[ad_1] CNN — All five inmates who fled a Missouri detention center this week have been captured, authorities said. Around 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the five inmates at the St. Francois County Detention Center in southeastern Missouri entered a secured cell, made their way through a secured door “by use …
Read More »Kevin Johnson: Missouri executes man who murdered police officer in 2005 after Supreme Court denies request for a stay
[ad_1] CNN — Kevin Johnson – who murdered a Kirkwood, Missouri, police officer in 2005 but claimed racial bias in his prosecution – was executed Tuesday night by lethal injection. Johnson, 37, was pronounced dead at 7:40 p.m. CT. He didn’t give a final statement, according to Missouri Department of …
Read More »Tornadoes hit Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas: At least 2 dead
[ad_1] CNN — At least two people have been killed after tornadoes hit Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas late Friday, damaging homes and knocking out power for thousands as officials launch search and rescue efforts. The storms claimed lives in Oklahoma and Texas, according to officials. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt issued …
Read More »1 dead and up to 6 injured in shooting at a Halloween party in Kansas City, Kansas, police say
[ad_1] CNN — One person was killed and as many as six others were injured in a shooting Monday night at a Halloween party at a home in Kansas City, Kansas, police said. Between 70 to 100 high school-aged students were gathered at the home when the shooting happened, Kansas …
Read More »Portland Thorns defeat Kansas City Current to win the 2022 NWSL championship
[ad_1] CNN — The Portland Thorns defeated the Kansas City Current to win the 2022 National Women’s Soccer League championship on Saturday. The 2-0 victory at the Audi Field in Washington DC gives the Thorns their third championship in team history. The first was in the league’s inaugural season in …
Read More »St. Louis school shooter was flagged in FBI background check but was still able to legally purchase a gun, police say
[ad_1] CNN — The gunman who killed two people and wounded several others in a school shooting in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday was flagged by an FBI background check but was still able to purchase the AR-15-style rifle he used in the attack from a private seller, police said. …
Read More »Silver Dollar City: 7 injured at Missouri theme park after a train ride derails
[ad_1] CNN — Several people were injured Wednesday at an amusement park in Branson, Missouri, after sections of a train ride derailed from the track, the park said. Six guests and one employee were transported by ambulance to get medical treatment, the Silver Dollar City theme park said in a …
Read More »St. Louis school shooting: 2 students injured, suspect in custody police say
[ad_1] CNN — Two students were injured in a shooting at Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis on Monday morning, according to a tweet from the district, and police report the suspect is in custody. “Police are on site … following reports of an active shooter …
Read More »Missouri residents say police dismissed reports of missing Black women, but a month later a woman says she was kidnapped and believes there were other victims
[ad_1] CNN — Weeks after residents of a Kansas City, Missouri neighborhood said they complained to police that Black women were missing, authorities are facing community backlash after a Black woman says a White man held her captive. A 22-year-old woman, identified by police in court in a probable cause …
Read More »Raiders WR Davante Adams pushes over photographer, and Kansas City Police investigating
[ad_1] CNN — Kansas City Police detectives are investigating an incident in which Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Davante Adams pushed down a photographer after Monday night’s NFL game. Following the Chiefs’ 30-29 win, Adams was walking to the tunnel that leads to the locker rooms when the photographer crossed …
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