Several Missouri state parks and historic sites are participating in a national initiative called Museum Day, organized by Smithsonian Magazine. This annual celebration encourages folks to express their curiosity by exploring museums and cultural institutions. This year’s Museum Day will be held Saturday, Sept. 17. During the one-day event, participating museums, parks, historic sites, and […]
Governor Mike Parson participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for American Foods Group, LLC’s new state-of-the-art beef processing facility in Warren County. The company broke ground at its site near Wright City, marking the beginning of a project expected to generate $1 billion in annual economic impact in the state of Missouri. “As a third-generation farmer […]
Missouri is working to launch its statewide prescription drug monitoring program. The state’s database is expected to roll out in 2023. It is designed to help doctors look for suspected cases of drug misuse. Dean Linneman, executive director of Missouri’s program, says Missouri is the last state in the nation to launch a statewide prescription […]
Country music singer Dolly Parton created “Imagination Library” in 1995 to inspire young children to read. Through her program, it gifts books free of charge to kids from birth to age five on a monthly basis. Parton was inspired by her father’s inability to read and write. Missouri Office of Childhood Director Pam […]
(Missouri Independent) – A Cole County Circuit Court Judge Friday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to block an initiative petition to legalize recreational marijuana from appearing on the November ballot. A day after a three-hour hearing, Cole County Judge Cotton Walker determined Joy Sweeney, an anti-drug legalization activist who filed the lawsuit, lacked standing to […]
Governor Mike Parson announced five judicial appointments to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, and the 4th, 7th, 23rd, and 31st Judicial Circuits. The Honorable Becky Borthwick, of Springfield, was appointed to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District. Judge Borthwick currently serves as Circuit Judge for the 31st Judicial Circuit. She holds a Bachelor of […]
Missouri collaborating organizations are pleased to be recognized by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as a Healthy People 2030 Champion. Through the Healthy People initiative, public and private organizations work as Healthy People Champions to improve the health and well-being of citizens across the nation. The […]
A Missouri man was sentenced to serve 20 years in federal prison for firearm and methamphetamine-trafficking offenses. After receiving information that David A. Rodgers, 41, of Sikeston, was distributing large quantities of methamphetamine, law enforcement officials obtained and executed a search warrant at his Sikeston home in August 2020. They found a safe in Rodgers’ […]
U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Friday sentenced a woman from St. Charles who fraudulently obtained prescription drugs for herself and her children and then sold them to others, including an undercover agent, to two years of probation, including four months of home detention, and 20 hours of community service. Katie Diana Rooney, 39, […]
U.S. District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on Friday sentenced a couple from St. Louis County for falsely claiming to have provided home care to elderly Medicaid recipients. Qais Meraj, 33, was sentenced to two months in prison, two years of supervised release, a $5,000 fine, and was ordered to repay $45,871. Judge Fleissig sentenced Aziza […]
Two Mexican nationals and a St. Joseph man were sentenced in federal court for their roles in a $2.1 million conspiracy that distributed more than 100 kilograms of methamphetamine in the Kansas City metropolitan area and in northwest Missouri. Juan Guzman, also known as Daniel Solorio and as “Flaco,” 41, of Kansas City, Mo., and […]
Missouri’s U-S Senator Josh Hawley will not support making same-sex marriage a federal civil right. He says it should be up to the states. The Constitution says nothing about same-sex marriage. It says nothing about the definition of marriage, it leaves it to the states and always has. We have 200 years of […]
(Missouri Independent) – Alex Tretbar scratched Lou Reed lyrics into the concrete “rhomboid exoskeleton” of an Oregon jail’s solitary confinement hole, then found the strength to write about it. “Some people work very hard,” the song goes, “but still they never get it right.” Tretbar, a Wichita native and University of Kansas graduate, references the […]
A man from Missouri whose girlfriend told police about a hidden gun was convicted Thursday by a jury of one charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Rodrick Mitchell, 34, of Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, is scheduled to be sentenced on December 13 and could face up to 10 years in prison. On […]
Amateur photographers of all ages may enter the Missouri DNR Photo Contest hosted by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The contest offers you the opportunity to capture your favorite moments in Missouri’s rich natural and cultural resources and share them for all to enjoy. The contest runs from April 1 through Oct. 1. The […]
The Highway Patrol reports an Excelsior Springs man sustained moderate injuries when his vehicle struck a tree in Ray County on Wednesday night, September 7th. Emergency medical services took 42-year-old Jason Mick to Liberty Hospital. The vehicle traveled east on Business 10 east of Highway 10 before it ran off the right side of the […]
North County Police found a greater threat awaiting them after they received a tip involving dog abuse. Officers arrived at a north St. Louis County home to discover 13 dogs that had been participants in dog fighting. Major Ron Martin released pictures and the body cam footage of 13 dogs. One was tied […]
U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced an osteopathic physician from Collinsville, Illinois to a year in prison for illegally prescribing an anti-anxiety drug. Matthew Steven Miller, 43, wrote prescriptions for the drug Xanax for six people who were not his patients between 2016 and 2018. Miller had not examined them, knew they […]
U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Wednesday sentenced a man involved in the theft and sale of 39 catalytic converters to nine months in prison and ordered him to pay restitution of $46,001. D’Ante Carter, 38, acted as a lookout as another man stole the catalytic converters, which contain trace amounts of precious metals. […]
A Missouri man was sentenced in federal court for the sexual exploitation of two child victims. Billy Rae Clark, 29, of Merriam Woods, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wimes to 17 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Clark to 30 years of supervised release following incarceration. On April […]
