(Missourinet) – Kim Gardner made it clear Tuesday that she has no intention of resigning as St. Louis Circuit Attorney by announcing that she’s running for re-election. She’s been facing calls to resign and is currently fighting an effort by Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to remove her from office. That was triggered […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is testing for new troopers. The Patrol is encouraging qualified individuals of all backgrounds to apply and will offer testing at nine different locations in Missouri. Those who successfully complete testing will be eligible to continue in the selection process for the 119th (Accelerated) and 120th (Traditional) Recruit Classes, scheduled […]
(Missourinet) – State Senator Bill Eigel’s Anti-Red Flag law has been voted down in committee on Wednesday morning His proposed bill would have banned red flag laws in Missouri, which allow guns to be taken away from a person because of a court order or a federal protection order. Eigel tells Missourinet that this is […]
(Missouri Independent) – Senate Democrats seized control of the Missouri Senate floor Wednesday afternoon to block a Republican proposal making it harder to change the state constitution. The measure that would impose a 60% threshold as the minimum majority for amendments has already passed the House and, if approved in the Senate, would go before voters in […]
The Senate voted in favor of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves’s (MO-06) resolution to overturn the Biden Administration’s “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule by a bipartisan vote of 53-43. The Biden rule would lead to sweeping changes to the federal government’s authority to regulate what is considered navigable water, with enormous […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office has filed twelve felony counts of Deceptive Business Practice, Stealing by Deceit, and Financial Exploitation of the Elderly against Daniel M. Carbone, 49, of St. Clair, MO. Carbone is accused of criminally defrauding five Franklin County consumers, some of whom are elderly, in connection with his […]
A Missouri man was convicted at trial for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in Pettis County, Mo. Thomas W. Pitts, 35, of Ionia, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and two counts of distributing methamphetamine. Evidence introduced during the trial indicated that Pitts participated in the drug-trafficking […]
A Mexican national residing in Raymore, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute large amounts of heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Abel Miranda-Diaz, 48, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 27 years in federal prison without parole. On Sept. 21, 2022, Miranda-Diaz pleaded guilty to conspiracy […]
The Missouri Department of Economic Development announced that it had awarded over $94 million for 70 projects across the state through the Community Revitalization Grant Program, funded through the American Rescue Plan Act. This program awards competitive grants to applicants, including municipalities, counties, and nonprofit organizations, to benefit households, communities, and small businesses affected by […]
(Missouri Independent) – As a pandemic policy expires and Missouri begins rechecking eligibility of around 1.6 million people on Medicaid, social services department leadership pledged Tuesday to make the process “as seamless as possible for as many people as we can.” Over the last three years, states have stopped reverifying whether Medicaid recipients on their […]
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, is returning to Northwest Missouri State University, where it is scheduled to convene court Tuesday, April 11. The session, which is free and open to the public, begins at 1 p.m. in the J.W. Jones Student Union Ballroom. A three-judge panel, consisting of Presiding Judge Douglas Thomson, Judge […]
(Missouri Independent) – The repeal of a nearly 50-year-old voter-approved ban on utilities billing customers for the upfront costs of building nuclear power facilities won initial approval from the Missouri House on Monday. The legislation, sponsored by Republican Rep. John Black of Marshfield, would allow Missouri utilities to add the cost of a new nuclear plant […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 19 states in filing an amicus brief at the United States Supreme Court supporting the College of the Ozarks in their suit against the Biden Administration’s unlawful rule prohibiting single-sex dorms. The amicus brief filed by the attorneys general supports the petition of the College of […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office secured a 33-year prison sentence in the deadly shooting of a twelve-year-old child. “I will always enforce the laws as written, which includes prosecuting violent criminals to hold them accountable,” said Attorney General Bailey. “As a former prosecutor, I am committed to the idea that safer […]
A woman from St. Louis, Missouri on Monday pleaded guilty to two counts of bank fraud and admitted committing both check fraud and pandemic fraud. Nikia A. French, 30, admitted to recruiting people on Instagram who were willing to let French use their bank accounts. French created counterfeit checks, deposited them in the accounts […]
A man from Missouri admitted to repeatedly possessing firearms after having been committed to a mental institution, in violation of federal law. Joseph Zarky, 24, of Kirkwood, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig to two counts of possession of a firearm after being previously committed to a mental institution. “Police […]
A man from St. Louis County, Missouri on Tuesday admitted to impregnating a minor and sexually abusing her when she was in foster care. Edward Wiseman, 43, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two felonies: coercion and enticement of a minor and solicitation of child pornography. He admitted sexually abusing a […]
The Ray County Sheriff’s Department reports the escape of an inmate from the Ray County Jail. Justin Robinson of Richmond was reported as last seen in the Richmond area of Spartan and East Main Street on March 28th at 2:45 in the morning. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark shorts. Robinson is […]
Missouri Attorney General Bailey and 21 other states directed a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging his department to retain a provision that compels public universities to comply with the First Amendment or else lose grant funding – a provision put in place to protect religious groups on campuses nationwide. The Biden […]
A Franklin County, Missouri man has been accused of a federal criminal sex act with a minor. Scott M. Arnold-Micke, 46, was indicted on March 22, 2023, on one count of transportation of a minor to engage in a criminal sex act. He appeared in U.S. District Court in St. Louis, after his arrest, and […]
