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Republican National Convention committee rejects Missouri presidential delegates
The Missouri Republican Party must replace 54 national convention delegates and alternates selected at its chaotic state convention because of “alarming irregularities” in the process, the Republican National Convention Committee on Contests ruled Friday. The list of rejected delegates includes two of the major GOP candidates for governor,...
House Democratic leaders endorse Cori Bush with Jamaal Bowman loss at their backs
House Democratic leaders endorsed Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) in her competitive primary contest Tuesday, days after fellow “Squad” member Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) lost his reelection bid. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), House Minority Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA), and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-CA) threw their support behind Bush in a joint statement, giving […]
Leftover change makes one man $1 million richer, after lottery ticket purchase
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri man is one million dollars richer thanks to using his spare change to purchase a lottery ticket at a Blue Springs Price Chopper. A man was making a pit stop at a Price Chopper off Highway 7, and decided to get a ticket in the June 15 drawing. The day after the drawing, he checked his ticket when he received a message that he had never seen before.
Newtown man sentenced for fentanyl trafficking in northwest Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri man was sentenced to nine years in federal prison without parole, for his role in conspiracies to distribute fentanyl in Northwest Missouri as well as to wire the proceeds of drug trafficking to Mexico. The court also ordered Lucas Ryan Coltrain, of Newton,...
A Missouri Black Bear Got Up-Close-And-Personal with a Trail Cam
If you've ever witnessed a black bear in Missouri, you can attest to the fact that they are fascinating and curious creatures. A trail cam learned this the hard way as one of these apex predators took special interest in it and paid the price. I just saw this video...
Which Ozarks area projects made (and didn't make) the cut in the final state budget
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a budget totaling $50.5 billion for state operations Friday. But he also struck a little more than $1 billion worth of items from the spending plan approved by state legislators, including several items that would have funded projects in Springfield. Here's where money is, and isn't, going locally from those totals.
Missouri counties say they lose money housing people headed to state prison
The cost of holding someone in a Missouri county jail for those days and months before and after a conviction ultimately falls to the state. In 2024, the state spent about $50 million to reimburse counties for the cost. But it’s had trouble keeping up with that tab. That’s left counties stuck with most of […] The post Missouri counties say they lose money housing people headed to state prison appeared first on The Beacon.
Jury finds suspect not guilty of 2022 shooting at home in Peru, NE
PERU, Neb. (WOWT) - A Nebraska shooting suspect was convicted of one charge but found “not guilty” of several others in court Tuesday. A jury found Guadalupe DeLaCruz, 60, not guilty of 11 separate charges — including first-degree assault and child abuse — filed against him in relation to a 2022 shooting incident in Peru, Neb. DeLaCruz was found guilty of one count carrying a concealed weapon.
Corps: federal levee system performing well against Missouri River flooding
(Omaha) -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineer officials say much of the federal levee system along the Missouri River has withstood the flooding over the past week. That was the message from the corps emergency management officials from the Omaha and Kansas City districts during a daily conference call Tuesday afternoon. Floodwaters that have worked down the Missouri River after torrential rains brought devastating flooding in northwest Iowa have also been the first test for the levee system that was repaired and upgraded following the 2019 Missouri River flooding throughout much of southwest Iowa, southeast Nebraska, and northwest Missouri. Spencer Giles is the emergency management chief with the corps' Omaha district. While they have been monitoring impacts from heavy rains this week, Giles says current river forecasts do not pose any risks to the federal levee system.
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