Sometimes city workers can smell the cannabis at city hall — a half-mile north of the warehouse where Missouri-based Proper Brands cultivates cannabis and manufactures a range of products.
Kenneth Lee Simpson, 38, is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree assault, unlawful possession of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
This morning starts cold with cloudy skies and a temperature near 29 degrees. As the day progresses, expect the clouds to break, making way for partly sunny skies. The high will reach around 38 degrees, with a noticeable breeze kicking in from the south at about 12 mph, gusting up to nearly 29 mph by the afternoon. The wind will lend a chill, making it feel colder than the thermometer. Evening brings mostly cloudy skies with temperatures dropping but remaining above freezing. Overnight, clouds stic
ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - The exit ramp on southbound Interstate 170 at Scudder Avenue is shut down Tuesday morning after a crash in Berkeley. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP), the crash occurred shortly before 7 a.m. on southbound I-170 at Scudder Avenue. It involved an overturned tractor-trailer truck that was hauling [...]
Ted Cruz last week chaired a Senate hearing dubbed “Plugged Out: Examining the Impact of Technology on America’s Youth.” The hearing spent a lot of time doubling down on the scary-sounding, often-baseless stories lawmakers tell themselves as they push terrible laws like KOSMA to “protect the children” from a completely unproven link between social media […]
Jennings High School will reopen on Tuesday after undergoing significant repairs from a broken water pipe, with students following an alternating hybrid schedule.
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Mo. - The capital murder trial for Kenneth Lee Simpson, the man accused of killing a Hermann Police Sergeant and injuring another in early 2023, will begin Tuesday morning in Franklin County. The trial is set to begin Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in Franklin County. Simpson has pleaded not guilty to charges including [...]
After getting questions about compliance with Missouri’s Sunshine Law, a top aide to Mayor Cara Spencer said the city would start posting public notice of the meetings.
Missouri lawmakers are considering expanding the state’s private school voucher program with proposals to open eligibility and remove demands on private schools who accept voucher funds. But the program, which has spent a majority of the $50 million it received in state funding this fiscal year, may lack room to grow with Gov. Mike Kehoe […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump promised during his bid for another White House term that he would be a dictator only on “day one.” Before a town hall audience in Iowa in December 2023, Fox News host Sean Hannity asked Trump, “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as […]
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