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INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) – A 24-year-old Lee’s Summit man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting an Independence man to death last year. Jackson County prosecutors said Friday that Arieous Walton-Merritt was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter and armed criminal action in the death of Matthew Bland-Williams in July 2020. Court documents say …

A crash on Highway 97, ten miles northwest of Mt. Vernon, has resulted in serious injuries for a Joplin man. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash occurred just before 8 p.m.Thursday evening when a southbound Ford pickup operated by 50-year-old Dustin A. James of Joplin traveled off the right side of the highway, …

In Carthage, voters will be asked on August 3rd to approve a proposed use tax that would essentially collect the Carthage city sales tax on online  and out of state purchases. Shoppers in Carthage already pay 8.2 cents in taxes on every dollar in state, county and city sales taxes. An estimated $250,000 to $400,000 …

Berkeley, Mo. (AP) – Civil rights advocates, religious leaders and others say they’re outraged by St. Louis County Health Director Faisal Khan’s claims that he was assaulted and bombarded with racial slurs after defending a new mask mandate. But a county councilman on Friday questioned whether Khan is telling the truth. Khan wrote to a …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Springfield-area health officials have withdrawn their request for a temporary site to handle an overflow of COVID-19 patients because they said it couldn’t be put up quickly enough. The Springfield-Greene County Health Department requested the site on July 14. The agency says that while waiting for approval, the city’s two hospitals …

(AP) Gov. Laura Kelly is recommending that nearly everyone inside K-12 schools or riding school buses in Kansas be required to wear a mask, and Kansas State University will require masks in its buildings. Kelly’s office on Friday issued updated guidance for K-12 schools in response to a surge in new COVID-19 cases over the …