CHILLICOTHE, Mo.—A former respiratory therapist who worked at a northern Missouri hospital where nine people died under suspicious circumstances 20 years ago has been charged with one of the deaths. Jennifer Anne Hall, 41, was charged last week with first-degree murder in the 2002 death of Fern Franco, who was one of nine people who…
Soros-Backed Prosecutor Violated Ethics Rules in Pursuit of Former Governor: Panel
A panel in Missouri on May 10 recommended St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner be found guilty of violating ethics rules while investigating former Gov. Eric Greitens. The Missouri Disciplinary Counsel said Gardner’s misconduct included failing to intervene when former FBI agent William Don Tisaby, who Gardner tapped to help investigate Greitens, falsely claimed that a…
Man Charged With Hate Crime, Arson After Allegedly Burning Down Missouri Church
A man has been charged with a federal hate crime and arson for allegedly burning down the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints” in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri last year. Christopher Scott Pritchard, 46, was charged for intentionally obstructing the parishioners of the church in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs and using…
Mushroom Hunters Find Body in Rural Missouri Water Well
SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—Police were investigating after mushroom hunters discovered a body in a rural, hand-dug water well in south-central Missouri. The discovery was made Sunday near the unincorporated community of Long Lane, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) northeast of Springfield. The mushroom hunters were using a long branch to determine the well’s depth when “what appeared…
Missouri Man Whose Death Sentence Was Overturned 3 Times Is Executed
A Missouri man who killed a couple during a robbery at their rural home more than a quarter of a century ago was put to death Tuesday. Carman Deck, 56, died by injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He was pronounced dead at 6:10 p.m. His fate was sealed a day earlier when…
Missouri Man Set to Be Executed After Death Sentence Overturned 3 Times
A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. Carman Deck, 56, would be the fifth U.S. inmate to be executed this year if his lethal injection goes ahead. His hopes for a reprieve were all but dashed on…
Missouri Man Convicted of Killing Pregnant Wife in 2019
CLAYTON, Mo.—A jury has convicted a Missouri man of first-degree murder in the death of his pregnant wife whose battered body was found about a week after she was reported missing in 2019. In addition to the murder count, Beau Rothwell, 31, Creve Coeur, was found guilty Thursday of tampering with physical evidence and abandonment…
Biden Administration Urges Supreme Court to Let It Drop ‘Remain in Mexico’ Program
April 26, 2022
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The Biden administration told the Supreme Court on April 26 that it should not have to continue operating the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” program that required non-Mexican asylum-seekers arriving at the southern border to wait in Mexico for processing. The case at hand is Biden v. Texas, court file 21-954. The high court agreed on…
AGs Push Back Against ‘Absurd Effort’ to Thwart Border Security Efforts in Texas
April 23, 2022
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The attorney generals of Texas and Missouri are pushing back against what they say is another attempt by the Biden administration to thwart border security efforts in Texas, this time through the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the prostrate milkweed (Asclepias prostrata), a wildflower, as an endangered species…
Ranked-Choice Voting Measures Vying for 2022 Ballots in Missouri, Nevada
April 22, 2022
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Proponents are gearing up for stretch-run petition drives to secure signatures needed to get prospective constitutional amendments implementing ranked-choice voting on 2022 ballots in Missouri and Nevada. The Missouri Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting Initiative would give voters the option to pick from both Republicans and Democrats during open primaries and vote in all general elections for either…
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