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Missouri death row inmate agrees to new plea in deal that calls for a life sentence without parole
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri death row inmate on Wednesday dropped his innocence claim and entered a new no-contest plea in an agreement that calls for a revised sentence of life in prison without parole. But the Missouri Attorney General’s Office opposes the new consent judgment and will appeal in an effort to move ahead with the scheduled Sept. 24 execution of Marcellus Williams. The complicated turn of events happened on the day that St. Louis County Circuit Judge Bruce Hinton was supposed to oversee a hearing requested by Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell aimed at vacating Williams’ first-degree murder conviction in the 1998 stabbing death of Lisha Gayle. Bell had cited DNA testing unavailable at the time of the crime that found someone else’s DNA — but not that of Williams — on the murder weapon. After a lengthy delay with lawyers meeting behind closed doors, Matthew Jacober, a special prosecutor for the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, announced that even newer DNA testing released on Monday found contamination due to handling of the weapon by a former assistant prosecutor and investigator. The contaminated evidence made it impossible to show that someone else may have been the killer.
CDC reports a reduction of drug overdoses in Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Signs of relief in the nation’s overdose crisis. New state-level data from the CDC shows both fatal and nonfatal overdose cases are down in the Ozarks and across Missouri. “An overdose can happen to anyone at any place,” said Julie Viele with the Springfield Greene...
St. Louis police release video of porch pirate in Marine Villa neighborhood
ST. LOUIS (First Alert 4) -- The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department is searching for a woman who stole a package off somebody’s porch Saturday. Video that police released shows a woman in a blue tanktop and a cigarette in her mouth walking up to the porch and taking the package. The incident happened in the 2200 block of Alberta Street in the Marine Villa neighborhood.
MLB pitcher lights it up with ridiculous 105 mph fastball
Los Angeles Angels relief pitcher Ben Joyce may be the new flame-throwing king in MLB. Joyce retired the side in the bottom of the ninth inning of his Angels’ 9-5 win over the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. on Tuesday night. Joyce went 1-2-3 in the inning and struck out... The post MLB pitcher lights it up with ridiculous 105 mph fastball appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Chiefs GM Reveals Feelings on Travis Kelce’s Involvement With Taylor Swift
Kansas City Chiefs general manager Brett Veach recently opened up about Travis Kelce's life with world-renowned celebrity Taylor Swift and the attention that comes with dating someone of her status. Speaking with Nate Taylor, who covers the Chiefs for The Athletic, Veach expressed that all of ...
Thieves sentenced for stealing $65k in merch from Northland stores in unrelated crimes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Three people are behind bars after they targeted stores across Platte County in unrelated crimes. “Retail theft continues to skyrocket across the United States, and it’s becoming more dangerous all the time. These criminals need to know we will aggressively prosecute prolific or violent shoplifters in Platte County,” Eric Zahnd, Platte County Prosecuting Attorney said.
Sheriff: Clay County fentanyl bust large enough to kill majority of Kansas City
CLAY COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV) - Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies just made the department’s largest ever fentanyl bust. Deputies said they seized enough fentanyl to kill nearly 330,000 people. Sgt. Jeremy Fahrmeier, the Supervisor of the Clay County Drug Task Force told KCTV5 this all started from an anonymous...
MSHP Arrest Reports for August 21, 2024
The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested 38-year-old Jesse Painter of Warsaw at 2:50 p.m. Friday in Benton County. He was wanted on a felony warrant out of Benton County for first degree child molestation. Painter was taken to the Benton County Jail. The Missouri State Highway Patrol arrested 54-year-old La...
Does Chiefs’ future in Missouri depend on passage of sports betting initiative?
Three citizen-led proposals will appear on the Missouri ballot in November, including sports betting. In the past, Missouri’s six professional sports teams have heavily promoted the idea of legalizing sports gambling. Sports betting has been legal in Kansas since 2022 and that state is trying to lure the Kansas...
Forecaster Suggests Missouri & Illinois to Get ‘Worst of Winter’
Be wrong. Oh, please be wrong. A brand new warning about the upcoming winter comes from an online forecaster who's sole purpose is to predict wintry weather. He says that he expects both Missouri and Illinois to get what he describes as the "worst of winter". Oh, boy. This brand...
Classes canceled in Linn as authorities search for suspect
NEW BLOOMFIELD — Osage County R-2 Schools will not have classes on Wednesday as the Osage County Sheriff's Office continues its search for a suspect. In a Facebook post, the Sheriff's Office said a pursuit began Tuesday afternoon in Franklin County. It continued into Gasconade and Osage Counties before the suspect crashed near the intersection of Highway 50 and Highway 89 in Linn after law enforcement deployed spike strips.
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