HIGH SPRINGS, Fla.—Two abducted children who had been missing from Missouri for almost a year were found in a central Florida grocery store with their non-custodial mother, who was taken into police custody, authorities said. Kristi Gilley was arrested last Wednesday on an out-of-state fugitive warrant. Court records show Gilley, 36, remained in jail on…
2 Abducted Missouri Children Found in Florida After Missing for Nearly a Year
Missouri Gov: ‘Zero’ News From Biden on Chinese Spy Balloon Now Flying Over His State
Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons still hasn’t heard anything from the Biden administration about a Chinese surveillance balloon that has drifted over Missouri airspace in its eastward path across the United States, a Parsons staffer confirmed to The Epoch Times late in the afternoon on Feb. 3. “We have received zero communication from the Biden Administration…
Missouri AG Says Schools Should Ban Drag Shows From Student Programming
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey on Tuesday called on schools in the state to adopt a resolution to prohibit the inclusion of drag shows in student events and educational programming. In a letter (pdf) sent to Melissa Randol, executive director of the Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA), Bailey urged MSBA to call on its members to adopt a…
No New Hearing on Condemned Missouri Man’s Innocence Claim
ST. LOUIS—The attorney for a Missouri man facing lethal injection next week said Tuesday that he will ask the state Supreme Court to postpone the execution by three or four months to allow more time to investigate his innocence claim. Leonard Taylor, 58, faces execution Feb. 7 for the deaths of his girlfriend and her…
Missouri Mom Convicted of Killing Her Infant Twins
ST. LOUIS—A Missouri mother who reported that her infant twins were stillborn has been convicted of manslaughter. Maya Caston, 28, was convicted Friday of second-degree involuntary manslaughter and two counts of child endangerment. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jury found her guilty of lesser charges instead of convicting her of second-degree murder. Prosecutors argued…
Supreme Court Turns Away Appeal About States Using COVID-19 Relief Funds for Tax Cuts
The Supreme Court refused on Jan. 17 to take up an appeal by Missouri challenging a ban on states using federal pandemic-relief funds to offset state revenue reductions, such as those attributed to tax cuts or other policy changes. The decision is a victory for the Biden administration, which had urged the court to deny…
Cold Case Arrest: Man Charged in 2004 Missouri Killing
ST. ANN, Mo.—A man has been charged with murder and jailed in a case that baffled police for nearly two decades—the death of a woman whose decapitated torso was found at a Missouri rest stop along Interstate 70. Mike A. Clardy, 63, of Maryland Heights, Missouri, was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and abandonment of…
Missouri Boarding School Under Investigation Will Shut Down
A Christian boarding school in Missouri that’s been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations announced Wednesday that it will close later this month due to financial hardship. Agape Boarding School in Stockton has been the subject of state and location investigations and several lawsuits from former students. It will stop providing service effective Jan. 20,…
Judge Overturns Missouri Man’s Conviction in 2011 Killing
ST. LOUIS—A judge overturned a Missouri man’s murder conviction in a case in which investigators failed to reveal that a witness was in a romantic relationship with the lead detective. Judge Timothy Boyer on Friday overturned Lamont Cambell’s conviction in the death of Lenny Gregory III, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Gregory, the son of…
Mark McCloskey Won’t Have Guns or Money Returned, Despite Pardon, Missouri Judge Rules: Report
St. Louis lawyer Mark McCloskey will not have his guns or the fines he paid returned to him even though he had received a governor’s pardon in 2021, a Missouri judge has ruled. McCloskey and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, both personal injury lawyers, pleaded guilty in June 2021 to misdemeanor charges for assault and harassment, respectively, over an…
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