Medical Marijuana

Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services records over 2000 facility applications

Views: 0Missouri’s Department of Health and Senior Services recorded 2,163 medical marijuana facility applications as of August 19, 2019. Numbers of applications received by facility type are as follows: Cultivation facility applications – 554 Dispensary facility applications – 1,163 Manufacturing facility applications – 415 Testing facility applications – 17 Transportation facility applications – 14 Additional […]

Richard James Stumph

Court sets bond for Chillicothe man accused of sodomy

Views: 1The bond was amended in the Associate Division of Livingston County Circuit Court on Tuesday for a Chillicothe man charged with felony sodomy or attempted sodomy, first degree, victim less than 12 years old. Online court information shows the court amended 29-year-old Richard James Stumph’s bond to $50,000 cash only, 10% allowed. He was […]

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Students will be safer as required background checks on school volunteers becomes state law

Views: 0A new state law will help protect children at their schools as beginning August 28, school volunteers will be required to undergo criminal background checks before being left alone with children. Auditor Galloway pushed for the new law after her audit of the state’s sexual offender registration program found background checks were mandatory for school […]

I-435 and I-70 Interchange

Major Traffic Alert: Portion of I-70 in Kansas City will close September 6-9 to enable bridge demolition

Views: 0The Missouri Department of Transportation will have a COMPLETE CLOSURE of Interstate 70 in both directions between I-435 and I-470/Route 291 beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, September 6, until approximately 5 a.m. on Monday, September 9. This closure is for the demolition of the directional ramps from southbound I-435 to eastbound I-70 and […]

Saousoalii P. Siavii, Jr

Former KC Chiefs player charged with illegal firearms after being tasered while resisting arrest

Views: 0A former Kansas City Chiefs football player, who was tasered twice while struggling with officers and resisting arrest, was charged in federal court with illegally possessing firearms. Saousoalii P. Siavii, Jr., also known as “Junior,” 40, of Independence, Missouri, was charged in a criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, […]

Two hunters dragging deer carcass

Missouri Department of Conservation has new rules for deer carcasses in ongoing fight against CWD

Views: 4Starting in 2020, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has added additional regulations to the Wildlife Code of Missouri as part of its ongoing efforts to slow the spread of the deadly deer disease called Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). The new regulations change the requirements for transporting deer carcasses into Missouri and throughout the […]