Saturday, November 16, 2024

For Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, the eviction fight is personal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a Ford Explorer with her then-husband and two young children after the family had been evicted from their rental home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

For Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, the eviction fight is personal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a Ford Explorer with her then-husband and two young children after the family had been evicted from their rental home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple's home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

For Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, the eviction fight is personal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a Ford Explorer with her then-husband and two young children after the family had been evicted from their rental home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple's home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

For Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, the eviction fight is personal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a Ford Explorer with her then-husband and two young children after the family had been evicted from their rental home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

For Missouri congresswoman, eviction fight is personal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a Ford Explorer with her then-husband and two young children after the family had been evicted from their rental home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple's home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

For Missouri congresswoman, eviction fight is personal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly two decades before she was elected to Congress, Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lived in a Ford Explorer with her then-husband and two young children after the family had been evicted from their rental home.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Missouri governor pardons gun-waving St. Louis lawyer couple

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announced Tuesday that he made good on his promise to pardon a couple who gained notoriety for pointing guns at social justice demonstrators as they marched past the couple's home in a luxury St. Louis enclave last year.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri said Monday he will not seek reelection, making him the fifth Republican in the Senate to bow out rather than seek another term in a party searching for direction after President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri said Monday he will not seek reelection, making him the fifth Republican in the Senate to bow out rather than seek another term in a party searching for direction after President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

GOP Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri won't seek reelection in 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Sen. Roy Blunt of Missouri said Monday he will not seek reelection, making him the fifth Republican in the Senate to bow out rather than seek another term in a party searching for direction after President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Immigrants in sanctuary in churches hope Biden offers relief

BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — For over three years, Maria Macario has been too afraid to leave the white steepled First Parish church just outside Boston.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Immigrants in sanctuary in churches hope Biden offers relief

BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — For over three years, Maria Macario has been too afraid to leave the white steepled First Parish church just outside Boston.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Immigrants in sanctuary in churches hope Biden offers relief

BEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — For over three years, Maria Macario has been too afraid to leave the white steepled First Parish church just outside Boston.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Hawley, facing fallout, blames media, D.C. 'establishment'

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, facing waning support from longtime backers and donors in the wake of the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Hawley, facing fallout, blames media, D.C. 'establishment'

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, facing waning support from longtime backers and donors in the wake of the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

More companies pause contributions to Hawley, others

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Several more companies have suspended campaign contributions to Sen. Josh Hawley in the wake of last week’s
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Blues to allow limited fans, front-line workers only

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis Blues won’t be playing to an empty arena when they open their first homestand next week. The NHL team said Monday it will allow a very small crowd made up of medical workers and public safety employees who have been on the front …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Blues to allow limited fans, front-line workers only

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The St. Louis Blues won’t be playing to an empty arena when they open their first homestand next week. The NHL team said Monday it will allow a very small crowd made up of medical workers and public safety employees who have been on the front …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

St. Louis prosecutor's appeal in McCloskey case turned away

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri appeals court on Friday denied St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner's appeal challenging the disqualification of her office from prosecuting Mark McCloskey who, along with his wife, drew guns on racial injustice protesters last summer.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley after siege

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has “blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Great damage': Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has "blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

'Great damage': Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has "blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the Capitol, the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Missouri woman believed to be last Civil War widow dies

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Helen Viola Jackson's 1936 marriage to James Bolin was unusual to say the least: He was 93 and in declining health, and she was a 17-year-old schoolgirl.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Danforth: Electoral college challenge 'highly destructive'

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — The effort by Sen. Josh Hawley and others to challenge Democrat Joe Biden’s election victory is a “radical” and “highly destructive attack," former U.S. Sen. John Danforth said Monday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ameren purchases wind farm in northeastern Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ameren Missouri said Wednesday that it bought its first wind farm and plans to make a “transformational advancement” into renewable energy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ameren purchases wind farm in northeastern Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ameren Missouri said Wednesday that it bought its first wind farm and plans to make a “transformational advancement” into renewable energy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Ameren purchases wind farm in northeastern Missouri

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ameren Missouri said Wednesday that it bought its first wind farm and plans to make a “transformational advancement” into renewable energy.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

Some states say Pfizer vaccine allotments cut for next week

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Several states say they have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution, prompting worries about potential delays in shots for health care workers and long-term care residents.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Some states say Pfizer vaccine allotments cut for next week

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Several states say they have been told to expect far fewer doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in its second week of distribution, prompting worries about potential delays in shots for health care workers and long-term care residents.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Judge dismisses St. Louis prosecutor from McCloskey case

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Thursday disqualified the St. Louis prosecutor and her office from the case involving Mark McCloskey, who along with his wife pointed guns at racial injustice protesters marching on the private street near their home in June.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Water quality, flooding mean low grade for major watershed

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A group developed to help improve management of the Mississippi River Watershed has issued it a disappointing report card, and says urgent action and billions of dollars are required to address flooding and water quality concerns in the nation's largest rivers.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family

MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — As Dr. Shane Wilson makes the rounds at the tiny, 25-bed hospital in rural northeastern Missouri, many of his movements are familiar in an age of coronavirus. Masks and gloves. Zippered plastic walls between hallways. Hand sanitizer as he enters and exits each room.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

At tiny rural hospitals, weary doctors treat friends, family

MEMPHIS, Mo. (AP) — As Dr. Shane Wilson makes the rounds at the tiny, 25-bed hospital in rural northeastern Missouri, many of his movements are familiar in an age of coronavirus. Masks and gloves. Zippered plastic walls between hallways. Hand sanitizer as he enters and exits each room.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

US government executes man convicted of killing Texas teen

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Orlando Hall got stiffed on a drug deal and went to a Texas apartment looking for the two brothers who took his money. They weren't home, but their 16-year-old sister was.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court clears way for federal execution in Texas case

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is clearing the path for the federal government to carry out the execution of a man convicted of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old Texas girl, bludgeoning her with a shovel and burying her alive.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Supreme Court clears path for 8th federal execution

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is clearing the path for the federal government to carry out the execution of a man convicted of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old Texas girl, bludgeoning her with a shovel and burying her alive.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Judge halts federal execution of man in Texas teen's killing

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — A federal judge halted the scheduled execution Thursday of a man convicted of kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old Texas girl, bludgeoning her with a shovel and burying her alive.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Federal inmate who killed Texas teenager set to be executed

The federal government prepared Thursday to execute an inmate who was condemned for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old Texas girl, bludgeoning her with a shovel and burying her alive.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Federal inmate who killed Texas teenager set to be executed

The federal government prepared Thursday to execute an inmate who was condemned for kidnapping and raping a 16-year-old Texas girl, bludgeoning her with a shovel and burying her alive.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Federal execution nears for man who killed Texas teenager

The latest inmate set to be put to death as part of the
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

St. Louis County issues tougher restrictions as cases spike

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — With the number of new COVID-19 cases soaring and hospitals nearing capacity, St. Louis County's executive, Dr. Sam Page, on Friday announced strict new regulations that seek to slow the spread of the disease.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

28 election employees in 1 Missouri county have coronavirus

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Twenty-eight employees of the election board in one of Missouri’s largest counties have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent weeks, and a director believes they most likely got infected from voters, though local health officials aren't convinced.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Missouri poll worker kept COVID diagnosis mostly to herself

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri election judge who came to work despite testing positive for the coronavirus died in her sleep after a 15-hour shift at the polls, the director of her county’s election office said Friday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Election judge worked despite COVID-19 diagnosis, then died

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis election official who worked at a polling place on Election Day despite a positive test for the coronavirus has now died, raising concerns for the nearly 2,000 people who voted there.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

One Good Thing: Woman's mission is to honor COVID-19 victims

ST. LOUIS (AP) — It broke Jessica Murray’s heart that so many people in the St. Louis area were dying from the coronavirus and that they were being remembered less for who they were than as statistics of the pandemic, so she decided to do something about it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

GOP’s Parson defeats Galloway to remain Missouri governor

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Republican Mike Parson won the Missouri governor’s race on Tuesday, defeating Democratic state Auditor Nicole Galloway for the chance to serve a full term in the role he inherited when his predecessor resigned under a cloud of scandal two years ago.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Key congressional race up for grabs in suburban St. Louis

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri congressional race on Tuesday will serve as a test of the inroads Democrats believe they are making in the suburbs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Parson, Galloway bring competing visions to governor's race

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Voters on Tuesday will choose to give Republican Gov. Mike Parson a full four years in charge of Missouri or to give the job to Democrat Nicole Galloway, in a race that shaped up as a referendum on Parson's approach to the coronavirus pandemic and the …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

One Good Thing: Woman's mission is to honor COVID-19 victims

ST. LOUIS (AP) — It broke Jessica Murray’s heart that so many people in the St. Louis area were dying from the coronavirus and that they were being remembered less for who they were than as statistics of the pandemic, so she decided to do something about it.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Key congressional race up for grabs in suburban St. Louis

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri congressional race on Tuesday will serve as a test of the inroads Democrats believe they are making in the suburbs.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Races for governor take top billing in Missouri, Montana

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson steadfastly refused to mandate mask-wearing even as the coronavirus spread across his state this year, telling a group of cattlemen in July, “You don’t need government to tell you to wear a dang mask. If you want to wear a dang mask, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Races for governor take top billing in Missouri, Montana

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson steadfastly refused to mandate mask-wearing even as the coronavirus spread across his state this year, telling a group of cattlemen in July, “You don’t need government to tell you to wear a dang mask. If you want to wear a dang mask, …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Gun-wielding St. Louis couple seek prosecutor's removal

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The attorney for a St. Louis couple facing felony charges for waving guns at racial injustice protesters who marched near their home asked a judge Wednesday to remove the city's top prosecutor and her entire office from the case.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Key Missouri congressional race seen as referendum on Trump

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Democrat Jill Schupp and Republican Ann Wagner are sparring over health care and crime, but experts agree that the suburban St. Louis congressional race is, like many suburban races around the country, largely a referendum on President Donald Trump.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Hospitalization data flawed in Missouri, perhaps elsewhere

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — With the number of coronavirus patients requiring hospitalization rising at alarming levels, Missouri and perhaps a handful of other states are unable to post accurate data on COVID-19 dashboards because of a flaw in the federal reporting system.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Missouri House candidates spar in key congressional district

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Candidates in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional races used a joint virtual forum appearance Monday to push back against attack ads in the bitterly fought campaign.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

Missouri House candidates spar in key congressional district

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — Candidates in one of the nation’s most closely watched congressional races used a joint virtual forum appearance Monday to push back against attack ads in the bitterly fought campaign.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO

St. Louis couple who waved guns at protest plead not guilty

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple celebrated in some circles and vilified in others for waving guns at protesters marching on their private street pleaded not guilty to two felony charges at a brief hearing Wednesday.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Missouri voter rights case in the hands of appeals panel

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — With the election just three weeks away, a federal appeals panel in St. Louis is expected to rule soon on whether Missourians casting mail-in ballots can drop them off in person, despite a state regulation requiring them to be received through the mail.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Conservative PAC draws charges of racism in Missouri

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A conservative political action committee in Missouri is facing accusations of racism after posting a website that uses images of violent protests and photos of Black politicians to attack the Democratic candidate for governor on her support for police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Conservative PAC draws charges of racism in Missouri

O'FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A conservative political action committee in Missouri is facing accusations of racism after posting a website that uses images of violent protests and photos of Black politicians to attack the Democratic candidate for governor on her support for police.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

St. Louis couple charged for pulling guns at protest

St. Louis’ top prosecutor has charged a white husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion
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FROM THE AP: Facing uncertain fall, schools make flexible reopening plans

Administrators in the Parkway school district in suburban St. Louis spent the summer break crafting a flexible reopening plan, with options including full-time classroom learning, full-time online instruction and a hybrid system.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Hawley seeks civil rights probe in case of St. Louis couple

U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is urging Attorney General William Barr to launch a federal civil rights investigation of St. Louis’ elected prosecutor
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Court record shows St. Louis couple pulled gun before

Court documents show the white St. Louis couple who became internationally famous for standing guard with guns outside their mansion during a protest have pulled a weapon before in defense of their property
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Rent strike idea gaining steam during coronavirus crisis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Rent strike idea gaining steam during coronavirus crisis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Missouri governor mobilizes National Guard for virus fight

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri braced for a surge of coronavirus patients as the number of deaths grew to nine, with the governor mobilizing the state's National Guard and a top St. Louis County official urging recently retired health care workers to return to work.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

2 more residents of Springfield assisted-living center die

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two more residents of a southwest Missouri assisted-living center have died from the coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths in the state to eight.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Missouri sees 1st coronavirus death; local elections delayed

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Wednesday announced the first coronavirus death in the state happened in Boone County, without providing further details.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Missouri primary marred by equipment problems, car crash

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Problems with polling site equipment in Missouri's most populous county led some voters to turn away in frustration Tuesday without casting ballots in a presidential primary that figured to further define the Democratic race between Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 4 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Eight shot to death in Missouri rampage

TYRONE, Mo. — A gunman killed seven people and wounded an eighth person in an overnight house-to-house rampage in a small town in the Missouri Ozarks before apparently committing suicide in a vehicle, authorities said Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Cutting ties with controversy

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Grand jury won't indict Ferguson cop in shooting; violence erupts

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury declined Monday to indict white police officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, the unarmed, black 18-year-old whose fatal shooting sparked weeks of sometimes-violent protests and inflamed deep racial tensions between many African-Americans and police.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Social media fuel elusive, dangerous weight-loss goal

BALLWIN, Mo. - Experts in eating disorders are concerned about an Internet-fueled trend in which teenage girls and young women pursue an elusive and possibly dangerous weight-loss goal: to become so slender that their thighs don't touch even when their feet are together.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Midwest restaurant chain tries pay-what-you-want experiment

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Small lottery winner in a big pond

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

A day to celebrate

COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Missouri levee blast eases threat to Illinois town

WYATT, Mo. - The dramatic, late-night demolition of a huge earthen levee sent chocolate-colored floodwaters pouring onto thousands of acres of Missouri farmland Tuesday, easing the threat to a tiny Illinois town being menaced by the Mississippi River.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Tornado cleanup starts quickly in St. Louis area

ST. LOUIS - Debris from splintered homes covered the ground in neighborhoods around St. Louis, while topped trees and overturned cars littered lawns and driveways. From the air, one home looked like a dollhouse that had had its roof lifted off. Looking down, the dining room table and other contents …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Feds de-fund meth cleanup program

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Police and sheriff's departments in some states ravaged by methamphetamine may have to scale back efforts to bust manufacturers because federal funds dedicated solely to cleaning up the toxic sites has dried up and departments won't want to get stuck footing the bill, several law enforcement …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO