A Western Missouri State Appeals Court panel has rewritten the summary for a ballot measure asking voters to decide Missouri’s new congressional district boundaries. Before Thursday’s ruling, the proposal asked Missouri voters if they approved of House Bill 1, which...
A northwest Missouri woman who spent more than four decades in prison for a murder she did not commit is now suing the city of St. Joseph and several former police officers over her arrest in December of 1980. Sandra Hemme, 65, was released last year after serving 43...
An “honorary” member of the Ku Klux Klan will remain on Missouri’s Republican primary ballot for governor. The Missouri Appeals Court’s Western District ruled Tuesday that state law does not allow any changes to a primary ballot after the June 11th deadline. The...
A former Kansas City police detective will have to serve a six-year prison sentence for shooting an unarmed Black man. The ruling was released Tuesday by the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. Eric DeValkenaere, who’s white, was found guilty two years ago of...
