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Sarah Kellogg/St. Louis Public RadioKelly Broniec’s appointment to the state’s highest court creates a women-led majority. Gov. Mike Parson also appointed Broniec to the Eastern District Court of Appeals in 2020. -
Pool/KMBCLester, an 84-year-old white man who lives in Kansas City’s Northland, was charged with two felonies for shooting Ralph Yarl on the night of April 13, after the Black teen mistakenly arrived at the wrong address.
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Gov. Mike Parson appointed Gabriel Gore to be circuit attorney on May 19 to replace Kim Gardner. -
SEMO’s Anthropology Department has uncovered its fifth cold case identification.
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Since Andrew Lester of Kansas City was accused of shooting teenager Ralph Yarl on Apr. 13, many headlines have included the words "Stand Your Ground." An attorney with the Gifford Law Center on Gun Violence explains that, if there was any legal defense for Lester, it would be the Castle Doctrine, not Missouri's Stand Your Ground law.
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KRCU Public Radio spoke with Mia Ponder and Teddy Stone, both Prevention Specialists with the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence, or SEMO-NASV.
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KRCU Public Radio spoke with Mia Ponder and Teddy Stone, both Prevention Specialists with the Southeast Missouri Network Against Sexual Violence, or SEMO-NASV.
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Andrew D. Lester appeared for a three-minute hearing at the Clay County Courthouse for a formal reading of his two felony charges, first degree assault and armed criminal action. Meanwhile, Lee Merritt, a lawyer representing the teen’s family, said the U.S. Department of Justice is investigating the shooting as a federal hate crime.
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The prosecutor said he didn't file hate crimes charges because the other felonies carried stiffer penalties, but said the case had a racial component
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With the fourth-highest number of firearm deaths in the country, Missouri needs to have a conversation about guns. The Missouri Foundation for Health is "convening" with journalists and other "communicators" on May 1 to discuss the need to focus their coverage of firearm injuries and death more as a health-related issue with health-related solutions – including root causes.
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A strong line of severe thunderstorms that began moving through the Southeast Missouri area, spawned multiple tornadoes and wind damage in the early morning hours of Wed. April 5th.
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Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, expressed unease with the measure so soon after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
