BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ highest court will hear a challenge to the state’s criminal harassment law from a man convicted of sending profanity-laced letters to a local elected official. Harvey Bigelow, of Rehoboth, was convicted of writing letters to Selectman Michael Costello and his wife in 2011. The letter writer called Costello a “scumbag,” ”loser”…
HANNIBAL, Mo. (AP) — A nature preserve planned in the northeast Missouri town of Hannibal will be more than a place to picnic or walk in the woods. It also will serve as a protected area for about 168,000 federally endangered Indiana bats, which hibernate in a former limestone mine that closed a half-century ago…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Three Missouri lawmakers are proposing measures that would forbid motorists from texting while driving, regardless of their age. Current state law bans texting for drivers under the age of 21 and drivers of commercial motor vehicles. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports State Senator Jill Schupp, a Creve Couer Democrat, is sponsoring…