by admin | Nov 21, 2019 | Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
A Columbia man will be heading to federal prison, after admitting in a Jefferson City courtroom on Thursday that he threw a Molotov cocktail inside the Columbia Planned Parenthood facility in February. Federal prosecutors say 42-year-old Wesley Brian Kaster faces a...
by admin | Nov 2, 2019 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
A Missouri Senate committee studying gun violence is expected to hear several hours of testimony Monday in Jefferson City. The chairman of the newly-formed Senate Interim Committee on Public Safety is expecting a lengthy hearing at the Statehouse. The committee meets...
by admin | Oct 21, 2019 | Business, Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s governor says one of the keys to reducing violent crime is protecting witnesses, saying some of them are afraid to come forward. Governor Mike Parson (R) made his comments after meeting with mayors of four large Missouri cities on Friday in...
by admin | Oct 17, 2019 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
The mayors of four large Missouri cities will be in southwest Missouri’s Springfield on Friday morning to have a closed-door meeting with Governor Mike Parson about crime and violence in their communities. Governor Parson (R) will meet with Springfield Mayor Ken...