There’s reportedly been a break in the 1993 murder of 9-year-old Angie Housman of eastern Missouri’s St. Ann. Sources close to the investigation say that a DNA hit has led investigators to a suspect. Ron Bone, Angie stepfather told me that he was also made aware of this development from police about a month ago. […]
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Southern Iowa man charged with attempted murder after using tractor to spear sheriff’s car
A southern Iowa man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly using a tractor to spear a county sheriff’s car and push the vehicle more than 100 feet. The Iowa Department of Public Safety says Decatur County Sheriff Ben Boswell and two deputies were called Thursday afternoon to a family dispute at a home […]
What’s being added and what’s leaving Netflix in June 2019
Netflix watchers can catch Murder Mystery and new seasons of Black Mirror, Designated Survivor and Jessica Jones in June. The streaming site has released a list of the movies, TV shows, comedy specials and documentaries coming and going next month. Here’s the full list of what’s being added and what is leaving Netflix […]
Audio: World War II Veteran Starting a Holocaust Library in Northwest Missouri’s Cameron
A World War II veteran who helped liberate a concentration camp has started a Holocaust library in northwest Missouri’s Cameron. 96-year-old Bill Pollard served as an Army medic during World War II and also the Korean War. Pollard says he is doing everything he can to honor the millions murdered during the Holocaust, […]
Shawn Yuille changes plea to “Guilty” in murder of Danette Rardon
A jury trial scheduled for three days this week at Chillicothe has been averted when 24-year-old Shawn Michael Yuille changed his plea to guilty on second-degree murder and endangering the welfare of a child. A third count has been dismissed. The charges stem from a fatality accident in downtown Chillicothe November 25th of 2017. The […]
Audio: Missouri Supreme Court to Hear Craig Wood death penalty case on Tuesday
The Missouri Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today (Tuesday) in Jefferson City in the case of a prisoner appealing his death sentence for killing a Springfield girl five years ago. Fifty-one-year-old Craig Michael Wood is currently incarcerated in Potosi, under a death sentence. Wood was convicted of first-degree murder for the 2014 […]
Pre-trial conference held for man charged in death of Danette Rardon
Three days have been set aside for a jury trial for the defendant accused in a traffic accident at Chillicothe that killed one person and injured a young girl. The fatality accident was November 25th of 2017 in downtown Chillicothe. Thirty-nine-year-old Danette Rardon of Chillicothe died in the two-vehicle wreck. Twenty-four-year-old Shawn Michael Yuille faces […]
Audio: Missouri Supreme Court overturns death sentence of Marvin Rice
The Missouri Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence for a man convicted of killing the mother of his child and her boyfriend in southern Missouri’s Dent County in December 2011. In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that the circuit court committed errors during the trial. The decision was written […]
Audio: U.S. Supreme Court rules against Missouri inmate’s attempt to escape execution
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Missouri inmate’s attempt to escape execution. In a 5-4 decision Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court justices disagreed with Russell Bucklew’s argument that the state’s lethal injection drug would cause him cruel and unusual punishment because of his rare brain condition. Bucklew was convicted in the […]
High-speed chase involving murder suspect ends in arrest
Authorities report a high-speed pursuit and then a foot chase were involved before an Illinois man was arrested this weekend in Clinton County, Missouri on a murder warrant from northern Illinois. The highway patrol, which requested the assistance of Cameron Police and other departments, said the pursuit occurred Saturday on Interstate 35 as it traveled […]
Audio: Missouri Supreme Court to consider capital punishment case and whether state’s death penalty is unconstitutional
The Missouri Supreme Court will determine whether a man was wrongly given capital punishment and whether the state’s death penalty law is unconstitutional. Former US Army soldier and Dent County Sheriff’s Deputy Marvin Rice was convicted of murdering the mother of his child and her boyfriend in December 2011. After the incident, Rice […]
Rothville woman pleads not guilty to first-degree murder of two-month old daughter
A Rothville woman charged with felony first-degree murder in the death of her two-month-old daughter plead not guilty in Division One of Chariton County Circuit Court Thursday morning. The court sustained a request for the state to file amended informationfor Sarah Linebaugh, and she waived formal arraignment. The case waspassed to January 10th for a […]
Audio: Missouri Supreme Court upholds death sentence in case that’s been litigated for decades
The Missouri Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man whose case has bounced up and down through the state’s court system for 20 years. In its fourth time hearing appeals from Terrance Anderson of southwest Missouri’s Poplar Bluff, the high bench backed up a lower court’s rejection of claims made […]
St. Joseph man, member of Latin Kings gang, pleads guilty to racketeering
The member of a violent St. Joseph, Mo., gang pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in a RICO conspiracy that involved acts of murder, attempted murder, drug trafficking, and armed robberies, among other crimes, as part of a criminal enterprise. Luis Calderon-Oliveras, 27, of St. Joseph, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Roseann […]
Audio: U.S. Supreme Court considers Missouri inmate’s argument against lethal injection for his execution
The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether lethal injection would be a cruel form of execution for Missouri inmate Russell Bucklew. His attorney, Robert Hochman says a tumor in Bucklew’s throat could rupture, causing his client to suffocate. He says the method could make a tumor in his throat burst and cause him […]
Audio: Southeast Missouri town struggles after murder of 17-year-old
Three men are in custody following the homicide of a 17-year-old on Sunday in southeast Missouri’s Malden. Tyra Jones is the mother of Dante Gibson, the victim. She says she wants peace in the community and “justice to be served.” Three men, between 17 and 19 years of age, face second-degree murder charges […]
Audio: Study says Missouri has one of the highest rates of women killed by men
A new study says Missouri is among the U.S. states with the highest rates of women murdered by men. The Violence Policy Center’s report ranks Missouri 7th in the nation for its rate of women killed by men. Missouri’s homicide rate among females murdered by males was 1.84 per 100,000 in 2016. Alaska […]
Detective Sgt. Ryan Glidden of the Maryville Police Department honored for community service
Tim Garrison, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that Detective Sgt. Ryan Glidden of the Maryville Department of Public Safety has received the 2018 Enoch B. Morelock Award. The Enoch B. Morelock Award is an annual recognition of outstanding moral character, service to law enforcement and service to the community. Glidden […]
Audio: President Trump’s Chief of Staff briefed on Missouri’s increase in violent crime
(Missourinet) – The new U-S Attorney for the Western District of Missouri says the state’s increasing violent crime rate has drawn the attention of White House Chief of Staff General John Kelly. Tim Garrison briefed Mr. Kelly during President Trump’s Kansas City visit last week. Garrison tells reporters he told Kelly that Missouri has three […]
Audio: Missouri man escapes death penalty in murder of SW Missouri 12-year-old
A man escapes the death penalty in an abduction and murder case from 2013 in Golden City. Tony Abati reports from southwest Missouri’s Nevada. 39-year-old Bobby Bourne was charged after 12-year-old Adriaunna Horton was kidnapped from a Golden City park in August of 2013 and her body was found later in some woods […]