by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2023 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
An anti-death penalty group wants Gov. Mike Parson to put a stop to the June 6 scheduled execution of Michael Tisius. Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty will be at the state Capitol Tuesday to speak out against next month’s planned lethal injection of...
by Alisa Nelson | Jun 18, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, is calling again for the U.S. Department of Justice to restore federal reviews of police departments to help root out misconduct and make changes. Since the death of George Floyd of Minnesota, adjusting police practices has received...
by Alisa Nelson | May 30, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Hundreds of protesters have lined streets in Kansas City, Springfield, Columbia, and the St. Louis area this weekend chanting phrases like “Hands up, don’t shoot” and “No justice, no peace”. They have been calling attention to this week’s death of George Floyd, an...
by Mike Lear | Jun 12, 2012 | Crime / Courts, Elections, News, Politics / Govt
Two of the GOP Candidates for the U.S. Senate Seat of Claire McCaskill are calling out the nation’s Attorney General, who is now facing disciplinary action by Congress. A congressional committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in...
by Mike Lear | Mar 6, 2012 | News
The House has issued a resolution honoring the Highway Patrol trooper who died last year in the flood of 2011. Trooper Fred Guthrie, Junior and his dog, Reed, were apparently swept away by flood water while surveying a flooded section of Highway 111 in Holt County,...