Preliminary investigations indicate molten aluminum hitting water caused explosions that injured more than 30 employees at a southeast Missouri aluminum plant, a federal agency said Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the explosions ...
Read More »Missouri condo fire kills 4 young kids celebrating birthday
A fire swept through a condominium building in central Missouri overnight, killing four young children, authorities said Wednesday. People began calling 911 to report the blaze shortly after 11 p.m., and firefighters were at the four-story building within minutes, Osage ...
Read More »Half of blacks say police have treated them unfairly
A majority of blacks in the United States — more than 3 out of 5 — say they or a family member have personal experience with being treated unfairly by the police, and their race is the reason why. This ...
Read More »No. 2 Senate Republican proposing gun background check bill
Backed by the National Rifle Association, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican leader is introducing legislation that would reward states for sending more information about residents with serious mental problems to the federal background check system for firearms purchasers. The bill ...
Read More »Sex offender, 71, sentenced in Missouri for abuse abroad
Federal prosecutors in Kansas City say a 71-year-old sex offender has been sentenced to 120 years in prison for sexually abusing children in the Philippines. The U.S. Attorney’s office said in a release that Kenneth Gaylord Stokes, a U.S. citizen ...
Read More »Jefferson City attorney pleads guilty to marriage fraud
A Jefferson City attorney accused of paying a United States citizen to marry the man’s Ukrainian mistress pleaded guilty on Tuesday to marriage fraud, according to a news release on Wednesday from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of ...
Read More »Worker struck by steel beam wins $35 million bench judgment
Correction: A previous version of this story gave an incorrect first name for attorney Jerry Wilding. We regret the error. After mix-ups and miscommunications about insurance coverage, a laborer who allegedly suffered a brain injury when he was struck by ...
Read More »Supreme Court dismisses challenge to Macks Creek Law
The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a constitutional challenge to the current version of the Macks Creek Law, saying there was no point because a new version of the law goes into effect later this month. The Macks Creek ...
Read More »Judge extends hold on recordings made by anti-abortion group
A federal judge in San Francisco has extended a restraining order that blocks an anti-abortion group from releasing any recordings that it secretly gathered at annual meetings of an abortion providers’ association. U.S. District Judge William Orrick sided with claims ...
Read More »Ex-director of Missouri women’s shelter agrees to plea deal
The former director of a women’s shelter in southeast Missouri faces sentencing Sept. 21 after pleading guilty to felony stealing. The Southeast Missourian reports that 44-year-old Allison Leonard was accused of misappropriating more than $20,000 from the Safe House for ...
Read More »Missouri GOP senator slams new power plant emissions limits
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri is calling a new plan to dramatically cut U.S. power plant emissions a federal overreach. The Republican criticized the final plan unveiled by Democratic President Barack Obama on Monday, adding that it could mean ...
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