K.C. Fire Department Investigated Over Racism Allegations
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department is under a U.S. Department of Justice investigation for alleged racial discrimination, a Kansas City spokesperson confirmed to The Kansas City Star Thursday. Associated Press phone
Officials Investigate Deaths At State Prison In Licking
LICKING, Mo. (AP) — An investigation continues into the death of a Missouri prison inmate — the third inmate to die at the same lockup this month and the eighth this year. Michael Hudson, 46, died Tuesday
Trump Mug Shot Released, Goes Viral
(AP) — A camera clicks. In a fraction of a second, the shutter opens and then closes, freezing forever the image in front of it. When the camera shutter blinked inside a jail in downtown Atlanta on
Freeman Health System Building New Hospital
(KTTS News) — Joplin-based Freeman Health System plans to build a new new hospital in Pittsburg, Kansas. Freeman plans to invest $168 million on the 170,000-square-foot, 50-bed hospital. It’s expected to create between 500 and 1,000 new
Woman Admits Using Tortilla Chip To Start House Fire
(KTTS News) — A woman from Nixa is being held on charges that she started a house fire by lighting a spicy tortilla chip and throwing it on gasoline-soaked clothes. Patricia Williams told Springfield Police that she
Latest On Cleanup At Kerr-McGee Wood Treatment Site
(KTTS News) — A public meeting last night in north Springfield about the cleanup going on at the old Kerr-McGee Wood Treatment Plant. The company treated railroad ties with creosote at the location for decades, dumping cancer-causing
Camden County Sheriff’s Deputy Fired For Child Porn
(KTTS News) — A Camden County Sheriff’s deputy has been fired after it was revealed they were a suspect in a child pornography case. Authorities have not released the person’s name. The sheriff says authorities are investigating
BTK Serial Killer ‘Prime Suspect’ In McDonald County Death
(AP) — The BTK serial killer has been named the “prime suspect” in two unsolved killings — one in Oklahoma and another in Missouri — leading authorities to dig this week near his former Kansas property in
St. Louis Proposal Would Ban ‘Military-Grade’ Weapons
ST. LOUIS (AP) — As the St. Louis mayor pushes legislation that would prohibit “military-grade weapons” on city streets and make it a crime for “insurrectionists” and those convicted of hate crimes to possess firearms, Missouri’s attorney
Yarl Begins Senior Year Of High School, 4 Months After Shooting
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Four months after he was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell at the wrong house to pick up his brothers, Ralph Yarl has begun his senior year in high school.
