Category: Missouri

Missouri School District Hires Students in Response to Staffing Shortage

One Missouri school district has resorted to hiring its own high school students in response to ongoing staffing shortages. The state’s Northwest School District hosted a job fair to address several open positions, according to a local FOX2 Now outlet, ranging from child care assistance to cleaning. “Some of the positions have been short-staffed since…


Jury Recommends 28 Years for Missouri Man in Wife’s Murder

COLUMBIA, Mo.—A woman who moved to Missouri from China to further her education before she was killed by her husband should be remembered as a kind woman whose death was a “huge waste,” a prosecutor said Friday after her husband was convicted. A jury recommended early Friday that Joseph Elledge be sentenced to up to…


Missouri Governor Considering Unemployment for People Fired for Refusing COVID-19 Vaccines

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said his administration is considering providing unemployment benefits for individuals who are fired over federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates. “You see what Iowa just did,” Parson told news outlet The Center Square on Thursday. “I think we want to make sure civil rights or civil liberties are being exercised. If somebody has…


Missouri Man Accused of Killing His Wife Takes Stand

COLUMBIA, Mo.—A Missouri man accused of killing his wife and burying her body in a park took the stand Tuesday to testify in his first-degree murder trial. Joseph Elledge is charged with first-degree murder in the death of 28-year-old Mengqi Ji, whom he reported missing in October 2019. Her remains were found in March at…


11 States File Lawsuit Against Biden’s Vaccine Mandate for Businesses

Attorneys general in 11 states filed a lawsuit Friday against President Joe Biden’s administration in a challenge against a new vaccine mandate for workers and firms with 100 or more employees. The lawsuit, filed in the Missouri-based 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, argued that only states have the power to compel vaccinations, not the federal…


Defense Attorney: Chinese Woman’s Death a ‘Tragic Accident’

COLUMBIA, Mo.—The attorney for a Missouri man accused of killing his Chinese wife in 2019 said Tuesday that the woman’s death was a “tragic accident” that was caused when she fell and hit her head during an argument with her husband. During opening statements in Joseph Elledge’s first-degree murder trial, defense attorney Scott Rosenblum said…


Missouri Governor Mike Parson Signs Executive Order Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) announced on Oct. 28 that he has issued an executive order to protect the individual rights of his state’s citizens against “overreaching” COVID-19 vaccine mandates from the Biden administration. “As the Governor of the State of Missouri, I stand with concerned Missourians and will do all I can to stop…


19 States Sue Biden Administration Over COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

Several U.S. states on Friday mounted multiple federal lawsuits against the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal workers and contractors. Texas sued individually in a federal court in Galveston. Another lawsuit, filed in a federal district court in Missouri involves Alaska, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. Yet another lawsuit,…


Missouri School Board Group Quits National Association Over Letter Comparing Parents to Terrorists

The Missouri School Board Association on Oct. 26 severed ties with its national counterparts as part of an ongoing fallout over a letter sent to the White House that equated parents to domestic terrorists. Earlier in the same day, the Ohio school board association quit the National School Board Association (NSBA) over the same letter….


Missouri Tornado Confirmed as Storms Swept Into Illinois

FREDERICKTOWN, Mo.—The National Weather Service has confirmed a strong tornado that thrashed the southeastern Missouri city of Fredericktown as strong storms that swept the state and moved into Illinois overnight damaged buildings and knocked out power, but left no serious injuries. The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-3 tornado hit Fredericktown Sunday night, damaging homes,…