Missouri News
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Sedalia -
Every day for over 20 years, Jeff Mizanskey, a nonviolent offender, has been staring at the same prison walls, a victim of Missouri's stringent three strikes' law that has since been repealed.
Last month, Governor Jay Nixon declined to pardon Mizanskey.
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Saint Louis -
Hundreds of angry demonstrators took to the streets of another St. Louis suburb Tuesday to protest the slaying of a black teen by a white police officer.
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Ferguson -
At 9:30 p.m. ET, a grand jury decided to clear Missouri police officer Darren Wilson over the death of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown.
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Ferguson -
There's a lot of tension in the air in Ferguson, Missouri as reports indicate that the grand jury decision regarding the shooting death of teen, Michael Brown, may be imminent.
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Washington, D. C. -
Reports from the U.S. capital indicate that federal prosecutors are likely not planning to bring civil rights charges against a white Ferguson, Mo., police officer who shot an unarmed black teenager in August and set off riots and days of street protests.
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Explosive allegations surfaced this week alleging that Lincoln County, Missouri, prosecutor, Leah Askey, was having an affair with one of the lead detectives in the Russ Faria murder case during the time of Faria’s arrest, trial, and conviction.
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Ferguson -
Missouri law enforcement officers in the St. Louis suburb where deep racial schisms were exposed last month are continuing to look for suspects in two separate shootings involving police.
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Ferguson -
If there still was anyone in the country who thought Tom Jackson could continue as police chief of Ferguson, Missouri, the video "apology" he posted Thursday surely disabused them of any such notion.
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On Thursday, Ford Motor Company announced that it has plans to add 1,200 new jobs at its assembly plant in Kansas City, Missouri.
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Ferguson -
A Missouri grand jury considering whether to indict a Ferguson police officer over the death of Michael Brown can hear evidence for four more months.
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Ferguson -
The U.S. Justice Department plans to launch a full-scale investigation into alleged civil rights abuses by police in Ferguson, Missouri, where two weeks of sometimes violent protests followed the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager last month.
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Ferguson -
The turmoil in Ferguson has forced schools in the local school district to stay closed until August 25, and this means that low-income students who rely on reduced-price or free lunches may not be getting the food that they need.
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St Louis -
A cell phone video has emerged showing St. Louis police allegedly shooting an African American male in broad daylight after he stole two sodas from a local store.
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Ferguson -
Missouri National Guard officers were called in Monday to help the state highway patrol restore order in Ferguson, the St. Louis suburb wracked by nightly protests since an unarmed black teen was killed by police more than a week ago.
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Ferguson -
On Sunday night, Vice journalist Tim Pool is livestreamed video of the chaos in Ferguson, MO, minutes before the curfew descends on the embattled neighbourhood. Seven people have been arrested and one man has been reportedly shot.
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Ferguson -
Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and the first person to send out a tweet from Twitter, has been using Twitter to provide updates live from the ground at the protests in Ferguson, Missouri.
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Ferguson -
Police in Ferguson, Mo., now allege that an African American teen shot and killed by an officer on Aug. 9, sparking days of civil unrest, was involved in a robbery of a convenience store 15 minutes earlier.
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Bonne Terre -
A 43-year-old Missouri man convicted of raping and strangling a college student in 1995 was executed August 6 as his family members and those of his victim watched.
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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon recently vetoed legislation that would have allowed teachers and other school staff members to carry firearms on campus.
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A round of primary elections is scheduled to take place on August 5th in the states of Kansas, Missouri, Michigan, and Washington.
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Kansas City -
Revelers became mourners when a woman’s life was cut tragically short in a vehicle en route to her own bachelorette party.
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Boulder -
A leftist Colorado county this week began issuing same-sex marriage licenses. They don’t call it the People’s Republic of Boulder for nothing.
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Sikeston -
Country Music Hall of Famer Kenny Rogers is a man with a big heart. He will be visiting the Kenny Rogers Children's Center on June 1 and he will be hosting a benefit concert.
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A recently-opened candy shop in Missouri is taking the concept of Fat Tuesday to a whole new level by offering free fudge to anyone over 300 pounds today only.
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When 45-year-old Leah Tarkington passed away on Jan. 16, there was confusion about her death. Tarkington's body had been found inside a shed in the yard of her father’s home after firefighters extinguished a large fire late that afternoon.
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With European manufacturers boycotting the sale of the drugs normally used to painlessly execute prisoners in the United States, some politicians are panicking. Now they are looking for alternative methods to kill.
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The attempt to override the Governor’s veto in Missouri fell one vote short on Wednesday. Had it passed, it would have nullified several federal gun control measures.
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Spreading fast across the Web are these five videos showing stunning footage of the deadly Oklahoma tornado, which has killed nine and injured at least 75 people. In one video, a meteorologist's car is flung 200 yards by a surging tornado.
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Chaffee -
A section of a highway overpass collapsed before dawn Saturday in rural southeastern Missouri near Chaffee, 15 miles southwest of Cape Girardeau, after about a dozen rail cars derailed and struck the support pillar.
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Jefferson City -
During the opening weekend of "Iron Man 3", Goodrich Capital 8 Theaters held a publicity stunt, with a man in full tactical gear, carrying a fake gun, entering the cinema. Police and several customers were not amused.
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Missouri Image
Harvey's at Union Station. Kansas City, MO
Pizza Hut and foundation of former Sonic on S. Range Line. Joplin, MO May 22, 2012
Black-and-white photo shows memorial to slain teenager Michael Brown on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri. The shooting of Michael Brown occurred on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis Photo: Jamelle Bouie/Wikimedia Commons
Site of Jim Bob's Steaks & Ribs on S. Range Line. Joplin, MO May 22, 2012
Entrance to Bass Pro Shops original store. Springfield, MO April 2012.
Image on Route 66 T-shirt for sale at St. James Winery off I-44. St. James, MO
Demonstrators carry signs last month at a protest in Ferguson, Missouri, over the police shooting of an unarmed black teenager, 14 August 2014. The shooting of Michael Brown occurred on August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis Jamelle Bouie/Wikimedia Commons
MISSOURI EXECUTION: Photo provided by the Missouri Department of Corrections shows Michael Worthington, who was executed Wednesday for killing a female college student in 1995. Missouri Dept. of Corrections
IHOP on S. Range Line currently under construction. Joplin, MO May 22, 2012
Fountain with National WWI Museum at Liberty Memorial in background. Kansas City, MO
IHOP, seen on left, is under construction. Joplin, MO May 22, 2012.
View of downtown skyline. Kansas City, MO
Pastor Sean Harris, Fred Phelps Protests, LGBT Protests Google Images
IHOP on S. Range Line currently under construction. Joplin, MO May 22, 2012
Fountain at Country Club Plaza. Kansas City, MO
Alligator snapping turtle at Bass Pro Shops. Springfield, MO April 2012
Special preview of The Archery Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. at Bass Pro Shops. Springfield, MO April 2012
Dinner time for the feral cats who live in my Mom's backyard & environs, Arrow Rock, Missouri.
Photo taken: July 3, 2005 Scott Granneman from St. Louis, MO
A woman holds a protest sign as demonstrators gather outside St. Louis County police headquarters in Clayton, Mo., a few days after the police shooting of an armed black teen in nearby Ferguson. Loavesofbread/Wikimedia Commons
Site of the former Sonice Drive-in on S. Range Line. Joplin, MO May 22, 2012
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