by Joey Parker | Mar 16, 2022 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri meets with President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. Sen. Blunt’s statement: “I appreciated the opportunity to visit with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and congratulate her on her...
by Alisa Nelson | Oct 5, 2021 | Crime / Courts, News
At 6:11 p.m. Tuesday, Ernest Lee Johnson was pronounced dead at the state prison in Bonne Terre. After being sentenced to death nearly 23 years ago, he died by lethal injection at the maximum-security prison in southeast Missouri. Johnson, 61, was convicted of...
by admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Business, Crime / Courts, Health / Medicine, News
You could be voting in 2022 on a proposed constitutional amendment in Missouri, requiring health insurers to cover preexisting conditions. House Joint Resolution 50 is a two-page proposal. It’s sponsored by State Rep. Dean Plocher, R-Des Peres, the powerful...
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 Ashley Byrd | Oct 12, 2020 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The U.S. Senate opened hearings today on the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. Missouri’s senator on the Judiciary Committee made his opening statements –- focusing on her religious affiliation. Senator Josh Hawley said that Barrett has been...