Next battle over abortion will focus on pills
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — It took two trips over state lines, navigating icy roads and a patchwork of state laws, for a 32-year-old South Dakota woman to get abortion pills last year.
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U.S. mortgage rates highest since 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates resumed their ascent this week, as the key 30-year loan reached its highest point since 2009.
China eases COVID restrictions
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong reopened beaches and pools and relaxed other pandemic restrictions Thursday, a day after China’s capital, Beijing, announced it would ease its tough quarantine rules for arrivals from overseas.
BLUE SPRINGS POLICE REPORTS
Tuesday, April 14 Assault 3 a.m., 900 block of N.W. Jefferson St.
INDEPENDENCE POLICE REPORTS
Friday, April 15 Abuse or neglect of child 8:38 a.m., 500 block of E. Short Ave.
Mariupol steel mill battle rages as Ukraine repels attacks
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Heavy fighting raged Thursday at the shattered steel plant in Mariupol as Russian forces sought to finish off the city’s last-ditch defenders and complete the capture of the strategically vital Ukrainian port.
Final votes coming for record state budget
A record state operating budget that a top legislative Republican said “has a little bit of something for everyone” is heading for final votes in the Missouri General Assembly as tax revenue continues to pour into the treasury in historic amounts.
Grand jury sharply critical of St. Louis prosecutor
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Members of a grand jury that indicted an investigator in the criminal case against former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens urged a state disciplinary board to take stronger action against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, calling her conduct “reprehensible.”
NEWS IN BRIEF
COVID-19 deaths massively under-counted, WHO says LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems during the first two years of the pandemic, more than double the current official death toll of over 6 million. Most of the deaths occurred in Southeast Asia, Europe and the Americas, according to a WHO report issued Thursday.
George Bennett Jones
George “GB” Jones, 89, Blue Springs, passed Monday, April 4, 2022, at the Parkway in Blue Springs, MO. A celebration will be held from 5:30-8 pm Friday, May 20 at Lee Andrews Hall & Gardens, 8510 SW State Route 7, Blue Springs, MO.