(CHESTERFIELD, Mo., AP) — Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin is gaining support from some women who believe he has been unfairly judged. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports (http://tiny.cc/afxvkw ) that… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Catholic group calls for KC Bishop Finn to resign
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A national Catholic organization is pushing for Bishop Robert Finn to resign after he became the highest-ranking U.S. church official convicted of a crime related… Read more »
Five die in small plane crash in Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A small plane crashed early Saturday in southwest Missouri, killing the pilot, his three children and a businesswoman. Missouri State Highway Patrol spokesman Jason Pace said… Read more »
Two charged in NW Mo. State student’s death
MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Two men have been charged in the death of a 21-year-old Northwest Missouri State University student. The Nodaway County prosecutor filed charges of second-degree murder and… Read more »
Police investigate death of NW Mo. State student
MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Maryville police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old Northwest Missouri State University student. Police say in a news release that Tomarken Smith of St. Louis… Read more »
Hundreds of fake football tickets sold for MU game
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — University of Missouri officials are warning football fans to watch out for fake tickets to the games. Police say hundreds of fake tickets were detected at… Read more »
Possible 19th century outlaw remains to be exhumed
KEARNEY, Mo. (AP) — Researchers trying to confirm if a member of the Jesse James gang was buried in a northwest Missouri cemetery can exhume his suspected remains for DNA… Read more »
Mo.’s Cahill to chair public broadcasting board
WASHINGTON (AP) — The former general manager of Kansas City’s National Public Radio station has been elected chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Fellow board members of the nonprofit… Read more »
Angler snags hand grenade in SW Mo. lake
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — An angler trying his luck at a southwest Missouri reservoir stocked with bass and other desirable fish pulled in something that prompted a military response —… Read more »
Insurance, tax issues on tap for Mo. veto session
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers will be deciding whether to override any of the vetoes made this year by Gov. Jay Nixon. The annual veto session that kicks… Read more »