The drought alert in Missouri isn’t ending anytime soon. Gov. Mike Kehoe has extended the alert originally issued on September 22nd, which was set to expire December 1st. The new expiration date is April 1st, 2026. When the alert was first declared, 85 counties and...
Joseph Paul Franklin was to be executed at 12:01 a.m., Nov. 20, 2013. The Department of Corrections has until 11:59 p.m. to carry out the state’s orders, allowing time for any legal descrepancies to be resolved. Here’s a timeline of the last-hours efforts...
The Governor’s Office today released the following statement in a press release from Gov. Jay Nixon regarding his decision on the petition for clemency from Joseph P. Franklin: “Earlier today, I received from my counsel a final briefing on the petition for...
