By Summer Ballentine (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — New statewide requirements for similar basic courses at Missouri public colleges and universities will help ensure students who switch schools get credit… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Pedestrian is struck, killed by vehicle in Kansas City
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle on a highway in Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/29cwa51 ) the pedestrian was… Read more »
Lawyers prepare for Missouri case before Supreme Court
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Lawyers in a case involving a Missouri church and a state agency have been preparing for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case, which involves… Read more »
New cigarette taxes could be on ballot in hesitant states
By David A. Lieb (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — An entire generation has come of age since the last time Missouri raised its cigarette tax, from 13 cents a pack… Read more »
Parents of a slain child warn against celebratory gunfire
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City police and the parents of a girl killed by a stray bullet are warning residents against shooting guns on the Fourth of July…. Read more »
St. Louis TV reporter arrested at Kinloch meeting
(KINLOCH, Mo., AP) — A St. Louis TV reporter faces charges in the town of Kinloch after being handcuffed and shackled following questions about why a camera was barred from… Read more »
Brothers charged in fatal shooting of St. Louis man
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Two brothers are facing charges for a shooting in St. Louis that left one person dead and another injured. Authorities say 25-year-old Calvin Harris and 24-year-old… Read more »
St. Louis city marshal accused of mass shooting threat
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A St. Louis city marshal is jailed for allegedly threatening a mass shooting. A charge of making a terrorist threat was filed Thursday against 48-year-old Christopher… Read more »
Man gets 45 years in prison for Kansas City kidnapping
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A federal judge has sentenced a Kentucky man to 45 years in prison for a January 2015 robbery, carjacking and kidnapping of a 67-year-old man… Read more »
Two arrested for arson in last week’s fatal fire in Sedalia
(SEDALIA, Mo., AP) — Two people have been charged with a felony in a fatal fire in Sedalia. The Sedalia Democrat (http://bit.ly/29iT1k0 ) reports that 21-year-old Aran Tyler Cantrell and… Read more »