Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey joined a coalition of 20 states in calling for the prompt removal of foreign student visa holders who are found to have endorsed terror activity or provided material support to foreign terrorist organizations. “Missourians have watched in horror at the rise of antisemitism around the country,” said Attorney General Bailey. […]
A man on Thursday admitted breaking into two Jefferson County, Missouri gun shops in 2020 and stealing multiple firearms. Carnell Robinson, 21, of Jennings, Missouri, pleaded guilty to a felony charge of theft of firearms from a federal firearms licensee. On July 12, 2020, at about 1 a.m., burglars broke into Mike’s Pawn and Jewelry […]
U.S. District Judge Catherine D. Perry on Thursday sentenced a man who committed three bank robberies and then shot at Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputies before forcing his way into a woman’s apartment to 25 years in prison. Judge Perry also ordered Cameron A. Thomas, 31, of Florissant, to repay $19,262 to the banks he robbed. […]
(Missouri Independent) – The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments over whether the state’s move to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements was constitutional — the second time in three years the issue has reached the state’s highest court. After the state legislature voted to block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid reimbursements last year, the […]
A new report released by State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick details how the Missouri State Lottery Commission has seen lottery proceeds increase significantly in recent years despite diminished funding for its advertising budget. “The best way to measure the success of the Lottery program is by the amount transferred to support public education each year, and […]
Two men have pleaded guilty to crimes that include two St. Louis County carjackings, the robbery of a convenience store, and the shooting of the store clerk. James Furlow, 20, of St. Ann, Missouri, pleaded guilty Wednesday in U.S. District Court in St. Louis to two counts of carjacking and one count each of possession […]
Two Kansas City, Mo., men have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a conspiracy that used a GPS tracking device to surveil their victim, who was shot to death in a grocery store parking lot. Lawrence Courtney Lawhorn, 35, and Michael Smith, also known as “Black Mike,” 37, were charged […]
A Neosho, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a kidnapping conspiracy that resulted in the torture and death of the victim, and in a separate and unrelated case for illegally possessing stolen firearms. Lawrence William Vaughan, also known as “Scary Larry,” 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. […]
A former bank branch manager in Kansas City, Mo., has pleaded guilty in federal court to accepting Kansas City Chiefs playoffs tickets and a new Chevrolet Tahoe in exchange for facilitating a $12.4 million Covid fraud scheme by a Jefferson City, Mo., business owner, as well as a separate fraud scheme to receive unemployment benefits. […]
The Missouri State Fair and the Youth in Agriculture Committee are accepting applications for Youth in Agriculture scholarships for Missouri high school seniors graduating in 2024. The application form can be found on the Fair’s Youth in Agriculture page. Applications should be submitted to the Missouri State Fair and must be postmarked by January 16, 2024. […]
(Missouri Independent) – Missourians spend billions every year in pursuit of instant riches. They buy lottery tickets, play casino games, and dab bingo cards. And increasingly in recent years, they play games of questionable legality in convenience stores, truck stops, and small gaming parlors. Everyone involved in the industry thinks people would spend more if […]
(Missouri Independent) – More than 52,000 Missouri children have been kicked off of Medicaid in the first four months of renewed eligibility checks, though the state isn’t sure how many of those kids have managed to re-enroll. At Tuesday’s quarterly meeting of the board that oversees Missouri’s Medicaid program, the MO HealthNet oversight committee, concerns […]
A Kansas state court judge has blocked several abortion-related restrictions, in a decision that is bound to have an effect in neighboring Missouri. It is being considered a win for the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood on behalf of Kansas abortion providers. The ruling blocks laws requiring providers to give government-scripted information to patients, […]
A man from Wayne County, Missouri on Tuesday admitted making recordings of his sex acts with minors. Tony Ray Waites, 46, of Piedmont, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor. He admitted that in March of 2022, an 11-year-old boy reported that Waites had sexually abused him […]
A man from Hannibal, Missouri who made multiple illegal pipe bombs in 2022 was sentenced Tuesday to six years in federal prison. Joshua Eugene Rickey, 34, admitted to making a series of pipe bombs using plastic and metal pipes and materials from fireworks between July 4, 2022, and Aug. 13, 2022. Rickey admitted to detonating […]
A Springfield, Mo., man has been convicted in a federal bench trial of receiving and distributing child pornography. Alvan Allen, 44, was found guilty of one count of receiving and distributing child pornography following a bench trial before U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool on Wednesday, Nov. 1. The court issued the findings of fact […]
Three Columbia, Mo., residents have been indicted by a federal grand jury for their roles in a bank fraud conspiracy that used identity documents stolen from the mail to open fraudulent bank accounts. Chandelle Eugene Marteen, 39, Jason Lee Patillo, 49, and Candace Anne Cook, 41, were charged in a 22-count indictment returned under seal […]
A Bay Springs, Mississippi, man pleaded guilty in federal court to luring a 16-year-old victim in Columbia, Mo., to meet him at a hotel for illicit sexual activity. Zachary Wes Buckley, 49, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Willie J. Epps, Jr., to one count of enticing a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity. […]
A former corrections officer at the Jefferson City Correctional Center and his wife pleaded guilty in federal court to charges related to video recording their sexual assault of a child victim. Paul Emerson Schofield, 35, and his wife, Sara Ellen Schofield, 30, both of Jefferson City, each pleaded guilty in separate appearances before U.S. Magistrate […]
(Missourinet) – A former Missouri teacher says she has no regrets about launching a career in adult entertainment. Twenty-eight-year-old Brianna Coppage was an English teacher at St. Clair High School near St. Louis, but she resigned this fall after administrators found out she had an OnlyFans page. She tells Fox News that after […]
