BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man has been put to death for killing three workers while robbing a convenience store nearly three decades ago. The execution was carried out over objections from racial justice activists, lawmakers and even the pope. Ernest Johnson died from an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in…
BYRNES MILL, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say a St. Louis County man has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash that killed a couple and their infant son on a road in rural eastern Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened Tuesday night on state Highway 30 near Byrnes Mill.…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Bonne Terre police officer for allegedly striking a handcuffed suspect several times in the face while wearing a pair of brass knuckles. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley said in a news release Wednesday that his office has Travis W. Cozine with assault in the second degree,…