Mizzou Adds Brick Haley as D-Line Coach
Haley Coached the Texas Defensive Line in 2014-15
Enrollment dip reverses trend in University of Missouri system
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Enrollment in the four-campus University of Missouri system increased 19 percent over a decade before losing ground after protests at the Columbia campus and a drop in high school graduates in the state. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that enrollment across the system increased from 48,434 in fall 2005 to 57,785…
Iowa Supreme Court upholds rezoning of Field of Dreams site
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – An Iowa Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for a baseball complex to be built at the “Field of Dreams” site in Dyersville. Friday’s ruling upholds a lower court decision that the City Council acted properly when it rezoned the property from agricultural to commercial. Some Dyersville residents had…
In confession, Roof said he planned to kill self
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) -Dylann Roof told FBI agents in his confession to killing nine black church members in Charleston last year the he planned to kill himself but changed his mind when no police officers showed up immediately after the shooting. Roof was arrested the following day in North Carolina. His recorded confession was played…
Man convicted of shooting 2 officers during Ferguson protest
ST. LOUIS (AP) – A jury has convicted a man of shooting two police officers during a 2015 protest in Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis County jury deliberated about two hours Thursday night before finding Jeffrey Williams guilty of two counts of assault, three counts of armed criminal action and one count of shooting from…
Men plead guilty to armored car robbery in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Two men have pleaded guilty to the $2 million robbery of an armored car, an inside job believed to be one of the biggest cash heists ever in St. Louis. Charles Johnson pleaded guilty Thursday, and Shayne Kier Jones, pleaded guilty Tuesday, both to federal conspiracy charges. Sentencing is in March.…
Missouri court strikes law denying bail to some immigrants
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The Missouri Supreme Court has struck down a law that denies bail to criminal defendants who cannot prove they are legally present in the U.S. The unanimous decision Thursday comes in the case of a man who was charged with a felony for possessing a forged Social Security card. Faustino…
Vehicle shot while driving leads to fatal wreck
( KTRS ) Two people were shot while driving Thursday night, leading to a car accident that left one woman dead and a man in critical condition. Police say the victims’ car overturned on the driver’s side after it crashed through an iron fence on Caroline Street near Ohio Avenue. Multiple bullet holes were found…
Authorities investigating shooting on Chippewa
( KTRS ) Police are investigating a late night shooting. Authorities say the shooting happened in the 4600 block of Chippewa around 10:30pm Thursday night. One man was shot in the back, he was responsive and breathing when officers arrived on the scene. At this time no further details have been released.
Missouri gubernatorial race breaks records for money spent
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri’s Republican Gov.-elect Eric Greitens spent more on his campaign than what’s been spent total on any other gubernatorial race in state history. Campaign finance records released Thursday show Greitens spent more than $28.7 million during a race that broke records for its price tag. That’s about $1 million more…