The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Teen athlete loses legs in crash; prosecutor asked to resign

The Missouri attorney general is calling for the resignation of a St. Louis prosecutor — after a motorist who repeatedly violated his bond conditions crashed and injured a teenage volleyball player who had to have both of her legs amputated

The Independent UK · Feb 23, 2023

Missouri lawmakers try to strengthen abortion ban

Legislation by a Missouri Republican would strengthen the state's abortion ban

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Missing Washington boy found in Missouri eight months after disappearing

Breadson John, eight, vanished in mid-June last year before finally being tracked down by detectives in Jasper County, according to the FBI

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

After 30 years, man wrongfully convicted of murder is free

As he languished in a Missouri prison for nearly three decades, Lamar Johnson never stopped fighting to prove his innocence, even when it meant doing much of the legal work himself

The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023

Editorial: Missouri wrongly convicted them. They shouldn’t need to beg with a GoFundMe to get by

Lamar Johnson, and Kevin Strickland before him, are the first two beneficiaries so far of a measure Missouri lawmakers approved two years ago giving local prosecutors an avenue to correct a grave injustice. Under the new law, a prosecutor may, at any time, file a motion for a judge to…

Tribune News Service · Feb 17, 2023

Editorial: If you’re tough on crime, you better celebrate Missouri setting Lamar Johnson free

Ricky Kidd. Carrody Buchhorn. Keith Carnes. Floyd Bledsoe. Kevin Strickland. Lamonte McIntyre. Olin “Pete” Coones Jr. Missouri or Kansas threw all of them behind bars — many of them for a long, long time — for crimes they swore they didn’t commit.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2023

Activists rally behind Missouri lawmaker cut off in debate

Missouri faith leaders, activists and elected officials have accused the Republican-led House of silencing Black Missourians after leaders shut down a Black lawmaker’s speech

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

Missouri activists seek more wrongful conviction hearings

As racial justice activists in Missouri celebrate the overturned conviction of Lamar Johnson, they’re questioning why other inmates with credible innocence claims aren’t getting the chance to make their cases in court

The Independent UK · Feb 15, 2023

As abortion measures loom, GOP raises new barriers to ballot initiatives

Roused by voters’ recent endorsement of abortion rights — even in conservative states — Republican legislators are ramping up efforts to make it tougher for citizens to change laws or amend state constitutions through ballot measures.

Tribune News Service · Feb 15, 2023

Screaming Nazi who waved torch at Charlottesville white supremacist rally is found dead

Teddy Joseph Von Nukem, who had changed his name from Teddy Landrum to embrace his German ancestry, was found dead in the snow outside his Missouri home in the US after failing to attend his trial for drug smuggling

Daily Mirror · Feb 15, 2023