Blue Springs student graduates at Nebraska Patrick Orel, a graduate of Blue Springs South High School, graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on May 14 with a bachelor of science degree. Local students honored at SNHU Southern New Hampshire University has named six local students to the winter semester 2022 president’s list.
For the first time in Missouri’s history, the state has a team of attorneys dedicated to defending people on the verge of having their parole revoked and facing more prison time. Missouri is the third state in the country to establish a parole revocation defense team, following Connecticut and New York.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
All Missourians ages 6 months and older are eligible to receive COVID vaccines without charge. If you have already had at least one vaccine, remember to bring your vaccine card.
They call her, desperate, scared and often broke. Some are rape and domestic violence victims. Others are new mothers, still breastfeeding infants. Another pregnancy so soon, they say, is something they just can’t handle.
Susan Wray, the assistant director and chief operating officer for Mid-Continent Public Library, will serve as the library’s acting director after Steve Potter retired this week. Wray will lead the library until the Board of Trustees is able to choose a permanent director to succeed Potter, who retired after 12 years as director and 34 years overall with the library.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri’s Republican Gov.
Last week’s two significant Supreme Court decisions – loosening some restrictions on American’s gun owners and restricting abortions for the nation’s women – represent the ultimate impact of Donald Trump’s narrow 2016 election victory over Hillary Clinton.
It didn’t take long for one big question to be answered at the start of Blue Springs South High School’s 2022 baseball season. Could sophomore third baseman Grant Hollister live up to the hype he generated following a sensational freshman campaign.