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HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man has been found guilty of killing two women a decade apart and burying their bodies near each other in a field in western Missouri.
Kylr Yust was …
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A woman was shot and killed on Interstate 70 in St. Louis — becoming at least the fifth shooting victim on the interstate since September, police said.
The woman was shot just …
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4/15/21
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The United States opened more distance between itself and much of the rest of the world on Thursday, nearing the 200 millionth vaccine administered in a months-long race to protect the population …
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By RUSS BYNUM
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4/15/21
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The GOP-led Missouri House on Thursday passed an alternative plan for spending funding initially meant for Medicaid expansion.
House lawmakers voted 143-1 to send the …
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4/15/21
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Coronavirus vaccine supply is starting to outpace demand in Missouri, even after the state expanded eligibility, raising worries among some health care providers.
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4/15/21
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LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 12-year-old child from Kansas City was killed in a shooting at a Leavenworth pharmacy, police said.
Leavenworth officers responded Wednesday evening to several reports …
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Republican chairman of a Kansas House committee that will redraw the state's congressional districts is considering a run against Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids in a Kansas …
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4/15/21
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House on Thursday refused to accept a lawmaker's resignation so the Ethics Committee can fully investigate allegations that he physically and sexually abused his …
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4/15/21
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CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — A southeastern Missouri city has agreed to pay $500,000 to settle its part in a lawsuit brought by the family of a Black man who died in jail after having his neck pinned …
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4/15/21
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TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Roger Marshall of Kansas is among a handful of conservative U.S. senators who opposed moving forward with a Democratic-sponsored measure for confronting hate crimes …
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4/15/21
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MOLINE ACRES, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis have identified a man found fatally shot in a Moline Acres home in an incident that led to an hourslong standoff, but no arrest.
Marquise …
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4/15/21
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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally hitting her boyfriend with her car during an argument in 2018.
Tesia Akins, 33, was sentenced Tuesday …
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4/15/21
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HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man on trial for two counts of first degree murder has testified that he didn't kill the two women but suggested that his dead half-brother did.
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4/14/21
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led state House on Wednesday advanced a proposal to make daylight saving time permanent.
Lawmakers in a voice vote gave the bill initial …
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4/14/21
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When one of the nation's top health officials this week suggested states dealing with a spring spike of coronavirus cases should “shut things down,” the remark landed with a thud.
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By DAVID A. LIEB
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4/14/21
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ASHLAND, Mo. (AP) — A former Ashland police chief has settled a lawsuit he filed after he said he was removed from the job in part because he refused the mayor's request to remove a girlfriend from …
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4/14/21
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor said she'd work with local police in response to concerns raised by the House speaker about a resigning lawmaker's contact with a child.
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4/14/21
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BRANSON, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri tourist town of Branson is ditching its mask mandate early after electing a new mayor who ran on platform that called for doing away with it.
“The city heard …
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4/14/21
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SAVANNAH, Mo. (AP) — Leaders of a nearly all-white northwest Missouri school district have narrowly voted to keep the high school's “Savages” nickname but will phase out the use of Native …
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4/14/21
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several Missouri House members criticized the head of the state's labor department for continuing to try and collect portions of unemployment benefits some people …
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4/14/21
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