by Ashley Byrd | Jan 6, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
As a joint session of Congress began the process of approving the electoral college results of the 2020 presidential election, pro-Trump rioters pushed past U.S. Capitol Police and entered the House chambers and Senate offices. Vice-president Mike Pence and members of...
by Ashley Byrd | Jan 1, 2021 | Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri Veterans Commission chairman Tim Noonan resigned his volunteer post late Thursday, saying “Fundamental values were crossed,” by Governor Mike Parson when he stated “I’m not going to worry about everybody’s personal lives that sit...
by Ashley Byrd | Dec 31, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News
The oversight commission of the Missouri Veterans Commission released the remaining details of an investigation into a deadly COVID-19 outbreak in its seven nursing homes today. To date, 158 veterans have died since September. FULL REPORT The Missouri Attorney General...
by Ashley Byrd | Dec 16, 2020 | Health / Medicine, Military, News
The chairman of the Missouri Veterans Commission has met and held town halls with the staff of its seven homes and headquarters in the aftermath of a report critical of leadership’s lack of planning and policy. According to the commission website, Chairman Tim...
by Ashley Byrd | Dec 15, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Education, News
The state and nation’s first police academy at a Historically Black College or University (HBCU) was approved at Lincoln University in Jefferson City. Governor Mike Parson and DPS Director Sandy Karsten signed off on the program’s one-year probationary...