Category: Missouri

Missouri Police Chief Resigns Over New 2nd Amendment Bill

A police chief in a Missouri city has resigned over a new bill in the state that bars officers from enforcing or attempting to enforce federal laws that infringe on Second Amendment rights. Philip Dupuis, police chief of O’Fallon, said in a statement to news outlets that he understood the motivation behind the bill and…


Missouri Grocer Combating Inflation as the Nation Buckles Down

Prices have risen five percent in the past year, an increase that the U.S. hasn’t experienced since the 2008 recession. Many business owners are adjusting costs, but one local Missouri open-air market has a different strategy. The Epoch Times spoke with Mike Orlando, owner of Anthony’s Produce in St. Peters, Missouri, about the current economic…


Missouri Officials Vow to ‘Fight Tooth and Nail’ to Protect 2nd Amendment Rights and Fight Federal Overreach

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and Attorney General Eric Schmitt have sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) defending their state’s recent gun rights legislation while denouncing what the pair called “potential federal overreach and encroachment on Missourians’ Second Amendment rights.” Parson signed a bill into law last week that declares some federal gun…


Federal Court Blocks Missouri Law Banning Most Abortions

A federal court on Wednesday ruled against a Missouri law that would ban most abortions. Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit upheld a lower court’s 2019 decision to grant a preliminary injunction, making state officials unable to enforce the law. “Missouri has failed to demonstrate that its policy priorities…


Mob Damages Patrol Vehicle After Officer Responds to Call in Missouri

Police in Missouri launched a city-wide search effort in St. Louis after a video showed a group of people kicking and jumping on top of an officer’s patrol vehicle while the officer was still inside the vehicle. The incident happened after dispatchers received a total of 13 calls on May 23 to report a large…


Supreme Court Rejects Death Row Inmate’s Petition to Be Executed by Firing Squad

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Missouri death row inmate’s petition to be executed via firing squad instead of lethal injection after he argued that lethal injection would cause him significant pain due to his medical condition. The inmate, Ernest Lee Johnson, argued that lethal injection might trigger an epileptic seizure that would cause severe pain….


Mark McCloskey Files Campaign Papers to Run for Senate in Missouri

Mark McCloskey, the Missouri lawyer who briefly entered the national spotlight after pointing a rifle at Black Lives Matter protesters who trespassed near his home, filed formal campaign paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate in Missouri. McCloskey launched a campaign website, which says that he “and his wife, Patty, held off a violent mob…


Missouri Governor Ends Federal Pandemic Unemployment Boost

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Tuesday joined the growing list of Republican governors announcing an early end to the federal pandemic unemployment benefit boost, which some have blamed for discouraging workers from taking jobs so driving the business hiring crunch. Parson said in a release that Missouri will end its participation in all federal pandemic-related…


Missouri Deputies Kill Man Suspected of Shooting Officer

ST. PETERS, Mo.—A 21-year-old eastern Missouri man suspected of shooting a police officer was shot and killed when he fired several rounds at officers who were pursuing him, authorities said. Joe Robideau, of Troy, died after being shot Thursday evening, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s office said. Robideau was a suspect in the shooting of a…


First-Grader in Southwestern Minnesota Dies of COVID-19

MARSHALL, Minn.—A young child from southwestern Minnesota has died of COVID-19 complications, according to the state Department of Health. Marshall Public Schools Superintendent Jeremy Williams says the child, who died Sunday, was a first grader at Park Side Elementary. While coronavirus deaths in children are rare, they can occur in otherwise healthy children, health officials…