its Friday open meeting in Jefferson City, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved the following recommendations by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for upcoming turkey-hunting and deer-hunting season dates.2022 SPRING AND FALL
MDC is proposing extending current hunting and trapping seasons for furbearers, such as coyotes, in an effort to provide additional harvest opportunity. Photo courtesy MDC JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Conservation Commission (MDC) gave initial approval
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge on Friday set a March trial date for William Tisaby, the private investigator who led the invasion of privacy investigation of former Gov. Eric Greitens in 2018.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported
Photo: Arkansas House of Representatives chamber. Photo courtesy Arkansas House of Representatives Legislation providing the largest state income tax reduction in state history has now been signed into law. Act 1 and Act 2 are identical pieces
FILE – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson answers media’s questions July 13, 2021, in Kansas City. Gov. Parson’s office appointed four new members to a state board that oversees funeral homes amid complaints that the previous members had
Photo: Nicholas Dismuke LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Helena-West Helena man is expected to remain in prison until at least 2053 after possessing of a firearm following a felony conviction and for brandishing a firearm during the
Photo: Lynlee Renick COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A woman shot and killed her husband at his snake breeding business in mid-Missouri, a jury decided Thursday.Lynlee Renick was convicted in Boone County of second-degree murder and armed criminal
FORT SMITH, Ark. — The Department of Justice announced Thursday it has awarded more than $17.5 million in grants to support the Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program. Funding will support efforts across the country to address violent
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — The domestic partner of a soldier stationed at Fort Leonard Wood was sentenced in federal court Thursday for strangling and assaulting her in their home. Kevin Levon Bonner, 33, was sentenced by U.S. Chief
HERMITAGE, Mo. (AP) — A western Missouri deputy shot and killed a woman who reportedly attacked another person with a knife, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The deadly encounter happened Wednesday morning in the town
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas lawmakers on Thursday approved the largest tax cut in state history, adjourning a special session without taking up an abortion ban modeled after Texas’ or other measures some Republican lawmakers hoped
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Former reality TV star Josh Duggar was immediately taken into custody Thursday after a federal jury convicted him of downloading and possessing child pornography. The jury in Fayetteville found the 33-year-old Duggar guilty
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Carthage husband and wife were sentenced in federal court Wednesday for their involvement in a five-year-long scheme to embezzle more than $235,000 from a Joplin business owner. Jeanine A. Poe, 52, and William
STUTTGART, Ark. — Due to unprecedented growth in its domestic packaged business, Riceland Foods announced Wednesday the cooperative intends to make a $13.2 million plant expansion requiring additional personnel in order to meet demand. As a result,
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri high school students will have to score a little higher on the ACT exam in the future to receive the state’s main merit-based college scholarship. The state higher education department said
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A Nixa physician pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to making a false statement to Medicare to obtain insurance coverage for a fentanyl prescription and to conspiring with others to use his DEA registration
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Wednesday gave initial approval to the largest tax cut in the state’s history, as legislative leaders hoped to wrap up a special session without taking up a Texas-style abortion
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The defense rested Tuesday in the Arkansas federal trial of former reality TV star Josh Duggar after a prosecutor sharply questioned a computer expert during the state’s cross-examination. Duggar, 33, is charged with
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — COVID-19 cases are rising sharply again across Missouri, prompting renewed concerns about overcrowding at hospitals and long waits for emergency services and hospital beds. Data posted on the state’s COVID-19 dashboard on Tuesday
ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) — A woman was attacked and killed by dogs in front of a rural Franklin County home in eastern Missouri, investigators there said. Sheriff Steve Pelton said the attack happened Monday afternoon in
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas legislators on Tuesday advanced a nearly $500 million income tax cut package, rejecting efforts to include a tax credit for law enforcement officers. The votes against adding the credit were a
The leader of a campaign to legalize marijuana use in Missouri said he is confident the issue will pass if his group gathers enough signatures to put the question on the 2022 election ballot. A group called
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt on Tuesday warned school districts and local public health agencies that he will take legal action if they do not stop enforcing COVID-19 mandates such as mask
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has announced a number of noteworthy arrests and convictions by the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) of her office.”This is a warning to all Arkansans committing Medicaid fraud
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Defense attorneys for former reality TV star Josh Duggar have begun presenting their case to a federal jury with testimony from a computer analyst who said it’s possible that the computer where child
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Legislature is meeting on Tuesday to take up a nearly $500 million income tax cut plan, but some lawmakers are expected to push for other measures including an abortion ban
Photo: Trooper Zachary T. Costley A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper is being recognized for his role in preventing a likely attempted kidnapping. The Missouri Department of Public Safety (DPS) says Trooper Zachary T. Costley, of Patrol
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri state employees would get a 5.5% pay raise and earn at least $15 an hour under a proposal put forth Monday by Gov. Mike Parson to try to make the state
Photo: Lynlee Renick COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri woman shot and killed her husband at his snake breeding business because she was the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy, which would have helped her
Photo: Preet Johnson LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A Jacksonville man has been convicted for crimes related to distributing or viewing child pornography. Preet Johnson, 20, pleaded guilty to five counts of distributing, possessing, or viewing matter depicting
A 23-year-old man was shot and killed after police say he and two others attempted to rob a Lebanon home Friday night. Zachary Gillis, and Blake Paulson are charged in the investigation.(Lebanon Police Department) LEBANON, Mo. (AP)
EL DORADO and GLENWOOD, Ark. — Resolute Forest Products, a global leader in the forest products industry, has added more than 160 new jobs in the state over the past two years, and as already announced by
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– A Mountain View, Missouri, woman who used a stolen identity to enroll in college pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to Social Security fraud. Laura A. Oglesby, 48, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge
ST. LOUIS (AP) — After successfully defending its weapons ban in court, the St. Louis Zoo is now trying to force the gun rights activist who challenged the ban to pay part of its $150,000 in legal
Photo courtesy ky3.com WASHINGTON (AP) — An eastern Missouri man pleaded guilty Monday to participating in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Paul S. Westover, 53, of Lake St. Louis, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — At the 2021 National Computer Science Education Week kickoff event hosted by Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the Governors for Computer Science Coalition Friday, it was announced the Arkansas Computer Science and Computing Initiative
In this May 7, 2020, file photo workers wait in line to enter the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Ind. Tyson Foods said Monday, Dec. 6, 2021 that it plans to spend roughly $50 million
GLENWOOD, Ark. (AP) – The wreckage of a missing airplane flying from Louisiana to Arkansas was found Saturday in southwestern Arkansas, according to the National Transportation Board. The wreckage of the single engine aircraft, identified as a
Eric Estes (photo courtesy of KAIT-TV via Craighead County Sheriff’s Office) JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) – Police arrested a Jonesboro man after they say he drove his truck through a fence at the airport and stopped a plane
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri health officials on Friday reported the state’s first presumed case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a St. Louis resident.The St. Louis Health Department is waiting for confirmation from the Centers for
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Defendants involved in a romance fraud scheme that victimized a Taney County, Missouri, woman and an email hacking scheme that targeted a program at Fort Leonard Wood were indicted in federal court in the
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has called members of the 93rd General Assembly into a special session to begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday to enact reductions to state income taxes.”The key reason for the
PACIFIC, Mo. (AP) — Two 16-year-old boys have been charged in the shooting death of an 18-year-old student in eastern Missouri, authorities said Friday. The two boys were each charged with second-degree murder after the body of
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A civilian pharmacist at Fort Leonard Wood was charged in federal court Friday with assaulting his supervisor with a knife and stabbing him multiple times. Robert E. Sapp, 63, was charged in a complaint
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A desktop computer found with child pornography at former reality TV star Josh Duggar’s workplace also included an operating system that could allow a user to circumvent an accountability application that monitored internet
President Joe Biden talks about the newly approved COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 from the South Court Auditorium on the White House complex in Washington Nov. 3. Millions of health care workers across the U.S. were
PACIFIC, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis are investigating the death of an 18-year-old high school student after her body was found along a highway. The Major Case Squad of Greater St. Louis is investigating
Missouri legislators who oppose legal abortion are preparing an aggressive list of bills for the 2022 General Assembly that convenes in January. Proposals include requiring women to undergo an ultrasound before an abortion and raising criminal penalties
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A health department analysis shows Missouri cities that require masks to combat the coronavirus pandemic this year saw fewer infections, but Republican Gov. Mike Parson insisted Thursday that mandates don’t work. The analysis
Photo: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Just before Missouri Gov. Mike Parson condemned a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter for exposing a state database flaw, records show the state Department of Elementary and Secondary
STRONG, Ark. (AP) — Chronic wasting disease has been found in a deer in southern Arkansas, near the Louisiana state line, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission reported Thursday.The deer was harvested in the Felsenthal National Wildlife
Lobbyist and political consultant David Barklage, right, arrives at U.S. District Court in St. Louis with his attorney Joseph Passanise on Friday, May 7, 2021 to enter a not guilty plea. Photo courtesy webstercountycitizen.com ST. LOUIS (AP)
ST. LOUIS — A federal grand jury indicted Danial Jeloudar and Saeeid Safaei Wednesday for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Both defendants are Iranian nationals believed to be living abroad.This is the first cryptojacking case to be
Photo: Jerry Morgan, member, ASU System Board of Trustees LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Jerry Morgan of Jonesboro, a 1992 graduate of Arkansas State University and longtime banking executive, to the Arkansas State
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — An Ash Grove man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday for illegally possessing 10 firearms, three of which were stolen during his burglary of a neighbor’s house.Jason B. Roberts, 44, was sentenced by U.S.
Special agents of the Arkansas State Police have been notified by the state medical examiner that the remains of a man’s body found earlier this week have been identified as those of Howard Earl Holmes, 70, of
Former Craighead County Clerk Jacob “Kade” Holliday was sentenced to 10 years in state prison Monday, after he pleaded guilty to forgery and stealing nearly $14,000 from a nonprofit where he was the treasurer. Arkansas Business reports
Lawrence Timmons, left, in a 2019 booking photo, and right in a 2007 photo. Photos courtesy Springfield News-Leader AURORA, Mo. (AP) — A prosecutor said Wednesday that he dropped a first-degree murder charge against a Missouri man
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday upheld the 20-year prison sentence for a former pathologist at an Arkansas veterans hospital who pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of a patient
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas’ state agencies have experienced the same problems as many companies with difficulty hiring entry-level employees. Several agencies have contacted the state Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to report a difficulties attracting applicants
INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum is scheduled to reopen with limited hours on Thursday. The museum in Independence will initially reopen on Thursdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states indicate the region’s economy remains healthy and have seen their confidence in the economy over the next six months improve, according to a new monthly
Photo: Preliminary data from MDC shows young hunter hunters harvested 3,477 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2021 deer season, Friday-Sunday. Pictured is 12-year-old Addison Gibbs, who harvested this buck Nov. 28 in Howard County.
This undated photo provided by the Washington County Jail shows Joshua Duggar. A federal judge says no phones, laptops or recording devices will be allowed at next week’s scheduled trial for former reality TV star Josh Duggar,
Then Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens waits to deliver remarks to a small group of supporters near the capitol in Jefferson City in this May 17, 2018 file photo. A federal elections watchdog group on Wednesday filed another
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state lawmaker resigned to take over as director of the state’s child services watchdog agency, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Tuesday. Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Wilson and GOP
ST. LOUIS — Mark Hunter of St. Louis appeared before United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark Tuesday and was sentenced to six months in federal prison followed by three years of supervised release. Hunter previously
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas reported more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday in its biggest one-day jump in coronavirus cases since September. The state reported 1,044 new coronavirus cases, bringing its total since the pandemic
SELIGMAN, Mo. (AP) — Police say the body of a man killed in northwestern Arkansas was found last week in southwestern Missouri, and two suspects in the case were later arrested in Tulsa. Officers called to an
FENTON, Mo. (AP) — A man who was driving the wrong way on Interstate 44 in suburban St. Louis died after hitting a semitrailer, a concrete barrier and two other vehicles, authorities there said. The crash happened
