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November 13, 2018 at 7:34 am

Missouri teacher suspended after student dresses as Klansman

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A southern Missouri teacher who oversaw a history class presentation in which a ninth-grader dressed as a member of the...

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November 9, 2018 at 12:23 pm

Suspect in 3 Missouri slayings faced ICE issue in New Jersey

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man charged with killing three people in Missouri this month should have faced deportation proceedings after he was arrested last...

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October 25, 2018 at 12:20 pm

Texts to voters purportedly from Trump roil Kansas election

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas election officials are reviewing text messages claiming to be from President Donald Trump and telling residents that their early votes...

FILE – In this Oct. 13, 2017, file photo, Lamonte McIntyre, who was imprisoned for 23 years for a 1994 double murder in Kansas that he always said he didn’t commit, walks out of a courthouse in Kansas City, Kan., with his mother, Rosie McIntyre, after Wyandotte County District Attorney Mark A. Dupree, Sr. dropped the charges. McIntyre and his mother, filed a lawsuit Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018 in federal court alleging Lamonte McIntyre was targeted after his mother rebuffed a homicide detective’s sexual advances.(Tammy Ljungblad /The Kansas City Star via AP, File) MOKAS202 MOKAS202

October 12, 2018 at 5:19 am

Lawsuit: Man was falsely convicted after his mother rejected 'dirty cop'

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas man who spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he didn't commit was targeted because his...

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October 11, 2018 at 9:01 am

Prosecutors: Father helped daughter in murder-suicide plot

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former Missouri jail guard persuaded her terminally ill father to fatally shoot her estranged husband to resolve a custody...

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October 5, 2018 at 12:22 pm

Missouri man charged with restraining children with zip ties

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A western Missouri man was charged with restraining his ex-girlfriend's son and his daughters with zip ties and keeping them...

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August 13, 2018 at 10:47 am

Fired white officer indicted in fatal shooting of Kansas man

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A fired white Kansas police officer has been indicted in the fatal shooting of a black man last year while...

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The duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised Monday, July 23, 2018. The boat went down Thursday evening after a thunderstorm generated near-hurricane strength winds. (Nathan Papes/The Springfield News-Leader via AP) MOSPL203 MOSPL203

July 23, 2018 at 5:26 am

Duck boat probe will check if Coast Guard rules were ignored VIEW

The investigation into the sinking of a sightseeing boat that claimed 17 lives will look at whether operators violated Coast Guard rules by venturing onto...

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July 19, 2018 at 1:12 pm

Missouri sheriff, subordinate indicted on multiple felonies

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A southern Missouri sheriff and a subordinate with whom he was having a romantic relationship have been indicted on multiple...

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July 19, 2018 at 6:16 am

Carnival workers arrested in deaths of Kansas fair vendors

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Three carnival workers have been arrested in the deaths of two vendors who disappeared from a fair in Kansas and...

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