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Missouri regulators revoke license of Springfield marijuana manufacturer

7 months ago
A Springfield marijuana manufacturer central to Missouri’s largest cannabis product recall last year had its license revoked Thursday. State regulators found the company, C&C Manufacturing LLC, created a distillate — or THC concentrate that produces a high in edibles and vape pens — using unregulated THC. Other manufacturers statewide bought the distillate and used it […]
Rebecca Rivas

Five Injured After Shooting at Each Other in Tower Grove South

7 months ago

District 2 is investigating a shooting incident wherein five people were injured on July 17 in Tower Grove South. Around 7:07 p.m., officers received a call for a shooting at Morganford & Beck. Upon arriving, officers located a shooting scene on a parking lot in the 3700 block of Morganford at Beck. While on scene, […]

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Evita Caldwell

US House votes to yank funding for NPR, PBS, foreign aid, sending bill to Trump’s desk

7 months ago
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House cleared legislation just after midnight Friday that will cancel $9 billion in previously approved spending for public broadcasting and foreign aid, marking only the second time in more than three decades Congress has approved a presidential rescissions request. The 216-213 mostly party-line vote sends the bill to President Donald Trump for his signature […]
Jennifer Shutt

Judge blocks CoreCivic from opening Leavenworth prison as court skirmishes continue

7 months ago
TOPEKA — A Leavenworth District Court judge finalized his decision to bar CoreCivic from housing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement prisoners at its closed facility, rejecting the private prison company’s appeal to reconsider. Judge John Bryant on Friday approved the language for the injunction that will be in place while the two parties fight out […]
Morgan Chilson

SLMPD board approves $6M body camera contract

7 months ago
The St. Louis Police Board approved a $6 million contract for 800 body cameras and 275 in-car cameras from Utility Associates Incorporated, despite previous complaints about the gear not working properly.
Nick Gladney

Former Missouri congressman Billy Long to be sworn in as IRS commissioner

7 months ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Missouri congressman Billy Long will be ceremonially sworn in as commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service on Friday, taking over a beleaguered agency that he once sought to abolish and that has since been beset with steep staffing cuts and leadership turnover. Long won confirmation in a 53-44 Senate vote last [...]
MELISSA GOLDIN, Associated Press

1 dead, 5 injured in separate shootings in St. Louis City

7 months ago
ST. LOUIS - One person is dead and five others were left injured Thursday night following two separate shootings in St. Louis City. The shootings occurred in different parts of the city within a three-hour span. The first incident took place just after 7 p.m. in a business parking lot on Morgan Ford Road and [...]
Nick Gladney