A new Missouri measure soon will waive fees for certain veterans who want specialty Purple Heart license plates. Legislation signed Monday by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon eliminated fees for Purple Heart recipients to receive the specialty plates. The Purple Heart ...
Read More »3 Colorado men plead guilty to trafficking in paddlefish
Three Colorado men have pleaded guilty to federal charges accusing them of illegally trafficking in paddlefish in Missouri. Federal prosecutors in Kansas City said in a release Monday that the three men were arrested as part of an undercover operation ...
Read More »Military announces plan to lift transgender ban
Defense Secretary Ash Carter has ordered a six-month study aimed at formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service, saying the Pentagon’s current regulations banning transgender individuals from serving in the military need to be ...
Read More »Missouri bill signed to up access to mental health records
Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a bill to allow some mental health workers more access to medical records of people who have been civilly committed. The legislation that Nixon signed Monday makes more records available to community mental health ...
Read More »Oklahoma man gets 2 life terms for molesting Missouri boy
A 39-year-old northern Oklahoma man has been sentenced to life in prison in Missouri for sexually abusing a 5-year-old boy three years ago. The Joplin Globe reports Chad Sebeniecher of Miami, Oklahoma, was sentenced Monday in Jasper County, Missouri, to ...
Read More »Missouri measure changes process to regain driver’s license
Democratic Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a measure that could allow those convicted of driving while intoxicated to get back on the road sooner. Those convicted of offenses related to drunken driving can regain their licenses, but must use ...
Read More »Missouri measure changes process to regain driver’s license
Democratic Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has signed a measure that could allow those convicted of driving while intoxicated to get back on the road sooner. Those convicted of offenses related to drunken driving can regain their licenses, but must use ...
Read More »After commutations, Obama seeks broader justice changes
Hoping to seize on a moment of opportunity, President Barack Obama is pushing for bipartisan action to change the criminal justice system in ways that go far beyond the limited executive powers he’s used to reduce harsh prison sentences for ...
Read More »Jury doles out big verdict in rail accident case
House Republicans called for a brief extension of highway and mass transit funding Monday night to prevent a reduction in scheduled construction as early as this summer. The legislation, which is expected to come up for a vote this week, ...
Read More »Missouri jury awards $6.7M in traffic fatality
A Missouri jury has awarded a West Plains family $6.7 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against the Missouri Highway and Transportation Commission. The West Plains Daily Quill reports that Laurie Holesapple and her family sued the commission after her ...
Read More »Man charged in fatal shooting of suburban St. Louis woman
A St. Louis man is jailed on $500,000 bond after being accused of last month’s shooting death of an 86-year-old woman who body was found in her suburban home. Sixty-seven-year-old Mark Patton of St. Louis is charged with second-degree murder, ...
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