Todd Akin Isn’t Running For Senate After All
Despite comments made last week, former Rep. Todd Akin (R-Mo.) has announced he will not seek to unseat Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) in a 2016 primary. – So far, Blunt’s…
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8 Dead Including Gunman In Rural Missouri Shooting Spree
A 36-year-old shooter killed seven people in rural Missouri Thursday night before turning the gun on himself. In a news conference Friday morning, Sgt. Jeff Kinder of the Missouri State…
Report: Nine dead after shootings in southern Missouri
Nine people are dead after shootings in south-central Missouri, the Houston Herald newspaper in Missouri reported Friday morning, citing a sheriff there. There are multiple crime scenes, including four in…
Brian D. Williams Charged In Killings Of 3 People, Unborn Child
A Missouri man used the light from a headlamp he was wearing to see and methodically shoot and kill a pregnant woman and two other people in a mobile home,…
Walter Storey Faces Execution For Killing Special Ed Teacher Jill Frey
A Missouri inmate who killed his neighbor 25 years ago was to be executed early Wednesday after the U.S. Supreme Court and the state’s governor denied appeals to spare his…
Claire McCaskill Hits State Rep For Using Outdated, Misogynistic Language In Resolution
Missouri State Rep. Mike Moon (R-Ash Grove) invoked language from the Declaration of Independence in a state House resolution to repeal the Affordable Care Act, and U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill…
Scott Goodwin-Bey Charged In Motel Shooting That Killed 4
A 47-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting deaths of four people at a motel in southwestern Missouri. – Information from: Springfield News-Leader, http://www.news-leader.com
Ferguson Alternative Spring Break Offers College Students Chance To Take Action
College students are being urged to scrap plans for beer bongs on sunny beaches, in favour of a serious-minded spring break in Ferguson, the Missouri town that was roiled by…
Wrongfully imprisoned man gets free trip to Super Bowl
And yet for them it will be so much more. For Ferguson, a Missouri native, it’ll be a chance to thank his father, Bill — the man who never stopped…
Bill O’Reilly Says Ferguson Protesters ‘Should Be Ashamed,’ Considering Darren Wilson Unlikely To Face Federal Charges
Bill O’Reilly had a stern message for protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, who engaged in riots following the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown. “We the people often form judgements based…
5-Year-Old Missouri Boy Fatally Shoots 9-Month-Old Brother With .22 Caliber Handgun
A 9-month-old northwestern Missouri boy is dead after his 5-year-old brother playing with a handgun accidentally shot him in the head. – Elmo is located 120 miles north of Kansas…
‘I’m Sorry, Mom. I Shot Corbin’: Mother Recalls Moment 5-Year-Old Fatally Shot Baby
She had just put her 9-month-old down for a nap, turned on cartoons for the older kids and was headed for the dishwasher when she heard a strange “pop” come…
5-year-old boy finds gun, shoots baby brother in head
Missouri authorities are trying to figure out what led up to the shooting Monday in Elmo, in the northwest corner of Missouri. – Authorities have not determined whether charges will…
On MLK day, Rand Paul laments ‘uneasy coexistence of the two Americas’
Citing King’s rhetoric, Paul added that “the uneasy coexistence of the two Americas is brought to bear by the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown.” Paul said that his…