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Jennies Basketball Earns Spot on WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll
ATLANTA – University of Central Missouri Jennies basketball ranked No. 17 on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) NCAA Division II Top 25 Team Honor Roll for the 2023-24 season, the organization announced Wednesday, July 24. UCM compiled a team GPA of 3.716 in 2023-24 and was one of...
Woman set two semi trucks on fire outside of motel with bizarre intentions
A woman was arrested after setting two semi trucks on fire in Kansas City recently. The incident happened at the Crown Lodge Motel in Kansas City, Missouri. According to KMBC News, witnesses called police when they saw Madeline F. Hartnett light nearby grass on fire and change clothes as two semi trucks burned in the motel parking lot.
Columbia demonstrators protest Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress
"We will not stay quiet in the face of slaughter" and "war criminals are not welcome here" were two of the many messages espoused Wednesday as upward of two dozen protesters stood outside Columbia City Hall against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint message to Congress. "We strongly oppose the invitation of any wanted war criminal to speak before a joint session of the US Congress," said Rasha Abousalem, one of the many speakers, who also...
Father in Kan. Amber Alert abduction faces new charges
KANSAS CITY — The suspect arrested in the July 17, Amber Alert in Kansas is facing multiple charges and remains jailed in Wyandotte County. Just before 1:30 pm July 17, 2-year-old Jaxon Halley and his mother were forcibly taken at gunpoint by 39-year-old Darryl Livingston, Jr. during a domestic incident at their home, according to Kansas City, Kansas police.
New York urges Supreme Court not to intervene in Trump’s hush money criminal case
(CNN) — New York’s attorney general urged the Supreme Court on Wednesday to stay out of Donald Trump’s hush money criminal case, arguing the nation’s highest court should not grant a novel request by Missouri to pause his sentencing hearing and lift the gag order imposed on the former president in the case.
Missouri State Highway Patrol assisted at Republican National Convention
Missouri — Missouri delegates and elected leaders weren't the only ones attending the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last week. Troopers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol were also there to assist the Milwaukee Police Department. Captain Scott White, with the state patrol's public information office, told KTVO that...
Controversial Missouri secretary of state candidate films campaign ad on House speaker’s balcony
Controversial Missouri secretary of state candidate Valentina Gomez filmed a campaign ad on the U.S. House speaker’s balcony in violation of House rules. Gomez has gained national attention through her brash campaign ads, in several of which she described Democrats and the Biden administration as “weak and gay.” On Tuesday, she released a campaign ad […]
Holden 15-year-old dies, 5 other teens injured in DWI-suspected crash
LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo. (KCTV) - Six teenagers, all from Holden, Missouri, were involved in a fatal crash on Tuesday evening in eastern Jackson County. A Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report stated that a 2022 Honda HR-V and a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt were driving southbound on Milton Thompson Road approaching U.S. Highway 50 just after 9 p.m. when they blew through a stop sign.
KCPD reports progress on work to ID suspect in weekend killing
KANSAS CITY—Law enforcement are investigating a weekend homicide in Kansas City and after asking the public for help to identify a suspect seen on security cameras reported late Tuesday detectives have made progress in the case. Police thanked the public for help in the work to identify the suspect...
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