by admin | Nov 24, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
A Missouri prisoner who was 16 when she killed a man during a meth transaction in western Missouri’s Cass County will remain in prison for now, under a key ruling Tuesday from the Missouri Supreme Court. The inmate, 41-year-old Jessica Hicklin, was sentenced in...
by Alisa Nelson | Nov 24, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
The Missouri State Conference of the NAACP, American Civil Liberties Union and several other organizations are hosting a virtual town hall this evening at 7 p.m. to talk about COVID-19 outbreaks within Missouri’s prisons. Families of those impacted by COVID inside...
by Alisa Nelson | Oct 22, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
COVID-19 has claimed the lives of five state prisoners and two state prison workers. Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann says six of the deaths have happened since September. The other one happened in April. Pojmann says in all of the offender...
by admin | Oct 19, 2020 | Education, Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
The governor says the Missouri National Guard has played a critical role in the COVID-19 response this year. Governor Mike Parson invited National Guard Adjutant General Levon Cumpton to Thursday’s media briefing in Jefferson City, to update Capitol reporters on...
by admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri governor’s office announced late Monday afternoon that four staffers have tested positive for the coronavirus this year. The governor’s office issued a news release, saying the staffers tested include governor’s office staff,...
