With my wife Rebecca’s birthday being on Valentine’s Day, the holiday holds a special significance to me. Not because if I forget about it I am in twice as much trouble as other guys but because I truly love my wife with all of my heart, and this day gives me twice as many reasons to show it.
Thursday, Jan. 20 Abuse or neglect of child • 9:13 p.m., 1900 block of S.
When the Missouri Senate recognizes “special guests,” it is normally a pleasant diversion, announcing visits from school groups, constituents or perhaps family. Not last Thursday.
As COVID-19 cases have dropped over the past few weeks, the Independence School District has made masks optional for students and staff starting this week. The district’s dashboard Friday morning showed cases among 0.45 percent of the district’s population of more than 16,000 – 73 people, with no distinction made between staff and students, and no more than eight cases in a single building.
OTTAWA, Ontario – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers Monday to quell the paralyzing protests by truckers and others angry over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions, outlining plans not only to tow away their rigs but to strike at their bank accounts and their livelihoods.
SEOUL, South Korea – Former U.S. President Donald Trump has criticized the Biden administration over its handling of North Korea, at an event in South Korea that included as a guest speaker former Vice President Mike Pence.
The Independence School District is giving teachers an incentive to sign their next-year contracts by mid-March. The Board of Education has approved a $1,000 incentive for teachers who commit to return for the 2022-23 school year and sign their contracts by March 16.
LONDON – A public inquiry opened in London on Monday to examine the wrongful convictions of hundreds of British postal workers who were accused of theft, fraud or false accounting because of a faulty computer system.
ST. CHARLES – The annual Lincoln Days gathering, held here over the weekend to celebrate the Republican Party, had a much different feel than when U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R- Mo., started making a statewide name for himself.
Flint water crisis trial will test contractors’ liability ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Jury selection starts Tuesday in a trial to determine if engineering contractors bear responsibility for lead-contaminated water in Flint.