Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway announced she will accept a request by the City of Parma in New Madrid County to audit questionable financial activity. The request will come after a complaint to the Auditor’s Whistleblower Hotline. Galloway says the independent review will take a close look at the finances of the city and determine […]
55- year old John Clifford Czarnecki, of the state of Georgia, was sentenced Thursday to 168 months in federal prison following his guilty plea of carjacking. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig at the federal courthouse in Cape Girardeau. Court documents indicate a female victim stopped at Wal-Mart in […]
The newly-released feature film, “Breakthrough,” premiered in St. Louis Wednesday. That’s good news for the Missouri family upon which the inspirational film is based, but the film industry and site developers in the Show-Me State wish the production had happened here instead of Manitoba, Canada. Senator Denny Hoskins’s bill would bring back an incentive to […]
Legislation that is aimed at preventing the Grain Belt Express project from using eminent domain across northern Missouri is heading to the state Senate. The House voted 115-35 on Thursday to give final approval to Frankford State Representative Jim Hansen’s bill, which says NO private entity has the power of eminent domain to build above-ground […]
30 year old Harvee Pratcher, of Sikeston will spend 144 months in prison for one felony count of Interference with Commerce by Robbery, and one felony count of Brandishing a Firearm in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence. On January 18, 2019, during a plea hearing Pratcher admitted that on October 1, 2017, he and […]
Authorities are describing a fire at Parma’s City Hall as arson. A second fire, which destroyed the home of the town’s former mayor, is being called suspicious. The Missouri Fire Marshal spent Wednesday looking at both blazes. Officers from the New Madrid County Sheriff’s Department, the Missouri Highway Patrol and the Patrol’s Drug and Crime […]
A report has been released to the public about special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of President Trump’s campaign and Russia’s attempted interference in America’s elections. Western Missouri Democratic Congressman Emanuel Cleaver supports having Mueller testify before Congress. Northern Missouri Republican Congressman Sam Graves say the president has been vindicated and he hopes Congress can focus […]
University of Missouri System President Mun Choi says he remains in support of UMKC chancellor Agrawal after the chancellor’s response to a student attacking a conservative speaker last week. During a House committee hearing last night, Agrawal says his original statement did not reflect exactly what he meant to say. The chancellor’s initial reaction sparked […]