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Bench trial surrounding 2022 Missouri voting law begins Monday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A challenge to four provisions in Missouri's election law will be heard in court Monday. Specifically, challenges to Missouri House Bill 1878, previously blocked from going into effect, will be heard in a bench trial in Jefferson City. In June 2022, Missouri lawmakers passed an...
Missouri outlawed abortion. Now it’s funding an anti-abortion group that works in other states
On a recent Saturday outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Illinois, a woman wearing a reflective orange vest and body camera flagged down a car pulling into the facility. “Hi, can I talk to you a second?” the woman, Sheri King, said to the driver, reaching for a...
Two Area Arrests over the Weekend from Missouri Highway Patrol
At 2:50 PM on Friday, August 16th, Missouri State Highway Patrol Troop A arrested Jesse E. Painter, age 38, of Warsaw, MO, on a felony warrant from Benton County for 1st Degree Child Molestation. Painter was taken to Benton County Jail and held bondable. At 9:33 PM on Friday, August...
Trenton city sales and local use tax revenue up nearly $20,000
Trenton’s city sales tax revenue, combined with the local use tax, has increased by nearly $20,000 during the first four months of the city’s fiscal year. This represents a 2.2% growth compared to the same period a year ago, spanning May through August. The increase in revenue is...
Chiefs sign ex-Wildcat to fill in for injured long snapper
According to a report from Arrowhead Pride Editor-in-Chief Pete Sweeney, the Kansas City Chiefs signed former Kansas State Wildcat Randen Plattner to temporarily replace long-snapper James Winchester, who exited Saturday’s loss to the Detroit Lions due to a shoulder injury. Though Plattner’s time in Kansas City is expected to...
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