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Hawley, Facing Fallout, Blames Media, DC ‘Establishment'
Facing waning support from longtime backers and donors in the wake of the attack at the U_S_ Capitol last week, Republican Missouri Sen_ Josh Hawley has defended himself in a newspaper column, accusing the media and the “Washington establishment” of deceiving Americans into calling him an “insurrectionist.”
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Rep. Cori Bush Calls Trump ‘White Supremacist-in-Chief'
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., slammed President Donald Trump on Wednesday and called on Congress to impeach the president. “The 117th Congress must understand that we have a mandate to legislate in defense of Black lives. The first step in that process is to root our white supremacy, starting with impeaching the white supremacist-in-chief.”
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Sen. Hawley Still Objects to the Election Results in Pa. After DC Chaos
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley says he is going forward with his objection to the Electoral College results in Pennsylvania despite the violent breach at the Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump.
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Parents of Missouri Girl Killed By Neighbors Trying to ‘Remove Demon' Face Charges
The parents of a 4-year-old Missouri girl allegedly killed by neighbors to remove a “demon” now face charges
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‘No Other Case Like This': 3-Year-Old in Missouri Had Stroke After COVID Diagnosis, Doctors Say
Doctors in Missouri said a 3-year-old boy experienced a stroke after he tested positive for COVID-19, in what they called a possible example of the neurological effects associated with the coronavirus pandemic.
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Educators Saved Him During a Tough Childhood. Now, He's Missouri's Teacher of the Year.
To be named Teacher of the Year is an honor itself. For Darrion Cockrell, it’s a remarkable accomplishment, considering his turbulent early life, NBC News reports.
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Kansas City Star Apologizes for Racially Biased Coverage
The Kansas City Star’s top editor has apologized for past decades of racially biased coverage
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‘The Beds Just Aren't Available': A Missouri Doctor Describes the Plight of Small-Town Hospitals
As major hospitals across the country struggle with a rising flood of COVID-19 patients, small-town hospitals with limited staff, equipment and resources are increasingly forced to cope without the help of those larger facilities. Dr. Shane Wilson, who works in a small Missouri hospital, joined LX News to describe their day-to-day reality.
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Inside a Missouri ICU as It Battles COVID-19 Surge
Mercy Hospital is in the St. Louis, Mo., area, which is in danger of running out of hospital rooms for its most critical patients.
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Missouri Election Official Worked at Poll Site Despite COVID-19 Diagnosis, Then Died
A suburban St. Louis election official who worked at a polling place on Election Day despite a positive test for the coronavirus has now died, raising concerns for the nearly 2,000 people who voted there
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Voters in Some States Unable to Cast Early Ballots in Person
More than 21 million voters across the U.S. have already cast ballots in person amid record-breaking early turnout
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Feds to Execute Woman Who Killed Victim, Cut Baby From Womb
A woman convicted of fatally strangling a pregnant woman, cutting her body open and kidnapping her baby is scheduled to be the first female inmate put to death by the U.S. government in more than six decades.
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Missouri Governor, Opponent of Mandatory Masks, Has COVID-19
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican who has steadfastly refused to require residents to wear masks, tested positive for the coronavirus.
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‘Tragedy': St. Louis Officer, 8th Shot Since June, Dies
Authorities say a St. Louis police officer who was shot in the head while responding to a shooting on the city’s south side has died.
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St. Louis Couple, in RNC Speech, Defend Show of Weapons
A white St. Louis couple criminally charged for waving guns during a Black Lives Matter protest outside their home made the case in their opening night speech of the Republican National Convention that they had a “God-given right” to defend themselves and their property.
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Protest Leader Bush Ousts 20-year US Rep. Clay in Missouri
Cori Bush, a onetime homeless woman who led protests following a white police officer’s fatal shooting of a Black 18-year-old in Ferguson, has ousted longtime Rep. William Lacy Clay in Missouri’s Democratic primary
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Closing the Health Care Gap: Missouri's Fight for Medicaid
After both of his parents died due to lack of health insurance, Erich Arvidson is fighting to make Medicaid available to those who need it in his home state of Missouri, which has some of the strictest eligibility requirements in the country.
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St. Louis Couple Charged for Pulling, Waving Guns at Protest
St. Louis’ top prosecutor has charged a husband and wife with felony unlawful use of a weapon for displaying guns during a racial injustice protest outside their mansion.
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Police Seize Rifle From St. Louis Couple Who Pulled Guns on Black Lives Matter Protesters
A husband and wife who were caught on video brandishing firearms at protesters outside their St. Louis home have turned their rifle over to police after a search warrant was executed, NBC News reports. Authorities went to Mark and Patricia McCloskey’s home Friday amid an ongoing investigation into the incident. The couple went viral last month after arming themselves with a...
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Missouri Couple Points Guns at Protesters
Video captured Sunday night shows a man and woman pointing guns at protesters as they marched through a St. Louis neighborhood.