Several employees with the Missouri Department of Corrections have been recognized for taking life-saving measures in three separate incidents. Each one was presented with the Award of Valor at a ceremony this week in Jefferson City. Sgt. Scharihen Ward works as an...
A convicted triple killer from Columbia is set to be executed in October at the state’s maximum-security prison in Bonne Terre. The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled an October 5 execution date for 60-year-old Ernest Lee Johnson. The Supreme Court scheduled...
UPDATE: The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a ruling, vacating the stay of execution for convicted southwest Missouri killer Walter Barton. In their nine-page ruling, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals writes, in part: “We vacate the stay of execution and...
A May execution date has been scheduled for a convicted killer from southwest Missouri’s Ozark. The case has been working its way through the court system for almost 30 years. The Missouri Supreme Court today set a May 19th execution date for convicted killer...
