The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Thousands flock to Missouri to view preserved body of exhumed nun who died four years ago

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died in 2019, was exhumed earlier this month

The Independent UK · May 29, 2023

Missouri nun who died in 2019 in line for sainthood after her body was exhumed and showed ‘no sign of decay’

Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died in 2019, was exhumed earlier this month

The Independent UK · May 28, 2023

More businesses require teens to be chaperoned by adults, curbing their independence

For many teens, roaming shopping malls, hanging out at amusement parks, and watching a movie at a local theater with their peers have been long considered the rites of passage to adulthood

The Independent UK · May 28, 2023

Catholics descend on Missouri abbey to see body of nun who is ‘part of history’

GOWER, MO. -- Back in eighth grade, Lily Myers chose Mother Teresa for her patron saint for confirmation.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

Editorial: If Missouri public schools teach Bible classes, whose version of religion rules?

Missouri legislators have adopted yet another solution in search of a problem. They’ve passed a bill — and sent it to Gov. Mike Parson to sign (he shouldn’t) — that would allow public schools to offer elective courses on the Bible.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

Missouri AG calls on Kansas City police to enforce trans care ban that chief says outside jurisdiction

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Wednesday urged the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners to enforce a ban on gender-affirming care for minors passed by Missouri lawmakers this month.

Tribune News Service · May 25, 2023

US murder suspect 'will not face charges' after Edinburgh nurse killed

Elizabeth Mackintosh, 50, was found strangled with a cord and stabbed in the neck in the toilets of a chapel at the Covenant Theological Seminary in Creve Coeur, Missouri, in March 1990.

Edinburgh Live · May 24, 2023

‘That kid is me.’ New leader is overhauling child welfare in Missouri, and it’s personal

Darrell Missey is standing in a room of social workers who toil in Missouri’s beleaguered child welfare system, telling the story of a young boy.

Tribune News Service · May 24, 2023

Everything we know about suspect who crashed U-Haul truck near White House

19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Missouri faces a range of charges connected to ‘intentional’ crash

The Independent UK · May 24, 2023

Missouri man set for execution did not get good enough defense, state agency says

Missouri’s public defender system failed to adequately represent Michael Tisius, who was sentenced to death and is scheduled for execution next month, the head of the state office said.

Tribune News Service · May 23, 2023