Dismantling the office for Recorder of Deeds could pay for Police body cameras
A plan to dissolve the city’s recorder of deeds office and use the money from to buy police cameras has a lot of approval. To get on the November the two-part plan needed 20,000 signatures, so far, it has more than 40,000. The plan was thought up by Democratic state Sen. Jamilah Nasheed and Republican activist…
Missouri attorney general backs professor in lawsuit
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Attorney General’s Office has filed a lawsuit against the University of Missouri Board of Curators in support of a university law professor’s challenge to the campus firearms ban. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Boone County, Andrew Hirth, deputy general counsel for Attorney General Chris Koster, wrote that the…
Authorities identify woman found dead in southwest Missouri
WEST PLAINS, Mo. (AP) – Authorities have identified a woman whose remains were found earlier this week in southwest Missouri. West Plains Police Department spokesman Ron Redfield told the Ozark Radio Network (http://j.mp/2bq4HlU ) that the victim has been identified as 35-year-old Terri Jean Wright. She was reported missing on August 9. A 63-year-old man,…
Girl Scout camps in Missouri working to avoid closure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Efforts have been made to avoid the closure of some Girl Scout camps in Missouri The Kansas City Star reports that five camps in the Girl Scouts of the Missouri Heartland council were scheduled to close, but three have been rescued by local volunteers. Girl Scouts of America has lost…
Groups press Walgreens on religious restrictions in clinics
CHICAGO (AP) – Four groups led by the American Civil Liberties Union are asking Walgreens for reassurance that the drugstore’s partnership with a Catholic system to run in-store clinics in the St. Louis area won’t limit access to birth control. SSM Health, a St. Louis-based Catholic system, owns 27 clinics in Walgreens stores in Missouri…
Brentwood looking to expand Deer Creek after years of flooding
( KTRS ) Brentwood City officials are trying to get permit to expand sections of Deer Creek/Black Creek within the city limits. The city announced on it web site that officials have asked to Army Corp of Engineers for a permit to dredge the area where 30 properties were hit by the flooding this week.…