New law, state funds help some Missouri jails lift fees for tampons and pads
When people are checked into the Clay County Detention Center, they all have to pay an intake fee of $8.…
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Police chiefs want changes to Missouri’s new gun law
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri police chiefs have called on state lawmakers to change a new law banning local police…
City aldermen move to repeal city marijuana ordinance
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday to repeal city ordinances that make it illegal…
Ex-officer gets a year and a day in beating of undercover colleague
ST. LOUIS – Former city police officer Dustin Boone was sentenced Monday to twelve months and one day in prison…
New U.S. attorney in New York to add civil rights unit for ‘troubled times’
NEW YORK (AP) — With Attorney General Merrick Garland looking on, Manhattan’s new U.S. attorney said Friday that he was…
Jury finds white teen not guilty in shootings at Kenosha, Wis., protest
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted of all charges Friday after asserting self-defense in the deadly Kenosha shootings that became…
Pro-Parson PAC fined by Missouri Ethics Commission for violation
The political action committee set up to advocate for Gov. Mike Parson accepted an illegal contribution of $150,000 last year…
‘Fundamental justice’: Judge clears 2 in Malcolm X slaying
NEW YORK (AP) — More than half a century after the assassination of Malcolm X, two of his convicted killers…
Two men set to be cleared in 1965 killing of Malcolm X
NEW YORK (AP) — Two of the three men convicted in the assassination of Malcolm X are set to be…
Cori Bush draws criticism for saying white supremacists shot at Ferguson protesters
U.S. Rep. Cori Bush claimed on social media that white supremacists shot at protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, but…
Feds seek tougher sentences for veterans who stormed Capitol
During his 27 years in the U.S. Army, Leonard Gruppo joined the Special Forces, served in four war zones and…
After Missouri repealed key gun law, firearm homicides, suicides have risen
Frank Randle was pulling his truck into the parking lot of 9ine Ultra Lounge for his shift as a security…
Trial set to begin in dispute over prison health care contract
As both sides of a dispute over Missouri’s $1.4 billion prison health care contract prepare to face off in court Wednesday, the…
Higher COVID rates seen in Missouri counties with large prison populations
Since the Delta variant of the coronavirus took hold at the beginning of June, almost a quarter million Missourians have tested…
Funds now available for Missouri nonprofits working to deter crime
Under legislation approved by state lawmakers in May, nonprofits working to deter crime in seven Missouri communities can now apply for state funds —totaling…
Leader in AG’s office appointed to Missouri Court of Appeals
JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Gov. Mike Parson has appointed a top aide to Attorney General Eric Schmitt to the state…