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The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

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Missouri man set to be executed for beating death of 6-year-old girl in 2002

A man who abducted a 6-year-old girl and beat her to death is scheduled to be executed in Missouri

The Independent UK

Heat Dome Persists As Storms Pound Plains And Mississippi Valley

Severe weather and flash flooding pose risks as Texas broils under extreme heat.

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Missouri man facing scheduled execution for beating death of 6-year-old girl in 2002

A man who abducted a 6-year-old girl and beat her to death is scheduled to be executed in Missouri

The Independent UK

Missouri v. Biden Fifth Circuit Panel Announced

I believe this just happened today, since argument is next week (Aug. 10); the panel is Judges Edith Brown Clement, Jennifer Walker Elrod, and Don Willett. Recall that this is the expedited appeal of the July 4 injunction that barred various federal departments from encouraging social media platforms to delete…

Reason

Longhorned Ticks Discovered In Boone County For First Time, MU Researchers Find

Discovery alerts cattle ranchers to potential economic impacts for livestock industry.

Zenger

Chiefs practicing in rain as Andy Reid elects to keep team outdoors

Andy Reid elected to keep the #Chiefs' Monday practice session outdoors as rain crept in over the campus of Missouri Western State University.

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Appellate court rules that Missouri man with schizophrenia can be executed after all

The planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man with schizophrenia is back on after an appellate court reversed course Saturday

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Ex-Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon joins push for third-party presidential bid as Democrats try to stop it

Former Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon of Missouri is joining No Labels’ effort to lay the groundwork for a centrist third-party presidential ticket in 2024

The Independent UK

Public sector staff shortages in ‘hard jobs’ are sparking a wage war as taxpayers feel the consequences of empty positions

At the entrance to Missouri prisons, large signs plead for help: “NOW HIRING” … “GREAT PAY & BENEFITS.” No experience is necessary. Anyone 18 and older can apply. Long hours are guaranteed. Though the assertion of “great pay” for prison guards would have seemed dubious in the past, a series…

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Federal appeals court halts planned execution in Missouri

A federal appeals court panel has halted next month’s planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl, though the state is appealing

The Independent UK

Missouri school board that voted to drop anti-racism resolution might consider a revised version

The president of the Missouri school board that voted to revoke its anti-racism resolution now says the resolution could be kept, but revised

The Independent UK

Federal appeals court halts Missouri execution, leading state to appeal

A federal appeals court panel has halted next month’s planned execution of a 45-year-old Missouri man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl, though the state is appealing

The Independent UK

Eight people injured after boat crashes into home near Lake of the Ozarks

‘Boat ran aground and struck a home, causing it to overturn, ejecting all eight passengers,’ highway patrol says

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School board in Missouri, now controlled by conservatives, revokes anti-racism resolution

In the national reckoning that followed the police killing of George Floyd three years ago, about 2,000 protesters took to the streets in a St. Louis suburb

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MSU Football offers 2026 Missouri OT Jackson Cantwell

MSU has extended a scholarship offer to an intriguing offensive tackle prospect from Missouri in the 2026 class

Reason

Missouri S. Ct. Requires State AG to Certify Reproductive Rights Initiative Ballot Language

Prof. Howard Friedman (Religion Clause) reports (some punctuation revised): In State of Missouri ex rel. Dr. Anna Fitz-James v. Bailey (MO Sup. Ct., July 20, 2023), the Missouri Supreme Court affirmed a trial court's issuance of a writ of mandamus requiring the state Attorney General to approve the State Auditor's…

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Georgia football has 16 preseason All-SEC selections

Georgia had 9 selections last year, 6 on the first team...

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Missouri man, 19, called in hoax bomb threat to Ford assembly plant ‘so his friend didn’t have to go to work’

Zachariah Peterson has been charged with making terroristic threats, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office

Salon

Families fleeing anti-trans states

Draconian laws banning trans care are forcing some families to flee to more progressive states

Tribune News Service

Move out of Missouri is painful, but necessary, says KC family with transgender child

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On a recent weekday morning, Tom Jackson wrapped up a clay hand print made in preschool by his youngest child, Avery, locked it in a portable safe and placed it into a large cardboard box.

Tribune News Service

New Missouri laws could limit access to police records, public college investments

COLUMBIA, Mo. -- Government transparency advocates are concerned that a pair of Missouri laws could severely limit the public’s ability to access records from law enforcement agencies and public colleges.

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Here’s why this Kansas City Democrat thinks people should have sympathy for Donald Trump

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Kansas City Democrat, thinks in most cases any elected official or member of Congress who can’t have sympathy for someone in a situation like former President Donald Trump is pathetic.

Tribune News Service

Missouri man in KU sweatshirt carried pitchfork, assaulted cops in Capitol riot: Feds

A Raytown, Missouri, man who federal prosecutors say assaulted police and carried a pitchfork on the Capitol grounds during the Jan. 6 riot is facing nine charges, including multiple felonies.

The Independent UK

Missouri Supreme Court weighs fate of amendment to restore abortion rights

Whether Missouri voters get a chance to weigh in on legalizing abortion is now up to state Supreme Court judges

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