The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

Two states still let you text and drive

Missouri and Montana are the only two states that do not prohibit all drivers from text messaging while driving

Salon · Feb 7, 2023

Attorneys, advocates seek stay of execution for Missouri man

An attorney for Raheem Taylor is urging the Missouri Supreme Court to halt a “constitutionally intolerable event” — the potential execution of an innocent man

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2023

Eagles’ Darius Slay angered all of Missouri by stating Kansas City is in Kansas, even though he’s right

Kansas City, Kansas is — in fact — an actual city!

USA Today Sports Media Group · Feb 7, 2023

Spiritual advisers offering final comfort in execution rooms

For decades, Missouri executions played out in similar fashion: An inmate was strapped to a gurney in a drab room, alone except for the eyes of witnesses staring through thick glass as unidentified executioners administered the lethal chemical from behind a cinderblock wall

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

2 abducted Missouri children are found in Florida after being missing nearly a year

Two abducted children who had been missing from Missouri for almost a year were found in a Florida grocery store with their non-custodial mother, who was taken into police custody, authorities said.

WEKU · Feb 6, 2023

Chinese balloon soars across US; Blinken scraps Beijing trip

Aside from the government response, fuzzy videos dotted social media as people with binoculars and telephoto lenses tried to find the “spy balloon” in the sky as it headed southeastward over Kansas and Missouri at 60,000 feet.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 4, 2023

Legal recreational pot sales begin for Missouri adults

Adults ages 21 and older now can legally buy marijuana for recreational use in Missouri

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Missouri Republicans derail plan to keep kids from carrying guns in public

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri Republicans have killed a proposal to restrict unsupervised minors from carrying firearms in public.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 3, 2023

Recreational marijuana becomes legal in Missouri on Friday

ST. LOUIS — Adult-use, recreational cannabis can be sold in Missouri dispensaries beginning Friday, giving consumers an unexpected boost to their weekend plans.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Feb 3, 2023

‘The goal is to be preventative’: Kansas City Police Department offers active shooter training to local LGBTQ bar

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A group of staff at Hamburger Mary’s on Broadway Avenue in midtown gathered Monday afternoon around a fake torso spotted with fake blood stains, cuts and bullet wounds.

Tribune News Service · Feb 2, 2023