As federal and state murder charges were unveiled against Vance Boelter on Monday, the shocking scope of his potential plans to assassinate state lawmakers and how he fled the Twin Cities were laid out in a 20-page criminal complaint in U.S. District Court.
Gov. Mike Kehoe on Saturday signed a series of bills following the Legislature’s special session, approving a $1.5 billion stadium incentive plan for Kansas City and more than $100 million to help St. Louis recover from the May 16 tornado.
Normally, Amie Jacobsen said, a project of four intricate steel-piece sculptures to be completed in less than four months would have been too heavy a commission to accept.
A 30-year officer with Independence police claims in a federal lawsuit that Police Chief Adam Dustman and City Manager Zach Walker failed to follow city hiring practices when two officers were promoted two years ago above other more senior officers to deputy chief positions. The employment discrimination suit, filed this week in federal court in Kansas City by police Major Troy Hanenkratt, follows a string of civil suits filed in Jackson County Circuit Court by current or former officers, three of which have been settled for a total of $2.875 million, mostly paid by city insurance.
A “No Kings” demonstration is scheduled Saturday in downtown Columbia, one of nearly 30 planned in Missouri and almost 2,000 across the country against Trump administration policies. The “No Kings Day of Defiance” was organized nationwide at the same time a military parade will mark the U.S.
Independence police are investigating a shooting that happened late Thursday in a west-side neighborhood.
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In promoting his bill to fund professional sports stadiums, Missouri Republican state Sen. Kurtis Gregory warned about the potential hit to jobs and tax revenues if the state were to lose a team.
Local students named to Rockhurst University dean’s list
When Gary George went to visit an ailing Tim Pace on the last day of May, he said, “Tim, it seems like I’ve known you forever.”