Missouri NAACP selects new leader

ST. LOUIS (AP) – The Missouri State NAACP has new leadership for the first time in nearly three decades. The NAACP says Rod Chapel has been elected president of the Missouri organization, replacing Mary Ratliff, who held the position for nearly 30 years. Chapel, who also heads the NAACP’s Jefferson City branch, was announced as…

Former university student pleads guilty in threat case

MARYVILLE, Mo. (AP) – One of the men accused of threatening violence during racial unrest at the University of Missouri has pleaded guilty. Conner Stottlemyre, of Blue Springs, admitted Monday in Nodaway County District Court to making a terrorist threat. The 19-year-old was attending Northwest Missouri State University in November when he was accused of…