The family of an ex-Kansas City police officer, found guilty at trial on charges of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action, has asked the governor for a clemency.
By Kacen Bayless and Glenn E. Rice The Kansas City Star (TNS)
Jacob Ehlinger was charged with assault after police say he ran a stop sign, then pulled a driver who honked at him out of a car and severely beat him.
A white Australian woman was lambasted for opening an Austrailan-style sushi restaurant in New York. Columnist Daniel Neman thinks the accusations of cultural appropriation don't go far enough.
“It’s that time of year again. When a bunch of politicians drape themselves in the American flag and praise those of us who’ve served this great country,” Kunce wrote.
Ask the experts from the Missouri Department of Transportation, St. Louis and St. Charles counties and St. Louis City your questions about highways and roads. The live chat starts at 1 p.m. on Wednesday.
In the mid- to late-1990s, a man called the "South Side Rapist" spread fear through St. Louis and other parts of the area. Police ID'd him in November 25 years ago.