JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Columbia, Missouri, man faces at least a decade in federal prison after acknowledging his role in a sex-trafficking case. Thirty-five-year-old Kenyata D. Miles pleaded guilty Monday in Jefferson City to a felony count of attempted sex trafficking. Miles admitted he booked two rooms for two nights at the Quail’s…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A film crew is turning the 2003 killing of a Columbia man into an episode for a true-crime cable TV series. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the crew began work this week on an episode about the 2003 killing of James Pruitt for the show “Snapped” on the Oxygen Network.…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri has formed a new office to centralize reports and investigations of discrimination complaints. The university announced Wednesday that the new Office for Civil Rights and Title IX will reduce the number of offices involved in handling discrimination complaints. Ellen Eardley, assistant vice provost and Title IX administrator,…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Planned Parenthood chapter has filed a federal lawsuit against the acting director of Missouri’s health department to block the agency from revoking the abortion license for the group’s Columbia clinic. Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri sued Monday, seeking an injunction to preserve the Columbia clinic’s abortion facility license from…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The former chancellor of the University of Missouri’s flagship Columbia campus will get more than $344,000 a year in his new role heading up the school’s research. The Associated Press obtained Loftin’s transition agreement Monday under Missouri’s open records law. It shows that R. Bowen Loftin will earn three-quarters of the…
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – University of Missouri police are investigating a report of vandalism at the Columbia campus’ black culture center. Police say someone spray-painted over a portion of a sign early Thursday at the center. Police were reviewing video surveillance from the area. University Police Chief Doug Schwandt says the Missouri State Highway Patrol is assisting…
