Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey led a coalition of 28 states in addressing a letter to President Biden and Stephanie Feldman, Director of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, urging them to disregard the demands of Democratic attorneys general to halt commercial sales from Lake City Army Ammunition Plant. This facility, situated in […]
A former Boy Scout volunteer on Thursday admitted hiding cameras in bathrooms at a St. Francois County, Missouri scout camp. David Lee Nelson, 41, of Redmond, Washington, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two counts of production of child pornography and two counts of attempted production of child pornography. Nelson admitted […]
U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Thursday sentenced a man who possessed child pornography and admitted sexually abusing two children to 199 months (16-1/2 years) in prison. Judge Clark also ordered Kyle Mathew Bray, 32, to be placed on supervised release for life after his prison term ends. Bray, who was living in Lincoln […]
A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for his role in a sex trafficking conspiracy that involved four victims, including two teenagers. Dameon Devor Williams, 30, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Howard F. Sachs to 16 years in federal prison without parole. The court also sentenced Williams to 20 years of […]
A crash on Highway 2, 15 feet east of County Road SW 1931, claimed the life of a Holden woman, Julie M. Huston, 44, on Thursday morning. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at 11:34 a.m. when a 2012 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by Huston, veered off the right side of the […]
In a late-night incident on January 24th, a collision occurred on Highway 61, half a mile west of County Road 306 in Clark County, resulting in two individuals being hospitalized. The crash involved a 2021 Chevrolet Silverado and a disabled 2005 Chevrolet Silverado that was partially blocking the westbound lane. The driver of the 2021 […]
The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released a report on an officer-involved shooting Wednesday night in northeast Missouri. The situation resulted in a suspect and a trooper both being shot. Northeast Missouri Emergency Communications requested assistance in locating a suspect who allegedly had fled in a vehicle from the Adams County, Illinois Sheriff’s Office and […]
(Missouri Independent/Missourinet) – In his final address to a joint session of the Missouri General Assembly, Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday pointed to outlawing abortion, increasing infrastructure spending, and appointing five statewide officeholders as the legacy of his six years in office. “I’ll be leaving here with my head held high,” Parson told lawmakers during […]
(Missouri Independent) – Spending from large federal grants and a shrinking but substantial state surplus will propel Missouri to record spending in the coming year if lawmakers adopt the $52.7 billion budget proposal from Gov. Mike Parson. Unlike last year’s budget proposal, which included nearly $900 million from general revenue to improve Interstate 70, Parson has no […]
During his final State of the State Address, Governor Mike Parson, alongside Congressman Sam Graves, announced that Missouri has secured a $92.8 million Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant to improve Interstate 70. Missouri will use the INFRA grant for specific Improve I-70 projects, including truck parking, Intelligent Transportation System (ITS), work zone safety technology, […]
U.S. District Judge Ronnie L. White on Wednesday sentenced a bounty hunter from Louisiana to 10 years in prison for removing a woman from a St. Peters, Missouri home and taking her across state lines against her will. Wayne D. Lozier Jr., 45, of the New Orleans area, was convicted by a jury in September […]
A former professional basketball player has been arrested in Missouri after an indictment accused him of fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief funds. Lorenzo Gordon, 40, of Chesterfield, Missouri, was indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on January 17 on three counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government money. He pleaded […]
A man who possessed and shared child pornography and then fled from St. Louis while on house arrest was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years and eight months in prison. U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Clark on Tuesday also ordered Daniel Bert, 38, to be placed on supervised release for life after he gets out of […]
An Independence, Mo., man has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally possessing a firearm after fleeing from police officers in a stolen pick-up truck. Duke A. Yates, 35, was charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., […]
An Independence, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing eight firearms. Nicholas G. Gutierrez, 43, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips on Tuesday, Jan. 23, to 15 years in federal prison without parole. On Aug. 29, 2023, Gutierrez […]
A Columbia, Mo., physician has been indicted by a federal grand jury for making false statements relating to Medicare orders. Jerry Joseph Bruggeman, M.D., 52, was charged in a 13-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, Jan. 23. The federal indictment alleges that Bruggeman, a licensed physician, provided […]
A Kansas City, Mo., man was sentenced in federal court for illegally possessing a firearm. Cory T. Brown, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to 10 years in federal prison without parole, the statutory maximum penalty. On March 30, 2023, Brown was convicted at trial of one count of being a felon […]
(Missouri Independent) – Legislation seeking to create a “parents bill of rights” in Missouri was amended in committee Tuesday morning to add prohibitions on transgender students accessing restrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity. A House hearing on standalone bills that sought to regulate school bathrooms took up the majority of a nearly nine-hour […]
The Humane Society of Missouri’s Animal Cruelty Task Force has successfully rescued 55 dogs from a property in Stone County, Missouri. The operation carried out in collaboration with Stone County deputies, uncovered the distressing scene where the remains of 15 dogs and five goats were also found. According to court documents, a deputy witnessed the […]
(Missouri Independent) – Hannah Kaplanis applied to Missouri’s Medicaid program nearly two months ago, but hasn’t received any response from the state. Just shy of 18 weeks pregnant, she needs prenatal care and growing increasingly hopeless. Aside from a free ultrasound in November, she hasn’t been able to access any care. She called Missouri’s Medicaid […]
