Category Archives: Regional News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri reported more than 1,400 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 Monday, which was a drop from record numbers reported during the weekend. The 1,405 confirmed cases reported Monday raised the state’s total

LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Arkansas on Monday hit a new record for number of people hospitalized because of the illness caused by the coronavirus. The Department of Health reported 41 more people hospitalized because of COVID-19, bringing

SPRINGFIELD, MO. (AP) – A 17-year-old southwestern Missouri boy has died following a four-vehicle crash this weekend on U.S. Highway 65 in Springfield, police there said. Cole David Tedford, 17, of Springfield, was driving a car northbound

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Missouri’s first licensed marijuana dispensaries opened this weekend in the St. Louis area with long lines. Two dispensaries run by N’Bliss opened Saturday in Ellisville and Manchester. Another dispensary is expected to open

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled that two proposed amendments will not be removed from the general election ballot next month, upholding a lower court’s decision to dismiss the case against the secretary

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Cities, towns and counties in Arkansas may now apply for federal coronavirus relief funding, the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration announced Saturday. The department said $75 million is available to cities

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism (ADPHT), the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC), and the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) have received approval to proceed with a grant program

STUTTGART, Ark. (AP) – Three Riceland Rice employees were injured, none seriously, in an explosion at a Riceland plant in Stuttgart, according to company spokesperson Kevin McGilton. The employees suffered minor injuries that were not life-threatening in

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A group supporting Democrat Nicole Galloway’s campaign for Missouri governor has raised more than $5 million. The independent political action committee on Thursday reported it raised and spent a little more than

Missour Gov. Mike Parson announced Thursday Missouri has submitted its plan for administering the impending COVID-19 vaccine to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Governor Parson was joined by Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Officials in the county where Little Rock is situated say more than 22,000 mail-in ballots have been sent to voters who requested them ahead of Monday’s early voting start. Pulaski County Clerk

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The Arkansas Teacher Retirement System wants to recover retirement benefits that continued to be paid out after two members died, resulting in overpayments of more than $323,000. Executive director Clint Rhoden told

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – A majority of bankers surveyed in rural parts of 10 Plains and Western states are showing more enthusiasm for the state of their local economies than they have since the coronavirus pandemic began.

RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (AP) – An Oklahoma tribe has sued a rival company and the Arkansas Racing Commission in an effort to stop a smaller annex casino from being built in Pope County. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that

NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart is spreading out its traditional one-day Black Friday deals over three weekends in November in an effort to reduce crowds in its stores during a pandemic. The company’s plans announced Wednesday offer

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – More people are back at work in Missouri after joblessness spiked during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. State data released Wednesday show the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped from 7% in

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) – An 11-year-old who was upset about being grounded was fatally struck by a car after writing a note explaining he was running away from his suburban St. Louis home. The St. Louis

Photo: Courtesy apnews.com JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Fifty-six residents of Missouri veterans homes have died of COVID-19 since Sept. 1, including 25 at one facility in southeast Missouri. A spokesman for the Missouri Veterans Commission told

MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A 10-year-old Missouri girl whose parents have been charged in her death was so emaciated that a detective said she looked “like a Holocaust victim,” according to court records. The girl, who is

Photo: Armed homeowners standing in front their house along Portland Place confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house earlier this month in the Central West End of St. Louis. (Laurie Skrivan/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via

The Arkansas State Police is investigating a homicide following the discovery of an individual’s body inside an apartment in Newark in Independence County Tuesday. Special agents of the state police Criminal Investigation Division have been requested by

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – Republican Rep. French Hill and Democratic challenger Joyce Elliott have clashed over President Donald Trump’s tax cut and the federal health in their only debate of a congressional race in Arkansas that’s turned

CARTHAGE, Mo. (AP) – Police in the southwestern Missouri city of Carthage say a man there has been shot to death. Television station KYTV reports that a 911 caller reported a shooting Tuesday night in the city’s

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – A western Arkansas school board plans to rename a school that pays homage to a Confederate general. The Fort Smith School Board on Monday voted 6-1 to change the name of Albert

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) – Authorities say a Kansas City Chief’s fan who was upset about the team’s loss to the Las Vegas Raiders pointed a gun at a victim in a neighborhood about 10 miles (16.09

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas police officer who was fatally shot last week was remembered by officials, friends and family for his dedication to his job and community.The funeral for Pine Bluff Detective Kevin Collins,

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – A conservative political action committee in Missouri is facing accusations of racism after posting a website that uses images of violent protests and photos of Black politicians to attack the Democratic candidate for

DESOTO, Mo. (AP) – An early morning house fire has left four people dead and two others seriously burned in the small community of De Soto, Missouri. Firefighters got the 911 call shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A former youth pastor was charged with seven felonies following accusations he sexually abused a child in Missouri. Jeff Taylor, 46, of Strafford, Missouri, was charged Thursday with five counts of statutory sodomy

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) – The penalty phase of the trial of a 20-year-old Pine Bluff man convicted of killing a 72-year-old Wooster woman is in recess until Tuesday. Faulkner County jurors are hearing testimony as prosecutors seek

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – More than 150 University of Missouri students have been caught using group chats to cheat on exams since many classes moved online amid the coronavirus pandemic. University spokeswoman Liz McCune said Friday that

SALEM, Mo. (AP) – A southern Missouri man who spent 12 years in prison for murder before the Missouri Supreme Court overturned his conviction won’t be retried in the killing of his live-in girlfriend. The Dent County

Photo: Missouri Department of Conservation Media Specialist Francis Skalicky snapped a pic of the orbweaver’s spiderweb while out on a trail in Springfield. A number of species of orb-weavers can be found in Missouri. Their webs are

Photo: Echo Bluff State Park, Eminence, Missouri JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Natural Resources Division of State Parks has launched a new state park and historic site status map providing the public with one

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis man has been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for a “romance scam” that targeted two dozen elderly people, creating severe financial hardship for some of them.

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and his Democratic opponent spent much of a candidate forum on Friday sparring over the governor’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. Parson and Democratic candidate Nicole Galloway, along

Missouri residents who want to vote remotely in November’s elections will have to have their ballots notarized unless they meet specific criteria, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision comes in a lawsuit filed by the

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – A man accused in the shooting death of a Pine Bluff detective has been denied bail after a judge found there was probable cause to hold him as prosecutors prepare a capital

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) – A massive fire at an eastern Missouri marina destroyed or damaged nearly 200 boats and left at least one person injured, authorities there said. The fire broke out Wednesday at the Woodland

Photo: Courtesy KATV LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Prosecutors say a 19-year-old man has been sentenced to 42 years in prison after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in the 2017 shooting death of an Arkansas police officer.

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said the state will release $133 million in funding to support critical services in the state. The governor said Wednesday the state’s economy has not been as severely impacted

RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) – The interim principal at a Kansas City-area high school has apologized for storming onto a volleyball court before a girls game and demanding that the team take off their racial unity T-shirts. Students

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s investigation of Democratic Auditor Nicole Galloway over a GOP group’s allegations of campaign finance violations has prompted a legal fight. With Galloway engaged in a tight

ST. LOUIS (AP) – An eastern Missouri woman has pleaded guilty to three federal counts of mail fraud, admitting that she stole thousands of dollars from dairy supply company and Dairy Queen restaurant. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday

    SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – A sheriff’s deputy who shot and killed a Missouri woman in June returned to work after an internal investigation found he had not violated any department policies. The Pettis County sheriff’s deputy

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Democratic challenger Joyce Elliott outraised Republican Rep. French Hill for the second quarter in a row as fundraising and spending ramped up for an increasingly heated race for a central Arkansas congressional

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Springfield man has been charged with second-degree murder after a police chase ended with a fatal crash, authorities said. Andrew Hammond, 20, was charged with second-degree murder after the crash Monday in

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A southern Arkansas man suspected in the killings of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old son has been arrested in the Los Angeles area, police said Tuesday. Jory Worthen was captured in Burbank,

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (AP) – Authorities in rural southeast Missouri continue to investigate after a car crashed into a home, killing the driver and a teenage passenger. KFVS-TV reports that the accident was reported Sunday near the

ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis has tied its all-time record homicide rate following a shooting death at a north side bar.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 36-year-old William Edwards of Cahokia, Illinois, was killed Sunday night

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating a wrong-way driving crash that killed two young mothers.WDAF-TV reports that the accident happened Sunday morning on 43rd Street. The victims were Kiara Clark and

OLIVETTE, Mo. (AP) – A woman who was inside a suburban St. Louis Starbucks is dead and several others are injured after a 78-year-old man’s sport utility vehicle crashed into the building. The accident happened Saturday morning

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) – A St. Louis County lab’s approval to start testing samples of marijuana means that commercial marijuana for medical use could be on the shelves this month. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that

Missouri voters are deciding whether to limit all statewide office holders to two four-year terms. Currently, the governor and state treasurer are the only elected statewide officials restricted to two consecutive terms. Constitutional Amendment 1 on the

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ finance office on Friday said the state’s revenue has come in nearly $159 million above forecast so far this fiscal year. The Department of Finance and Administration said the state’s net

Photo: Susanne Michael, a teacher at Harrisburg Elementary School, died of COVID-19, (Source: Harrisburg School District via KAIT) LITTLE ROCK (AP) – An Arkansas teacher died from COVID-19, her husband said Friday, the second coronavirus death from the

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A Little Rock abortion doctor will be allowed to resume most of his practice temporarily after he was suspended for certifying a 12-year-old to receive medical marijuana. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported the

NEW MADRID, Mo. (AP) – New Madrid police are investigating a shooting death in the southeast Missouri town. Police say Donta Lamar Grissom was found dead in a New Madrid home early Thursday. A suspect, 31-year-old George

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – A man charged with shooting and killing two people in Arkansas was captured in Kansas and sent back to stand trial, authorities said. Bryant Lamont Smith, 33, was arrested Friday in Parsons,

CHICAGO (AP) – The Justice Department has scheduled for Nov. 19 the execution of a Black death-row inmate who helped kidnap and kill a Texas teenager in 1994. The Trump administration has already executed seven people this

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel on Thursday recommended the state require a computer science credit in order to graduate high school.The Arkansas Computer Science and Cybersecurity Task Force included the recommendation in a report

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A federal judge in St. Louis has sentenced a Pennsylvania man to two years and four months in prison for possessing equipment used to skim credit card information at gas pumps. The sentence

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The economy continues to improve in nine Midwest and Plains states, but business remains slower than before the coronavirus pandemic began, according to a monthly survey of business leaders released Thursday. The overall

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two organizations that work to overturn wrongful convictions are joining together to expand their work in Missouri and the Midwest. The Midwest Innocence Project and the MacArthur Justice Center announced their new

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A coalition of groups launched a campaign Thursday against a proposal going before Arkansas voters next month that would place new limits on the ballot initiative process. The coalition, Protect AR Rights,

FORT SMITH, Ark. (AP) – A fired northwest Arkansas police officer was sentenced to four years’ probation after pleading guilty to felony battery for kneeing an inmate in the face. Christopher Munoz Brownlow, 33, also faces various

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Little Rock’s police chief is suing the local police union, two assistant chiefs and several officers, accusing them of a conspiracy aimed at forcing him out of his job. The federal lawsuit

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Police say the father of a bullied Missouri junior high student has been charged with making a terrorist threat after allegedly saying he would shoot everyone in the school office. The Springfield News-Leader

Photo: In this Aug. 5 file photo, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner speaks during a news conference in St. Louis. A federal judge has blasted Gardner’s legal claims she was the victim of a coordinated and

NEW YORK (AP) – Walmart is getting inspiration from the airport terminal as it revamps the layout and signage of its stores to speed up shopping and better cater to smartphone-armed customers. The nation’s largest retailer said

SALEM, Mass. (AP) – A lawsuit filed by the Satanic Temple alleges that an advertising company unfairly refused to display some billboards promoting a ritual offered by the group to help people bypass abortion rules in some

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) – A judge in Washington County has ruled that a lawsuit seeking to recoup more than half a million dollars in state grant money awarded to Ecclesia College can proceed with a new lead

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A wrongful death lawsuit claims that a Missouri man died at a 2019 Dave Matthews Band concert after being hit by a chair thrown by an employee of the venue in St. Louis

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A St. Charles man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, admitting he was street racing with another driver when he slammed into a 73-year-old woman’s SUV, killing her. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports

Photo: In this June 28 file photo, armed homeowners Mark and Patricia McCloskey, standing in front of their house along Portland Place, confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house in the Central West End

JEFFERSON CITY – Monday, Governor Mike Parson announced that the state of Missouri has expanded its COVID-19 dashboards. The new dashboards, now located on the Show Me Strong website, provide Missourians with multiple charts, maps, and measures

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The director of a division that oversees child welfare services in Missouri has resigned without explanation after only three months on the job. Former Missouri Rep. David Wood, a Republican from Versailles,

ROLLA, Mo. (AP) – A Doniphan man was hospitalized in stable condition after he was shot by a Rolla police officer during a foot chase, Rolla police said. The incident on Monday began when a burglary was

CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) – A woman has been charged with supplying the fentanyl that led to a deadly Missouri overdose. KMIZ reports that Kendra Ryder Horseman is currently serving an eight year prison sentence on a drug

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – The leaders of four colleges and universities in Springfield are urging city leaders to extend a mask mandate that is scheduled to end in mid-October. The leaders of Missouri State, Evangel, Drury universities

    ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis authorities are looking for a man who allegedly shot and killed a woman after a minor traffic accident over the weekend that did not involve him. Deion Whalen, 23, of

PHOTO: In this Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, file photo, fifth-grader Marcques Haley, 10, gets his temperature checked by school nurse Rachel White before entering Stephens Elementary School in Little Rock. Tommy Metthe/The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette via AP LITTLE

HARTMAN, Ark. (AP) – The death of a woman whose body was found in the yard outside her home in western Arkansas is being investigated by Arkansas State Police. An acquaintance of Melinda Walker, 65, discovered the

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri has disciplined an additional 20 current or former students with suspensions, probation or other sanctions for what it called “egregious violations” of policies meant to slow the spread of

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – An ad criticizing Democratic candidate for Missouri governor Nicole Galloway that aired on nine television stations has been pulled and edited following complaints from her campaign. Galloway’s campaign sent cease-and-desist letters to

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An unlikely coalition of anti-tax advocates, environmentalists and community groups said Friday it is campaigning against an Arkansas highway sales tax measure backed by the state’s Republican governor and top lobbying groups.

Photo: MDC Conservation Agents Alex Walker and Aaron Post rescued this young buck deer after it became entangled in a soccer goal net at a residence in Kansas City. They were able to cut the net away

Photo: Courtesy npr.org POPLAR GROVE, Ark. (AP) – The head of an Arkansas agency that has placed restrictions on the use of dicamba believes his farming operations were targeted by vandals because of his stance on the

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – A federal appeals court panel is weighing the fate of a sweeping Missouri abortion law, including a provision that prohibits a woman from having an abortion because the fetus has Down syndrome. A

Photo: Courtesy ksum.org JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Gov. Mike Parson activated the Missouri National Guard on Thursday to help local law enforcement if needed during civil unrest and demonstrations. Parson said in a statement the move

Photo: Kristy A. Conn\U.S. Attorney’s Office EVERTON, Mo. (AP) – The former city clerk of a small southwestern Missouri town has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in a money-laundering conspiracy related to

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) – Nine people have been indicted by a grand jury in connection with the kidnapping and shooting death of a southwestern Missouri woman in August. KYTV-TV reports that 28-year-old Sarah Pasco of Aurora

ALTON, Mo. (AP) – A judge has ordered Missouri to sell part of nearly 4,200 acres of land it bought in 2016 along the Eleven Point River. The state intended to open a new state park along

Photo: Kevin Kinard LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – On Labor Day, Kevin Kinard, a 33-year-old bank branch manager from Maumelle, visited Arkansas’s Crater of Diamonds State Park and found the second-largest diamond found in the park’s history. Kinard

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A lawsuit asks a federal judge to require Arkansas election officials to give absentee voters a chance to correct their ballots before they’re rejected due to signature issues. The League of Women

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Springfield police say a woman’s death inside a burning home is being investigated as suspicious.Police and the fire department were called to a home just after 10:30 p.m. Monday. By the time they

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking Missouri turkey hunters to save and share feathers from birds they harvest this fall for part of a new research project to help improve wild turkey management in the

ST. JAMES, Mo. (AP) – Two people who escaped from a central Missouri behavioral health facility are charged with killing a teenager who escaped with them. Phelps County authorities say 18-year-old Enoch Phillips and 17-year-old Cody Armistead

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri emergency medical technician has pleaded guilty to stealing painkillers from an ambulance and diluting the drugs with water and saline to cover his tracks. The Joplin Globe reports that 37-year-old James

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas state prison inmate charged with killing a county jail guard in 2016 is scheduled for hearing in Miller County Circuit Court. Tramell Mackenzie Hunter, 30, is to be taken from the

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a 19-year-old was fatally shot near the Missouri State University campus in Springfield. The Springfield News-Leader reports that police responded around 9:15 p.m. Friday after a 911 caller heard gunshots and

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for buying the bullets used in a shooting that left two dead and led to another killing one day later. Twenty-seven-year-old Nyadia

GRANT CITY, Mo. (AP) – A northwest Missouri man was charged Friday with second-degree murder in the death of a woman who was scheduled to testify against him. Jeremiah Searles, of Bethany, also was charged with abandonment

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Missouri man has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for defrauding an NFL player out of $250,000. Federal prosecutors say 43-year-old Abayomi Jamil Martin of O’Fallon must also repay the money

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A 39-year-old Missouri man accused of threatening to shoot people at a Walmart has been sentenced to probation. Court records say Nicholas Pratte was sentenced this week for a misdemeanor count of

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas wildlife refuge will be rescuing eight big cats from an Indiana zoo after a federal court found that the facility mistreated its animals. Scott Smith, co-owner of Turpentine Creek Wildlife

LITTLE ROCK (AP) – A Tennessee man has been sentenced to more than 23 years in prison for taking an Arkansas teenager and using her to produce child pornography, according to federal court records. Craig Gillum, 55,

GOLDEN, Mo. (AP) – A father and son from Arkansas died when two boats collided Friday morning on Table Rock Lake, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said.Two fishing boats collided nearly head-on, with one boat going over

LITTLE ROCK (AP) — An Arkansas panel has determined that the state is not responsible for the drowning deaths of a woman and her son, saying there was not a state official directly supervising the 911 dispatcher

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s proposal to give the Missouri attorney general the power to intervene in St. Louis homicide cases has failed. The GOP-led state House finished work Wednesday without taking action on

HUMANSVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are investigating a Christian boarding school from which around 20 girls were removed after former residents turned to social media to describe abuse in a case that has focused attention on a

KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) – The trial of a Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Wisconsin is being moved because of extensive pre-trial publicity. Online court records show that a change of venue was granted Tuesday

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A southeast Missouri woman pleaded not guilty to a killing and abandoning an elk last year. The misdemeanor charge against 50-year-old Deborah Flanigan, of Scott County, comes in one of six cases

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A campaign ad for Democratic candidate for Missouri governor Nicole Galloway says she’s “recovered” hundreds of millions of dollars in government waste, fraud and abuse as state auditor. But it’s more accurate

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – Poll workers who signed up to work the November election in a county near St. Louis were urged in an email to “act surprised” if voters ask why they aren’t wearing masks given

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A gathering at the Lake of the Ozarks is bringing tens of thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to Missouri, generating worry that the state’s already fast-growing number of coronavirus cases could spike even higher.Bikefest

LITTLE ROCK (AP) – The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday blocked a referendum on a law expanding the procedures optometrists can perform. In a 6-1 ruling, justices ruled that the campaign behind the referendum didn’t comply with

    Photo: Courtesy St. Louis Post-Dispatch ST. LOUIS (AP) – A 48-year-old St. Louis County doctor pleaded guilty to child pornography charges involving a teenager who he claimed he had married. Dr. Ashu Joshi admitted during a

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri-Columbia Journalism School faculty members are criticizing the university system’s president for comments and actions that they say could discourage dissent. Fifteen faculty members signed a letter Monday to Mun Choi,

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – The family of a worker killed in 2018 when a nearly 2,000-foot tall TV tower in southwest Missouri collapsed is suing Missouri State University for wrongful death. The April 19, 2018, tower collapse

Photo: Tracey Ray O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – The former clerk of a tiny town in remote northeast Missouri spent more than $300,000 in taxpayer money on concerts, vacations and other personal needs, State Auditor Nicole Galloway said

BENTON, Ark. (AP) – A toddler died Tuesday after apparently being dropped from a moving vehicle on a central Arkansas interstate, Arkansas State Police said. State troopers responded to a call from a driver who said a

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas judge has ruled against a group that was suing the state to get a redistricting measure on November’s ballot. The League of Women Voters filed the lawsuit after the state

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri in Columbia says two students have been expelled and three others suspended for violating rules meant to slow the spread of the coronavirus. The disciplinary actions were announced Tuesday.

TUNAS, Mo. (AP) – A southwestern Missouri man has been sentenced to 48 years in prison for killing a couple in 2018. KYTV-TV reports that 24-year-old Billy Medley of Macks Creek was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri regulators have spent $1.3 million to defend themselves in court against a wave of lawsuits filed by businesses that were denied medical marijuana business licenses. Businesses that didn’t receive permits from

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri is temporarily making it easier for people to become substitute teachers in anticipation of a potential shortage because of the pandemic. The Missouri State Board of Education signed off on letting

Photo courtesy of National Wildlife Federation JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri wildlife officials are hoping a tiny songbird that disappeared from the state a century ago will stay in a new habitat in the Mark Twain

Photo: In this June 28 file photo, armed homeowners Mark and Patricia McCloskey, standing in front of their house along Portland Place, confront protesters marching to St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson’s house in the Central West End

Photo: Sgt. Justin Burney SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A Webster County sheriff’s deputy was killed in an off-duty traffic accident on Interstate 44 in Missouri. A Missouri State Highway Patrol report says Sgt. Justin Burney died Thursday

Photo: Charles Starks LITTLE ROCK (AP) – A white Little Rock police officer who fatally shot a Black motorist during a traffic stop last year resigned on Friday, accusing the police chief of making his working conditions

ST. LOUIS (AP) -Experts at the St. Louis Zoo are trying to figure out how a 62-year-old ball python laid seven eggs despite not being near a male python for at least two decades.Mark Wanner, manager of

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The former director of a program that provides shelter and advocacy services to domestic violence victims in Missouri has appeared in federal court on charges accusing her of filing fraudulent invoices for funding.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A Black couple who got into a fight with white customers at a Little Rock steakhouse who weren’t wearing masks and stood too close filed a lawsuit Thursday accusing the restaurant of

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The leader of the University of Missouri is backtracking after blocking students who criticized his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic on Twitter. Spokesman Christan Basi on Thursday said system President and Columbia campus

The Arkansas Health Department issued a modified directive Wednesday regarding resuming restaurant dine-in operations that allows for self-service operations, including salad bars, buffets and condiment bars, to operate with certain requirements. On March 20, the secretary of

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – Southeast Missouri State University’s president says expansion of the university’s test-optional admissions and scholarships will provide higher education access to more people. The Cape Girardeau-based university on Wednesday announced that prospective students

Photo: Matthew McCroskey SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A former southwestern Missouri high school teacher has been sentenced to six years in prison on a federal child porn charge. Matthew McCroskey, 51, was sentenced Wednesday, the Springfield News-Leader

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Democratic candidate for Missouri governor Nicole Galloway said Wednesday that she wants to pass a state law protecting health insurance for people with preexisting conditions.The proposal is part of the state auditor’s health

Photo: The Missouri Conservation Commission has approved a framework from MDC for a future black-bear-hunting season for Missouri residents and is asking for public feedback on the proposed framework Oct. 16-Nov. 14. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Charles Drury Sr., who founded the Drury Hotels chain along with his brothers, has died. Drury died Monday in St. Louis at the age of 92. His death was announced Tuesday in a

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – A 34-year-old Missouri teacher has died after a three-week-long hospitalization with COVID-19. AshLee DeMarinis taught social skills and special education at John Evans Middle School in the Potosi School District in eastern Missouri.

ELK CREEK, Mo. (AP) – Invasive plants can turn a grassy habitat for turkeys and quail into an overgrown thicket, so officials with the Mark Twain National Forest have turned to a decidedly low-tech way to manage

This undated photo provided by the Crittenden County, Arkansas, jail shows Demarcus Donnell Parker. Parker has been sentenced to two life in prison terms plus 835 years for the fatal shooting of an off-duty police officer. Court

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – Nearly three-quarters of public school students in Missouri have the option to attend classes in person this fall. Missouri’s 518 school districts and 36 public charter schools are taking varying approaches as they

Authorities say a Missouri woman died after she was ejected from a golf cart. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said 75-year-old Donna Young of Hollister was a passenger in an EZ Go Golf Cart that was traveling

PHOTO: U.S. Forest Service and Crawford County Sheriff Department personnel gather in Chester, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020, near the site of a plane crash. Authorities say four members of a family from Oklahoma were killed when their

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A 19-year-old Little Rock man was fatally shot as he rode in a vehicle on Interstate 530 just south of Little Rock, according to Arkansas State Police. Three others in the vehicle

    MILWAUKEE (AP) – Two Missouri militia members who authorities say traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin, with a cache of guns to see President Donald Trump’s visit in the wake of the police shooting of Jacob Blake are

Photo: Courtesy Little Rock Police LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Police say a man has been arrested and charged for vandalizing a Confederate Cemetery in Little Rock earlier this year. Mujera Benjamin Lungaho was arrested Thursday and

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri appeals court panel on Wednesday finalized its rewrite of a summary for voters describing a November ballot measure that would revamp the state’s nationally unique model for drawing fair and

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A 24-year-old man has been charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a Springfield man. The Springfield News-Leader reports that Nicholas Barnes of Lebanon was arrested Thursday in connection with the

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) – A northwestern Missouri woman heard a knock at the door and was shocked by what she found — a newborn baby in a box. The St. Joseph News-Press reported that a woman

ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson and her husband are temporarily living in a different location because of protests at their home. The mayor says she hasn’t lived at her home since early July

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – More than 7,000 college-age people in Missouri have tested positive for the coronavirus since colleges and universities opened for the fall semester, fueling spikes in cases in college towns across the state. Gov.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A faction of Republican lawmakers forced a bill through the Senate early Thursday morning that would give the Missouri attorney general power to prosecute St. Louis homicides, a move widely seen as a

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A teenager has died, days after suffering a head injury after hanging out of an SUV’s sunroof in St. Louis. Seventeen-year-old William Jordan was injured Saturday night. Police say he died Wednesday at

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Three St. Louis residents are accused of scamming middle-aged and older women out of hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of what the U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis called a “romance

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri father and son were sentenced Wednesday for their roles in the death of a developmentally disabled man whose body was found encased in concrete in 2017.Anthony Flores was sentenced to

FILE – In this May 7 file photo, workers enter and leave the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Logansport, Indiana. Tyson Foods is planning to open medical clinics at several of its U.S. plants to improve

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has received federal approval of the state’s Industrial Hemp Plan, which sets the regulatory framework through the 2021 growing season and provides the department with primary oversight of industrial hemp production in

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in federal prison without parole for trying to burn down a Planned Parenthood clinic. Wesley Brian Kaster, 43, of Columbia, pleaded guilty in

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The state of Missouri has paid a Virginia-based consulting firm another $300,000 for its work helping officials respond to the coronavirus pandemic, according to state payroll records. The latest payment means Missouri

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A body found in July on property southwest of Joplin has been identified as a Carthage man whose death is being investigated as a homicide, authorities said Wednesday. The body of Michael James

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Supporters of initiatives that would overhaul Arkansas’ redistricting process and its primaries on Wednesday asked a federal judge to force the state to count signatures that were submitted in favor of the

Photo: In this Sept. 2016 file photo, David Robinson poses for a portrait in the visiting area inside Jefferson City Correctional Center in Jefferson City, Missouri. Robinson who was released from prison after a judge ruled he

Photo: Robert Courtney KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A judge has rejected the early release request of a former Kansas City pharmacist serving prison time for a scheme to dilute thousands of prescriptions for seriously ill patients

Photos: (from left) William Christopher Niemet and Greg Jones JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A central Missouri man charged with killing a 14-year-old classmate in 1991 has been released from prison after posting a $1 million cash

JONESBORO, Ark. (AP) – A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a conservative group’s lawsuit against Arkansas State University, which alleges that the school limited free speech on campus.On Monday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ finance office said Wednesday strong sales and individual income tax collections kept the state’s revenue above forecast last month. The Department of Finance and Administration said the state’s net available revenue

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – Crews in Bentonville worked Wednesday to remove a Confederate monument that had been on display in the city’s downtown square for more than a century. The Arkansas division of the United Daughters of

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The Missouri Department of Social Services has received approval on a waiver request to extend Pandemic Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (P-SNAP) benefits for the month of September from the United States Department

PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) – Gannett Media Corp. has sold the Pine Bluff Commercial publication to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and its parent company, WEHCO Newspapers Inc. of Little Rock. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported that the Commercial ceased

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The white St. Louis couple charged for waving guns during a racial injustice protest outside their home in June made their first court appearance on felony charges. Mark and Patricia McCloskey were in

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died. Twenty-nine-year-old Tamarris L. Bohannon had been with

MARKED TREE, Ark. (AP) – An earthquake rated with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 struck near Marked Tree in northeastern Arkansas, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake struck just after 9:30 p.m. Saturday near Marked

TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – A 42-year-old man was fatally shot by his 78-year-old father after allegedly threatening to kill the older man in Texarkana, Arkansas, according to police. Mark Mullins was found dead in an Arkansas side

Photo: Todd Wright. Photo: Courtesy Arkansas Sheriff Association DEWITT, Ark. (AP) – The sheriff of an Arkansas Delta county resigned Friday under pressure after a recording of a man identified as him delivering a racist rant went

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A father and son were charged Friday with murder after a man they were with was shot and killed by a resident at a Springfield apartment complex, police said. Rick Johnson, 48, of

The abbreviated descriptions below are intended to make the public aware of some of the new legislation enacted by the Missouri General Assembly related to crime and motor vehicles. The listed legislation has been signed into law.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri appeals court panel on Friday was considering exactly how much voters should be told about a November ballot measure revamping the state’s nationally unique model for drawing fair and competitive

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri woman should receive the maximum sentence possible for directing a plan to hide the death of a developmentally disabled man whose body was found encased in concrete, a federal prosecutor

Photo: In this July 21 file photo, a man opens social media app ‘TikTok’ on his cell phone, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Walmart said Thursday it’s interested in teaming up with Microsoft to buy the U.S. business of

Photo: Courtesy KAIT The Latest on Laura: JONESBORO, Ark. – A reported tornado tore part of the roof from a rural church in northeastern Arkansas as the remnants of Hurricane Laura crossed the state. Craighead County was

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Attorney General’s office has settled a lawsuit alleging the city of Marshfield illegally enforced a ticket quota system to raise revenue. The settlement announced Thursday requires Marshfield to develop strategies

LITTLE ROCK – The Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) will be adding 700 families to the program that provides in-home and community-based services to Arkansans who are eligible for assistance through Developmental Disabilities Services (DDS), Gov.

Three Arkansas State Police driver’s license examiners were terminated Wednesday from state employment for failure to follow procedures and statutory practices in administering driver’s license examinations. The employees who were dismissed from their jobs were classified as

O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) – St. Louis-area hospitals have seen a sudden and “alarming” spike in hospitalizations for the coronavirus, and the leader of the region’s pandemic task force is imploring residents to wear face coverings and practice

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ highest court on Thursday blocked two ballot measures proposed to overhaul the redistricting process and to create a new “ranked choice” voting system for most offices. The Supreme Court sided with

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – Two people were arrested after Sedalia police removed 78 cats from a home, where more than two dozen other cats were found buried in the back yard, police said. Officers went to the

ST. LOUIS (AP) -The founder of the defunct St. Louis College Prep Charter School admitted Wednesday that he reported inflated student attendance numbers that resulted in the school fraudulently receiving $2.4 million in state funds. Michael Malone,

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Washington University saliva test for the coronavirus has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Wednesday. The St. Louis-area university worked with biotechnology company Fluidigm to

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City will receive nearly $51 million to expand its streetcar from downtown to near the Country Club Plaza, federal officials announced Wednesday. The Federal Transit Administration said it has approved $50.8

FARMINGTON, Mo. (AP) – A Farmington man has drowned in southeastern Missouri’s Hager Lake, according to police there. Authorities first learned of the drowning Tuesday morning when a person fishing at the lake called 911 to report

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A civil rights organization has restarted an effort to name a major thoroughfare in Kansas City after Martin Luther King Jr., suggesting that three intersecting major routes through parts of the city

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri state House on Tuesday passed legislation to end the misdemeanor crime of giving guns to children without their parents’ permission, along with a number of other bills aimed at addressing violent

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Rapper and music producer Kanye West will not be on Missouri’s election ballot this November. Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s office on Tuesday notified West that his supporters had not gathered enough

Photo: Dr. Jose Romero LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday rejected a White House task force’s recommendation that Arkansas close bars and implement other restrictions, despite the state posting the 9th highest rate of

Photos: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, Nichole Galloway COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Democrat Nicole Galloway says she’ll require face masks statewide if elected Missouri governor. That’s part of a plan she released Monday to handle the coronavirus pandemic.

WILLARD, Mo. (AP) – A former southwest Missouri soccer coach has been charged with having sexual contact with a student 11 years ago. Forty-nine-year-old Tim Magee was charged Saturday with three counts of second-degree statutory sodomy. He

Quake Lewellyn (left) of Jonesboro has been arrested in the death of Sydney Sutherland. NEWPORT (AP) – A man was jailed without bond Monday on suspicion of capital murder, kidnapping and rape in the death and disappearance

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson received advice from business leaders as he was considering reopening plans following a coronavirus shutdown. Email records provided to The Associated Press under the state Sunshine Law show

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Some of Arkansas’ public universities have said they will make public information about coronavirus cases on their campuses. While the Arkansas Department of Health has daily reports on COVID-19 virus cases at

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A police officer was shot twice in the leg in a drive-by shooting late Saturday while following up on a drive-by shooting case at the same Arkansas home from the night before.

POTEAU, Okla. (AP) – An Arkansas man drowned Friday while trying to save a 3-year-old boy who fell from a boat into an Oklahoma lake, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Marlon Alexander Garcia, 45, of Van

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Abortion rights supporters asked a federal appeals court Friday to reconsider a ruling that would allow four restrictions on the procedure in Arkansas to take effect. The American Civil Liberties Union and

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri will not use 85 new ballot drop boxes for the Nov. 3 election out of concern that confusion over a new state voting law might invalidate some mail-in ballots, election officials

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The St. Louis Zoo says a baby elephant died due to “significant, irreversible birth abnormalities.” The Asian elephant calf Avi was born July 6 and officials immediately found he had trouble feeding. His

Photo: A customer picks up some to go food from Sweetie Pie’s owner Robbie Montgomery, center, and Montgomery’s son James Timothy Norman, right, at Sweetie Pie’s in St. Louis on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. Norman, of Jackson,

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) – Nine people are charged in the shooting death of a woman and the wounding of another in southwest Missouri over the weekend, authorities said. The woman who survived the shooting told authorities

CABOT, Ark. (AP) – A man who was shot by a central Arkansas police officer has died, Arkansas State Police said in a statement Friday. The a news release said Jeffrey Wratten, 37, died at a Little

Photo: In this June 5, 2019, file photo, St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar, left, speaks during a press conference at the St. Charles County Police Department, in St. Charles County, Missouri, after the arrest of Earl

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Confirmed coronavirus cases in Missouri prisons have spiked more than 50% so far this month, an increase a spokeswoman attributes to heightened testing.There have been 333 new cases among prisoners and Department of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Two lawsuits accusing a former superintendent at a suburban Kansas City school district of sexually preying on female high school students have been settled for a total of $475,000. The lawsuits were

MILLER, Mo. (AP) – The son of a man serving life behind bars in the Springfield killings of a pregnant woman and her three children has been charged in a weekend homicide. Lyle DeLong, 23, is among

Photo: Attorney General William Barr talks to the media during a news conference about Operation Legend, a federal task force formed to fight violent crime in several cities, Wednesday, in Kansas City, Missouri. Behind Barr is Raphael

NEW YORK (AP) – Americans turned to Walmart and Home Depot to stock up on supplies and do-it-yourself projects as they stayed close to home at at time when new cases of virus surged, resulting in soaring

Photo: Courtesy apnews.com ST. LOUIS (AP) – Billboards that had stood over an African American cemetery in suburban St. Louis are coming down. The removal this week of the six lighted billboards is the result of a

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A businessman who went to prison in June after pleading guilty in a pay-to-play scandal that brought down a top St. Louis County elected official has asked to be released because he has

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri doctor has lost his state medical license after amputating a patient’s gangrenous toe on the porch of his rural office. The Springfield News-Leader reports the Missouri State Board of Registration

WEST MEMPHIS (AP) – A woman’s body was discovered inside a vehicle belonging to a Kansas woman reported missing earlier this month but no foul play is suspected, authorities in Arkansas announced Tuesday. The Crittenden County Sheriff’s

LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Arkansas’ Republican governor, attorney general and nearly two dozen lawmakers unveiled legislation Wednesday imposing harsher penalties for committing crimes against someone because of their race, ethnicity or sexual orientation, an effort that would

Photo: Courtesy Harrison Daily Times A fire in the Alpena area early Tuesday morning has destroyed the home of an area state representative. Citing reports from the Harrison Daily Times and a Green Forest News and Views

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) – Three southwest Missourians are charged with first-degree murder after a woman was found shot to death and another woman was critically injured in another shooting during the weekend. Lawrence County prosecutors on

In order to help alleviate the potential shortage of substitute teachers and/or school support staff members during the 2020-21 school year, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has approved the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE’s) request to

Photo: Courtesy Osage Ambulance District WESTPHALIA, Mo. (AP) – The driver of a semi-trailer truck escaped injury when a rural Missouri bridge collapsed as he tried to cross it. The accident occurred Monday on The Pentecostal Bridge,

MILLER, Mo. (AP)  – Authorities in southwestern Missouri are investigating shootings that left one woman dead and another injured. Television station KYTV reports that the shootings happened Sunday night in Lawrence County near Miller and appear to

OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (AP) – Two people died when a plane crashed in central Missouri Sunday, authorities said. Osage Beach Police said the plane crashed near Grand Glaize Airport on Sunday afternoon, killing both people on board.

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A St. Louis security guard who was beaten in a confrontation over face masks opened fire early Saturday and wounded one of his attackers. St. Louis Police said the shooting happened around 2:30

CALIFORNIA, Mo. (AP) – A Jefferson City woman who was accused of luring her ex-husband to his death has been sentenced to five years of supervised probation. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports that 48-year-old Suzanne Ponder also

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say two people were killed in a train crash in the Bootheel region of southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the victims as 52-year-old Titusan Townsend, of Columbia, and 51-year-old

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A U.S. Postal Service official is warning Missourians to send in their mail-in ballots at least a week before the election to ensure they’ll be counted. Postal Service official Thomas Marshall told

KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) – Attorneys for a Missouri man accused of killing two brothers from Wisconsin are seeking to have two charges of abandoning a corpse dismissed in the case. Garland Nelson, of Braymer, is facing the

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas Bureau of Investigation has received 205 reports of clergy sexual abuse and opened 120 cases since it began investigating the state’s Catholic dioceses nearly two years ago, the agency said

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Police are investigating the shooting death of a man in the southwestern Missouri city of Springfield. The shooting happened around 2 a.m. Thursday, when officers were called to a home for a report

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas’ interest earnings in the fiscal year that ended in June dropped by nearly $36 million compared with the previous fiscal year, delivering what the state treasurer calls a “solid result” as

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Four Missouri companies may proceed with a lawsuit seeking redress after their insurance company rejected their claims for coronavirus-related losses, a federal judge has ruled, in a decision that could have ramifications

ANNAPOLIS, Mo. (AP) – A man has been arrested on a warrant charging him in the shooting death of a southeastern Missouri man, authorities said. Officials arrested McCoy Tristain Kelley, 21, around 6 p.m. Wednesday in Annapolis

Photo: Missouri Gov. Mike Parson COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri prosecutors on Wednesday came out against Republican Gov. Mike Parson’s proposal to give the state attorney general the power to prosecute St. Louis homicides. Leaders of the

Image: Courtesy Talk Business & Politics Pocahontas High School and Hendrix College graduate Graydon Carter was living in New York City working toward his master’s degree in international affairs when the COVID-19 pandemic began to ravage the

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal judge in Little Rock has rejected a compassionate release request by an eastern Arkansas woman who is serving more than 12 years in prison for defrauding the U.S. Department of

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) – A DNA match has solved the strangulation murder of a teenager in southeast Alaska, a case that was cold for 24 years and saw another man acquitted of the crime after confessing, Alaska

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Arkansas’ ballot this fall as an independent presidential candidate, Secretary of State John Thurston said Tuesday. Thurston told West’s representatives in a letter that

The body of 24-year-old Kelsey Joslin of Alicia in Lawrence County has been sent to the Arkansas State Crime Laboratory for purposes of an autopsy to determine the manner and cause of death. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s

Photo: Courtesy stjosephpost.com FESTUS, Mo. (AP) – A train hauling rock derailed in the eastern Missouri city of Festus, officials there said. The derailment happened Monday evening on Union Pacific Railroad tracks, when about 10 rail cars

MAGNOLIA, Ark. (AP) – 21-year-old Southern Arkansas University student was killed and another student was wounded in an early Tuesday shooting in a campus parking lot, the school said. Joshua Keshun Smith, an engineering student, died in

ASHDOWN, Ark. (AP) – Paper company Domtar says it is will not restart operations on its paper machine in Arkansas, putting about 109 employees out of work. The paper machine at the Ashdown mill was put on

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) – A 34-year-old man who police say held his 11-month-old son hostage while standing on a Missouri interstate is facing four felony charges. Alonzo Jones Jr., of Cape Girardeau, is accused of choking

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Monday said he needs more guidance before he’ll decide whether the state will help pay for extending unemployment benefits under an executive order President Donald Trump signed

SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) – A northwest Missouri town is debating whether to change its high school’s “Savages” mascot name. The debate has split Savannah. The nearly all-white town has about 5,000 residents and is an hour north

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities were working Sunday to recapture two chimpanzees that escaped from a sanctuary in eastern Missouri. At least one of the two escaped chimps had been tranquilized by Sunday afternoon while the

A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) task force was instrumental last week in disrupting a major drug trafficking ring in Northwest Arkansas following Operation Edged Spear Aug. 4-6. The operation, lead by HSI New Orleans’ High Intensity Drug

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Supporters of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would allow 16 more casinos in Arkansas say they are dropping a challenge of a decision not to include the proposal on the November

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) – A Carthage man has been charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man at a storage unit in Joplin in December. Mason S. Roach, 24, is accused of killing Jonathan

President Trump has signed into law the Great American Outdoors Act, a landmark bill U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri says he helped introduce. The legislation is designed to give the national park system billions of dollars

LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson issued an executive order Friday that allows Arkansans to vote absentee, if they are concerned voting in person may be a risk to their health or the health of others because

ST. LOUIS (AP) – A Las Vegas man has admitted in federal court in St. Louis that he led a conspiracy that sold up to 22,000 pounds of marijuana across the country.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A federal appeals court on Friday lifted a judge’s ruling blocking four Arkansas abortion restrictions, including a ban on a common second trimester procedure and a fetal remains law that opponents say

Photos: (from left) Milton “Rusty” Cranford and Oren Paris III LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Two major figures involved in an Arkansas public corruption scandal have been released to home confinement or a halfway house despite having

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri bill would allow judges to try children as adults for certain crimes. Senators advanced the proposal Thursday. Lawmakers disagreed on whether to give judges the discretion to try children as

LEMAY, Mo. (AP)- The entire fire department in a small south St. Louis County town is under quarantine at home after a firefighter tested positive for COVID-19. The Lemay Fire Protection District sent its 28 employees home

A project manager employed by a major retailer has pleaded guilty to bank fraud charges for filing fraudulent bank loan applications seeking more than $8 million in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans guaranteed by the Small

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Kansas City Republican whose children urged people not to vote for him because of what they say are his racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic views narrowly won his primary for a Missouri

BENTONVILLE, Ark. (AP) – An Arkansas panel has recommended that a Confederate statue remain on the National Register of Historic Places even after it is moved from a public space to private property. The statue of an

ST. CLAIR, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have determined that human remains found in March in eastern Missouri are those of a woman who was reported missing 10 years ago. KMOV-TV reports that the remains of 64-year-old Margaret

Photo: Navy Seaman 1st Class Orval Austin Tranbarger. Photo: Courtesy newsbreak.com MOUNTAIN VIEW, Mo. (AP) – Nearly eight decades after he was killed in the attack at Pearl Harbor that launched the U.S. into World War II,

Photo: Daisy Coleman. Photo: Courtesy cbsnews.com LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – An advocate for sexual abuse victims who became the subject of a Netflix documentary after alleging she was sexually assaulted at age 14 in Missouri has died

During Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s daily COVID-19 briefing Wednesday, Arkansas Education Secretary Johnny Key announced the opening of the Ready for School Resource Call Center that began operation Monday.The purpose of the call center is to provide Arkansans

CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP)  – Authorities say an Illinois man has died after being hit by a boat anchor on Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the incident happened Wednesday afternoon, when 55-year-old Craig

Photo: Arkansas Secretary of Education Johnny Key LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas is requiring public schools to stay open five days a week when classes resume this month, complicating efforts by some districts to limit on-site

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Four people have tested positive for COVID-19 following open testing at the Missouri Capitol. The state health department on Wednesday said 228 lawmakers, staffers and other Capitol workers were tested in total. The

LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson has appointed Dr. José Romero as Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Governor Hutchinson announced the appointment Wednesday at his COVID-19 briefing. Dr. Romero, who has been serving as

Photo: In this July 14, 2018, file photo, Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, center, appears during a convention of state secretaries of state in Philadelphia. Ashcroft says comments he made that fathers would risk dying to

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – A special prosecutor will decide whether a central Missouri sheriff’s deputy will be charged in the shooting death of a woman he had stopped for a traffic violation. The deputy shot Hannah Fizer

ST. LOUIS (AP) – St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, whose job performance has been lauded by some civil rights activists and criticized by President Donald Trump and other leading Republicans, held off a challenge from a

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Federal data shows 502 residents and seven employees of federally licensed nursing homes in Missouri have died of COVID-19 as a July 19. At least 2,163 other residents and 1,314 employees of homes

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday said scammers fraudulently filed on his behalf for unemployment assistance intended for people affected by the coronavirus pandemic, as officials said thousands of claims have been

Photos: Mike Parson and Nicole Galloway JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri governor’s race for the general election in November is set. Missouri voters have picked Gov. Mike Parson to be the Republican gubernatorial candidate in

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Missouri has voted to expand Medicaid health care coverage. Voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment to expand the government health insurance program to thousands more low-income adults. Missouri is the 38th state

LITTLE ROCK (AP) – The three men who filed a lawsuit over a 2011 shooting by an off-duty police officer working security at a Little Rock mall have reached a settlement in the case, but the details

LITTLE ROCK (AP) – Arkansas’ revenue at the start of fiscal year surpassed expectations despite the coronavirus pandemic, state finance officials said Tuesday The Department of Finance and Administration said the state’s net available revenue collections in

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Rapper Kanye West has submitted signatures to appear on the Arkansas ballot this fall as an independent presidential candidate. Representatives of West on Monday submitted 1,723 signatures with the secretary of state’s

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A trial is set to start Monday for a man charged in the 2017 killing of a transgender teen whose eyes were gouged out and whose body was set on fire in southwest

JEFFERSON CITY, MO – The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) has approved the Department of Social Services’ waiver request to extend Pandemic Food Stamp/Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (P-SNAP) benefits through the