(Missourinet) – Missouri voters can cast an absentee ballot in-person without an excuse beginning today. Through November 7, registered Missouri voters are allowed to cast an absentee ballot in-person without an excuse. This can be done at your local election office. As part of a new wide-ranging elections law, the option is given […]
(Missouri Independent) – Republicans have had super-majorities in both chambers of the Missouri legislature for the past decade. And every election cycle, Democrats vow to begin crawling out of the legislative wilderness. This year is no different. But a new legislative map — drawn by a bipartisan redistricting commission — has created more potentially competitive […]
(Missourinet) – A school shooting today in St. Louis has claimed the lives of at least three people and has injured about seven others. Law enforcement quickly responded and killed the gunman at Central Visual and Performing Arts. A woman and a teenage girl have reportedly died. Kelvin Adams, the superintendent of St. Louis Public […]
(Missouri Independent) – Like most people, McDonald County Clerk Kimberly Bell had never heard of a “cast vote record” before this summer. It’s not a report she’s ever generated after an election in the small county in southwestern Missouri, where she has administered elections for eight years. But like many county clerks and election officials […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation reminds deer hunters that it will be holding mandatory CWD sampling during the opening weekend of the November portion of firearms season, Nov. 12 and 13, for hunters who harvest deer in 34 of 38 MDC CWD Management Zone counties. CWD is a deadly, infectious disease in deer and other […]
(Missourinet) – Missouri’s teacher shortage – and ways to help fix the problem – will be the focus of a series of statewide town halls beginning this week. The Missouri Board of Education and a statewide commission will hit the road to explain the workforce struggles and share recommendations to recruit and retain teachers. Monday’s […]
(Missourinet) – Bobbing for apples wasn’t always a Halloween-themed kids’ game. Many centuries ago in the British Isles, it was a romantic ritual in which women tried to determine if the man she was interested in would be her future husband. Getting it on the first try meant yes, on the second try meant a […]
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana granted Missouri and Louisiana’s request for depositions from top-ranking officials in the federal government. This is movement in his lawsuit against top-ranking Biden Administration officials for allegedly colluding to suppress freedom of speech. The list of granted […]
The latest monthly reports from State Auditor Nicole Galloway detailing the state government’s use of federal stimulus dollars intended for the COVID-19 response shows Missouri received $10.4 billion between April 2020 and June 2022. As the state’s financial watchdog, the State Auditor’s Office has issued reports since June 2020 examining the Missouri government’s distribution and […]
A former St. Louis County, Missouri employee on Friday admitted hatching a scheme to fraudulently obtain COVID-19 relief funds in exchange for kickbacks. Anthony “Tony” Weaver Sr. pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark to four felony counts of wire fraud. Weaver was the “change management coordinator” at the St. […]
A Missouri man pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a $4.1 million drug-trafficking conspiracy, which is linked to two murders, and which distributed 1146 pounds (520 kilograms) of methamphetamine in the metropolitan area. Gerald Lee Ginnings, 42, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays and admitted that between […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for distributing child pornography over the internet, including to an undercover federal agent, whom he believed to be a 13-year-old girl. Thomas E. Andries, 32, of Independence, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 15 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced […]
A Missouri man has been sentenced in federal court for the sexual exploitation of a child. Terry Lee Miksell, 66, of Diamond, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark on Thursday, Oct. 20, to life in federal prison without parole. On March 29, 2022, Miksell was found guilty at trial of one count of […]
The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding deer hunters to please properly tag and Telecheck harvests this season. Good advance preparation will help hunters avoid violations, said Kansas City Region Protection Captain Joni Bledsoe. “They should buy all their permits early,” Bledsoe said, “and they should read over the regulations and if they have any […]
(Missouri Independent) – Outside groups poured money into Missouri in the weeks leading up to the Aug. 2 U.S. Senate primary, with political action committees spending nearly $20 million on television ads boosting or tearing down candidates. Since then, they’ve all gone silent. Fall ad spending in the Senate showdown between Republican Eric Schmitt and […]
Missouri health officials and advocates released the newly revised Missouri Cancer Action Plan that will be used for Missourians to use as a guide for cancer control and prevention work across the state through 2025. The Missouri Cancer Consortium published the report in collaboration with the Missouri Comprehensive Cancer Program, which is part of the […]
U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Thursday sentenced a St. Louis man who killed a reality show star’s nephew to 32 years in prison. Travell Anthony Hill, 31, pleaded guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and one count of murder-for-hire in the death of Andre Montgomery Jr. on March […]
A man from East St. Louis, Illinois was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for a July 12 carjacking in St. Louis. Brandon Best, 20, was indicted on a carjacking charge and a charge of possession and brandishing of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Charging documents say Best was one […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for leading a conspiracy to distribute nearly 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine in southwest Missouri. Cheyenne W. Conn, 47, of Everton, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 21 years in federal prison without parole. On July 22, 2021, Conn pleaded guilty to participating in […]
A Missouri woman became the fifth defendant to plead guilty in federal court to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise that victimized at least three children. Angela Marie Brown, 39, of Springfield, pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge David P. Rush to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise from Jan. 1, 2017, to Nov. […]
