ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit over Missouri’s new law making it a crime to disturb a worship service. Attorneys for the… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Springfield considers lower marijuana penalties
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Some Springfield residents say the city council should uphold a proposal to lower the penalties for marijuana possession. Two weeks ago, the council approved an ordinance… Read more »
Missouri Anti-war protesters going on trial
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two anti-war protesters are going on trial in federal court on misdemeanor charges of trespassing at central Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force Base. Ron Faust is… Read more »
Gov. Nixon extends Mo. emergency declaration
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is extending his declaration of a state of emergency until mid-November because of drought, heat and the risk of fire. Nixon… Read more »
Judge upholds ballot summary for Mo. court measure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has upheld the ballot language of a proposed constitutional amendment on appointments to the state Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals…. Read more »
KC nonprofit working to restore Buck O’Neil’s home
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A nonprofit group is determined to save the longtime Kansas City home of Negro Leagues star Buck O’Neil. O’Neil became a baseball legend and community… Read more »
UMKC brings together participants in speech cases
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Plaintiffs, defendants and attorneys in several landmark student free speech cases will be at the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school next month. The symposium… Read more »
Couple in their 70s jump from fire through window
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. (AP) — A southeast Missouri couple, both in their 70s, are recovering after jumping through a window of their home to escape a fire. KFVS-TV (http://bit.ly/Q3Ymss )… Read more »
Ferguson passes nondiscrimination law
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson has become the sixth town in St. Louis County to pass a law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual preference. The Ferguson City Council unanimously approved… Read more »
Reward seeks information in 1965 child abduction
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Nearly five decades after a small girl was kidnapped from the yard of her southeast Missouri home, the family of Elizabeth Gill is hoping new reward… Read more »