A Kansas capital murder case involving a white supremacist who is dying of emphysema poses some unusual challenges for a district attorney pursuing the death penalty for the first time. Johnson County District Attorney Steve Howe has twice rejected offers ...
Read More »KC man sentenced for killing stepdad, dumping body
A 42-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for killing his stepfather, whose body was found at the bottom of a partially filled backyard swimming pool. The Jackson County prosecutor’s office says Bryon Harvey was ...
Read More »Gift to Nixon raises questions about Missouri campaign funds
An internationally known union donated $50,000 to Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon days after he recently vetoed a contentious right-to-work measure, a sizeable contribution that could help fund a re-election campaign — if he was not term-limited from running again. The ...
Read More »Kansas City program helps police cope with job’s traumas
The nightmares lasted a year after a Kansas City police officer rushed to help a 4-year-old girl who accidentally shot herself in the head. Officer Melanie A. Madonia, who saw her daughter’s face each time she saw the girl’s face, ...
Read More »Texas abortion law teed up for Supreme Court review
Abortion is back before the Supreme Court, and the justices could signal by the end of June whether they’re likely to take up the biggest case on the hot-button subject in nearly a quarter-century. If the court steps in, the ...
Read More »While feds investigate, MLB holds back on hacking probe
The case of compromised Houston Astros player intel is a federal investigation, not a baseball probe, says MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred. That doesn’t mean he can’t hand down penalties as more information comes to light about whether St. Louis Cardinals ...
Read More »Sexual violence education suggested for Missouri sororities
The University of Missouri Panhellenic Association is proposing an education plan to help sororities prevent sexual assaults on campus. The association, which is an umbrella group for campus sororities, said the plan will be used by the female Greek organizations ...
Read More »Missouri accountant gets 30 months in prison for embezzling
A St. Louis company’s former accountant has been ordered to spend two and a half years in federal prison for stealing $825,000 from his partners. Fifty-year-old Joel Wishne of Chesterfield, Missouri, was sentenced Thursday in St. Louis on two wire-fraud ...
Read More »Jury rules no extra prison for Marine who killed Iraqi
A Marine staff sergeant told military jurors that everyone looked up to Lawrence Hutchins III, his squad leader. Hutchins’ 11-year-old daughter said it was “sheer terror” to live without her father. After hours of emotional stories from the battlefield and ...
Read More »Need a reason to pay by phone? Apple, Google add new features
The tech industry has been saying for years that smartphones would make traditional wallets obsolete. But most people still use cash or plastic when they shop in stores. That could change later this year when three leading tech companies are ...
Read More »Could training stem police shootings? Las Vegas is a test
By 2 a.m., nearly five hours had ticked by since Stanley Gibson’s last call. “I want to come home,” the 43-year-old Gulf War veteran told his wife, Rondha, his voice edged by post-traumatic stress disorder. But Rondha Gibson did not ...
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