Missouri woman sentenced in death of snake breeder husband

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 25-year-old Missouri woman is accused of leaving four dogs locked in a hot car while she had lunch in a central Florida restaurant, police said. The woman, identified in online jail records as Tesia C. White, who was visiting the area from...

JACKSON COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating a suspect following a Monday night manhunt south in rural northeast Kansas. Just before 9p.m. Monday, The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was notified by neighbors of a burglary in progress at 2830 102nd Road south of Delia, according to Sheriff Tim Morse.

BUTLER COUNTY — USD 394 in Rose Hill issued a statement Wednesday following the May 19 abduction of a 5-year-old boy from the daycare at the school. As law enforcement authorities continue their investigation of the incident, the district shared a statement, "We are taking the time to review our procedures with child safety at the focus of the review." The USD 394 day care facility will reopen on Tuesday.

HENRY COUNTY —A Missouri man died in an accident just before 1:30p.m. Wednesday in Henry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2021 Dodge Ram driven by Ramone J. Wooten, 43, Kansas City, was northbound on MO 13 just south of MO 52. The driver lost control of...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A state lawmaker charged with fraud involving medical treatments has been sued by a patient over the care she prescribed for him to relieve back pain. Rep. Tricia Derges, a Nixa Republican, is scheduled to go on trial in federal court next month on charges...

A report published Monday by a federal watchdog sheds new light on the scope of missing foster kids in Missouri, an issue that infuriated state lawmakers last year and led to accusations that Department of Social Services leadership was failing to take accountability. The U.S. Department of Health and Human...

St. Joseph Health officials say the ongoing opioid problem is continuing to get worse. St. Joseph Health Department Health Educator Nancy King says the introduction of fentanyl into the drug supply has been a problem. "That has greatly increased the number of overdose and overdose fatalities in the fentanyl poisonings...

KANSAS CITY (AP) — A man will be laid to rest on Saturday, more than 80 years after he died in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. The U.S. Navy returned the remains of Seaman 1st Class Wilbur Francis Newton to Kansas City International Airport on Tuesday. Newton was...

BUCHANAN COUNTY —One person was injured in an accident just after 4:30p.m. Tuesday in Buchanan County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a Volvo semi driven by Jusue M. Amaya, 32, Omaha, was southbound on Interstate 29 just north of Route DD in St. Joseph. The semi traveled off...

MCALLEN, Texas– U.S. Senator Roger Marshall and Kansas Sheriffs Calvin Hayden (Johnson County), Brian Hill (Shawnee County), Roger Soldan (Saline County), Jeff Richards (Franklin County), and Tim Morse (Jackson County) toured the southern border last weekend for briefings, tours, and meetings with border patrol officials, within DHS and the state of Texas.

The St. Joseph Central bowling team is in Springfield this weekend competing for a state championship. The Indians have won two state titles - the most recent coming in 2018. First-year head coach and Central bowling alum Tyson Cook says the Indians have had a long tradition of making the state tournament.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY—Four people were injured in an accident just before 1:30p.m. Monday in Livingston County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2020 Ram 5500 driven by Gary C. Varner, 24, Blackwell, Oklahoma, was eastbound on U.S. 36 three miles east of Chillicothe. The Ram was in the passing lane attempting to overtake a 2019 Freightliner semi driven by Richard B. Cook, 59, Statesville, North Carolina.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has signed a bill requiring public school students to use only the bathroom of the sex listed on their birth certificate. About a dozen conservative states have passed laws targeting the transgender population over bathroom use, participation in school sports, and gender-affirming treatments or surgery for young people.

One of the cruelest aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is being addressed in Missouri. Visitation of hospitalized COVID-19 patients was highly restricted, especially at the beginning of the pandemic when most hospitals wouldn’t allow any visitors. State Representative Dean Van Schoiack of Savannah says loved ones couldn’t accompany the...

ANDREW COUNTY —A St. Joseph man was injured in an accident just before 8a.m. Monday in Andrew County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2017 Honda Civic driven by Jeremy S. Wilmes, 50, St. Joseph, was southbound on Business 71 one mile north of Interstate 29 five miles south of Savannah.

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Workers at Daniel Boone Regional Library in central Missouri have voted to form a union, library officials said in a statement Monday. The new union will be the only active public library union in the state. The results showed 101 employees in favor of unionizing...

The bill started out as just one word. “Literally adding the word ‘Captain’ to the David Dorn Memorial Highway on Highway (State Route) 180 here in St. Louis County,” said Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin. When they named the highway in his honor last year, legislators accidentally left...

TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced Thursday that her request for a federal disaster declaration for the winter storms that occurred in late March has been granted, according to a media release from Kelly's office. Governor Kelly made the request on May 3. Its approval will open federal funding...

TOPEKA — The Kansas Department of Health reported 3,114 new coronavirus cases in Kansas from Wednesday May 18, to Wednesday May 25, for a total of 785,916 cases. The state reported 137 additional COVID-19 deaths in the past week for a total of 8,939. Kansas is providing fewer updates...

A local state representative who chairs the Missouri House Higher Education Committee says state colleges and universities came out well during the legislative session. Rep. Brenda Shields of St. Joseph says a strong budget year, helped with federal coronavirus stimulus money, allowed lawmakers to pump much more money into college campuses.