A Jefferson County woman is jailed without bond for the alleged shooting death of her father. The Sheriff’s Office got a call at approximately 11:50 p.m. Sunday about the shooting. When deputies arrived, they found Charles Holt lying in front of the house after he reportedly was shot with a 9mm semi-automatic gun. […]
A new three-digit emergency hotline will soon be available for people struggling with mental health issues. Joey Parker tells us how 998 works. The new code is designed to be a quick, easy-to-remember number for people in a mental health crisis. 988, or Lifeline, will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. […]
United States District Court Judge Stephen R. Clark on Monday sentenced Kenneth Rogers, 24, of Belleville, Illinois, to 25 years in prison on child sex-related charges. Rogers was caught in a sex sting in 2020 after traveling from Illinois to Brentwood, Missouri, thinking he would be having sex with a 14-year-old boy. Rogers had contacted […]
United States District Court Judge Ronnie L. White on Tuesday sentenced Prince Vamboi, 40, to two years in prison for committing $212,848 worth of fraud including an N-95 mask scam and a $18,750 fraudulent loan through the Paycheck Protection Program. Vamboi opened multiple bank accounts in the St. Louis area in 2019 using aliases and […]
A Missouri man who posted Snapchat photos and videos in which he illegally possessed various firearms and controlled substances pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing firearms. Chauncey Erin Howard, 37, of Columbia, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah W. Hays to one count of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. […]
A Missouri man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for stealing 36 firearms in the burglary of a Lone Jack, Missouri gun store. Edward A. Robinson, Jr., 22, of Sugar Creek, was charged in a two-count indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, May 18. […]
Hitachi Energy, a global technology leader serving the utility, industry, and infrastructure sectors, announced it will expand in Jefferson City, investing approximately $10 million and adding 75 new jobs. Hitachi Energy’s expansion will allow for increased operations at the facility owned by the company, which has had a presence in the state’s capital for 50 […]
(Missouri Independent) – Phone records show Sheena Greitens didn’t talk to Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell “or any person working for these men” in the weeks before she made explosive allegations of child and spousal abuse against Eric Greitens, her attorney said Tuesday. Sheena Greitens’ call logs and text messages for the period Feb. 1 through March 22 were […]
Students attending college during the 2022-23 academic year will have another chance for free help completing their Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as the FAFSA. The Missouri Department of Higher Education & Workforce Development will host 17 FAFSA Frenzy events at local Missouri Job Centers across the state starting May 24 through […]
(Missouri Independent) – A report published Monday by a federal watchdog sheds new light on the scope of missing foster kids in Missouri, an issue that infuriated state lawmakers last year and led to accusations that Department of Social Services leadership was failing to take accountability. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office […]
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) led a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting the immediate release of all documents related to the agency’s recently-shelved Disinformation Governance Board. U.S. Senators and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) also […]
United States District Court Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Monday sentenced a St. Louis County man who possessed fentanyl and a stolen gun and struggled with police to four years and nine months in prison. Judge Pitlyk said in court that the prison sentence Jarvis L. Fields, 28, faced was longer because he assaulted a […]
A Missouri woman who pretended to be a landlord to get $267,239 in pandemic-related financial assistance pleaded guilty to a felony charge of wire fraud in United States District Court Monday. Semaj Portis, 42, of St. Louis County, admitted in her plea agreement and in court that she took advantage of Emergency Rental Assistance and […]
A Missouri man who was shot by an Independence, Mo., police officer as he attempted to strike the officer with his truck before leading officers on a high-speed chase, was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Isaiah Fulson-Dewberry, 29, of Kansas City, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to seven […]
A Missouri man who was involved in a shoot-out at a local gas station pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally possessing a firearm. Tirrell M. Thompson, 31, of Kansas City, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to being a felon in possession of a firearm. By pleading guilty, Thompson admitted that he was […]
Hillyard, Inc. announced on Monday it will expand in St. Joseph, investing more than $50 million and retaining more than 200 high-paying jobs in the area. The expansion of the leading manufacturer and distributor of cleaning and hygiene solutions will redevelop an existing downtown location. “We’re excited that Hillyard is growing and helping revitalize downtown […]
Cargill has unveiled plans to build a new soybean processing facility located in Pemiscot County, Mo. near Hayti and Caruthersville to support growing domestic and global demand for oilseeds driven by food, feed, and fuel markets. The facility will be the first of its kind for Southeast Missouri with an annual production capacity of 62 […]
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley has voted on record in the past his support for military aid for Ukraine during the ongoing Russian attack but the Missouri Republican says the nearly 40-billion-dollar aid package that passed Senate on Thursday is too much. Senator Hawley says the latest round of funding for Ukraine goes beyond […]
The 2022 Special Olympics Missouri State Games kicked off on Friday in Columbia. The athletes will be competing in volleyball, track and field, aquatics, and powerlifting. Program director Melinda Wrye-Washington says this is their first full event in four years: “We’re super excited. It’s been a long hard journey here through COVID and […]
More Missourians died last year than were born, according to the state Department of Health. The good news is that there were more births in December 2021 than there were in December 2020, and the number of deaths were lower last December than in December 2020. But preliminary data also shows Missouri’s birth […]
