EPA has partially approved and partially disapproved Missouri’s 2022 list of impaired waters and transmitted its decision to the state. EPA’s decision document provides a more detailed description of EPA’s review and the basis for this action. The decision document, including the approved portion of the 2022 impaired waters list, is available via a link […]
A crash happened on Highway 169 near Highway 31, approximately five miles south of Easton, at 7:33 a.m. on August 7, 2023. The incident involved a 2014 Ford Fusion and a 2009 Ford F-150, resulting in one fatality. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the Ford Fusion, driven by Caitlin M. McComas, 21, of […]
(Missouri Independent) – A pair of Republican legislators, along with an anti-abortion activist, filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the cost estimate of an initiative petition seeking to enshrine abortion rights in the Missouri constitution. State Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, and state Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold, are named plaintiffs in litigation along with Kathy […]
With air quality an ongoing concern in New Madrid County, advocates are encouraging the local electric provider to seek federal funding. In recent weeks, Gov. Mike Parson vetoed a bill that would have provided an $8.5 million no-interest loan to Magnitude 7 Metals, an aluminum smelter in New Madrid County. This loan would have given […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office’s Cold Case Unit assisted the Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney in obtaining a second-degree murder conviction related to the long-unsolved death of Karla Delcour in 1987. “As Attorney General, I want to send the message that my office will persist in obtaining justice for victims, no matter […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the St. Louis County Department of Public Health, and the St. Charles County Department of Public Health have been notified of an internationally-imported confirmed case of measles. The departments are waiting for the completion of tests to determine the strain of disease from the Centers for Disease […]
Three Romanian citizens have been sentenced in St. Louis for running a “short-change fraud” in stores across the country. U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk on Monday sentenced Daniel Rostas, 30, to 15 months in prison and Loredana Angel, 35, to 10 months in prison. On May 31, Judge Pitlyk sentenced Legenda Rostas, 28, to […]
(Missouri Independent) – One in four Missouri nursing homes hasn’t had a standard inspection in two or more years, according to recently-updated federal data. Federal law requires states to conduct an unannounced comprehensive inspection for each long-term care facility at least every 15 months to assess compliance with federal health and safety rules. During those visits, […]
(Missourinet) – The long wait continues for many Missourians who have applied for U.S. passports. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, said there has been a 371 percent increase in the number of requests for help his office has received from Missouri residents needing their passports. “They come to me and say, ‘Listen, I applied for […]
The American Red Cross of Missouri has reported a significant drop in blood donations during specific times of the year. Sharon Watson, a representative of the American Red Cross of Missouri, emphasized the importance of blood for various medical procedures. “Blood is essential for surgeries, cancer treatment, chronic illnesses, and traumatic injuries,” Watson stated. She […]
Despite heavy rainfall, the annual Jameson Picnic, sponsored by the Jameson Lions Club, successfully carried on its long-standing tradition. While the inclement weather forced the cancellation of several events, Saturday’s improved conditions allowed for a full schedule of activities. Unfortunately, due to the rain, the Thursday and Friday night bands, the baby show, lawn tractor […]
An accident occurred on Highway 29, four miles south of St. Joseph, on August 6, 2023, around 3:13 PM, as reported by the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The accident involved a 2023 Freightliner, which was traveling southbound on Highway 29. According to the accident report provided by Corporal J.D. Maudlin (805) of the Missouri State […]
(Missouri Independent) – A federal appeals court last week decided to allow the Biden administration to keep in place a temporary two-year rule that restricts asylum at the U.S. border, while the legal challenges to a lower court’s ruling play out. The decision from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals aids the Biden administration, […]
(Missouri Independent) – The top priority of many Missouri parents and educators is school safety, according to a survey presented at the latest State Board of Education meeting. But statewide safety improvements for schools didn’t garner much traction during the legislative session that ended in May, with most proposals dying without ever making it to the full […]
A woman who worked for a pet food company in Montgomery City, Missouri on Friday admitted fraudulently obtaining pain pills meant for animals. Mackenzie Noel Deeker, 39, of Montgomery County, Missouri, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk to a felony count of acquiring a controlled substance by misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, […]
A second man involved in a drug robbery conspiracy that resulted in the fatal shooting of three people in 2021 pleaded guilty Friday to federal drug and gun charges. Demorion Little, 24, pleaded guilty in front of U.S. District Judge Sarah E. Pitlyk to one felony marijuana distribution conspiracy count and one count of aiding […]
U.S. District Judge John A. Ross on Friday sentenced a man from St. Louis County, Missouri who impregnated a minor and sexually abused her when she was in foster care to 27 years in prison. Edward L. Wiseman, 43, sexually abused a minor for multiple years and impregnated her when she was 14. After […]
The owner of two jewelry stores in the Independence Center Mall in Independence, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court to evading federal reporting requirements for cash transactions. Junaid “Jay” Sahibzada, 37, of Lenexa, Kan., waived his right to an indictment and pleaded guilty before U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips to a federal information that […]
Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s securities division announced that Kansas resident MacKenzie S.C. Hoambrecker and two Missouri-registered entities, H & Z Enterprises HI, LLC and H & Z Cultivation, LLC, have settled charges that they misrepresented and omitted material information in the course of raising capital from investors. The consent order, signed on June 15, […]
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) has published A Multi Year Look at Maternal Mortality in Missouri: 2018-2020 Annual Report on behalf of the state’s Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) Board. The report is an aggregate of three years’ worth of work of the PAMR and is based upon the most recent data available. […]
