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WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Rain throughout the morning on Oct. 9 didn’t stop a group of about 100 people from gathering to volunteer and celebrate the groundbreaking for a new community coming to …
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By SYDNEY HOOVER, The StarNews
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10/16/21
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WINDYVILLE, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Fire Marshal's office has ruled that a fire at the Dallas County home of a suspect in the disappearance of a woman was a second-degree arson.
The home …
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10/15/21
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Three months after creation of a commission to identify cybersecurity risks in state government, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has yet to appoint any members. A state lawmaker said Friday that prove the …
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By JIM SALTER
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10/15/21
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted three Missourians in an alleged scheme to use the identities of people who had died to collect thousands of dollars from federal funds …
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10/15/21
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MOUNT VERNON, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after he stabbed a woman last year and then showed her body to his mother.
James Pride, 42, pleaded …
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10/15/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court appeal by the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to allow it to keep operating a pipeline through Illinois and …
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10/15/21
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A man charged with killing six people on or near trails in south Kansas City, Missouri, in 2016 and 2017 is now set to stand trial next year.
A judge on Thursday set …
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10/15/21
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man has been sentenced to prison for fatally shooting a mother of five during an argument three years ago.
Lamont Parker, 41, was sentenced Thursday to life in …
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10/15/21
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SUNSET HILLS, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged an eastern Missouri man accused of driving at more than four times the speed limit when he crashed, killing a 10-year-old child in his car and …
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10/15/21
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said it plans to reinstate a Trump-era border policy next month to make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration court, complying …
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By ELLIOT SPAGAT
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10/15/21
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KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Federal authorities are investigating a former Kansas police detective who has been accused of sexually abusing mostly minority and poor women for decades and helping to …
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10/14/21
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The University of Missouri System will stop requiring masks starting Saturday at all four campuses, but local mandates in Kansas City and St. Louis will mean the face coverings must remain on at …
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By JIM SALTER
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10/14/21
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Thursday condemned one of Missouri's largest newspapers for exposing a flaw in a state database that allowed public access to thousands of …
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE and JIM SALTER
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10/14/21
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BLUE SPRINGS, Mo. (AP) — Two steers that escaped from a suburban Kansas City meat processing plant where shot and killed by police — including one on a high school football field, officials …
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10/14/21
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Charles man faces sentencing in January after pleading guilty to federal charges in connection with a drug overdose death.
Keith Kos Jr. pleaded guilty Wednesday to …
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10/14/21
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police in Kansas City are looking for a killer after a man was found shot to death on the north edge of the Squier Park neighborhood.
The shooting was reported just after …
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10/14/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — More than a year after George Floyd's killing focused attention on efforts to diversify newsrooms, the ability to measure real progress is proving elusive.
The News Leaders …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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10/14/21
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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — The accidental shooting death of an 8-year-old boy in suburban Kansas City happened when his younger sibling found a gun in their home, police said.
The shooting …
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10/14/21
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The former town clerk of a small rural community in northeast Missouri was sentenced Wednesday to 18 months in federal prison and ordered to pay back $315,000 to the …
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10/13/21
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MOBERLY, Mo. (AP) — A Moberly man pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the shooting death of a man who he believed was selling drugs to children, prosecutors said.
Jerry Fitzwater, 79, is charged …
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10/13/21
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