The Latest Breaking News from Missouri

What is brain-eating amoeba and why does it kill

Only five people are known surivors of rare disease

The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2022

Ex-Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens scheduled to testify on abuse allegations in custody case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens is scheduled to testify Wednesday in his ongoing child custody dispute with his ex-wife Sheena Greitens.

Tribune News Service · Jul 15, 2022

Missouri’s average gas price falls to $4.35

As of July 14, Missouri’s average gas price according to AAA was $4.35 for regular gas, which was below the national average of $4.60. Gas prices fell from the previous week’s average of $4.58 but remained above the June average of $4.48. On July 14, 2021, the state’s average price…

Ballotpedia · Jul 15, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: Threats to criminalize out-of-state abortions are a scary reminder of 1850s America

The Fugitive Slave Act was perhaps the most detested law in all American history.

Los Angeles Times · Jul 14, 2022

Missouri AG says FBI ‘illegally’ seeking local concealed carry permit information

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Attorney General Eric Schmitt said Wednesday the FBI was planning to illegally “harvest” information on Missouri concealed carry permits next month through a series of audits at county sheriff’s offices.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 13, 2022

Warden not buying angler’s odd excuse for illegal bass catch

A Missouri angler has been cited for catching an over-limit of mostly undersized largemouth bass, apparently, for the sake of a social-media photo.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Jul 13, 2022

Republican Josh Hawley accused of transphobia at Senate hearing

Berkeley professor Khiara Bridges says Missouri senator’s line of questioning ‘opens trans people up to violence’

The Guardian - US · Jul 13, 2022

Can a populist Missouri Democrat win back rural and working-class voters?

Marine veteran Lucas Kunce is running for Missouri's open Senate seat as a Democrat unafraid to go on conservative talk radio.

Roll Call · Jul 13, 2022

Editorial: Missouri’s anti-abortion law is vague and open to abuse. Lawmakers can fix that

Democrats are asking Gov. Mike Parson to call a special legislative session to clarify that Missouri’s stringent new anti-abortion law doesn’t prohibit other treatments and medication. It’s a reasonable ask, because the new law is so vaguely worded that medical providers are uncertain about the legality of even routine birth…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jul 13, 2022

Missouri politics awash with firearms as Greitens, rivals provoke with ‘hardcore’ gun ads

As mass shootings grip the country with lethal regularity, Missouri politics is swimming in firearms.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jul 12, 2022