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Missouri governor floats potential for a retractable roof if Chiefs renovate Arrowhead Stadium

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is floating the potential for the Kansas City Chiefs to play in a covered stadium without moving to Kansas

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An eighth body was found at a Georgia highway crash between a semitrailer and van, official says

An eighth body has been found at a fiery Georgia highway crash between a semitrailer and van, Deputy Jackson County Coroner Dean Stringer said Tuesday

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Mississippi man arrested for ‘having sex with his cousin’s pregnant dog’

Sanders was denied bond during his initial court appearance by a Jackson County Court judge

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13-Year-Old Questioned In Connection To High School Shooting Threat

Jackson County Sheriff's personnel respond to a potential threat at Apalachee High School. FBI had been monitoring the suspected shooter due to online thre...

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Taxpayers Will Soon Find Out if They'll Have To Finance Fancy Stadiums for the Chiefs and the Royals

Jackson County, Missouri, residents should not be billed for the undertakings of private businesses.

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Kentucky Governor announces new Build-Ready site in Jackson County

This announcement came as the Governor highlighted the continued momentum of the commonwealth’s site development and speed-to-market initiatives.

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55 statewide measures certified for the ballot in 25 states in 2024 (so far!)

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Stadium tax measure for Kansas City Chiefs and Royals will appear on the ballot for April 2, 2024

Voters in Jackson County, Missouri, will decide on a ballot measure to renew a sales tax that provides funding for stadium improvements for the Kansas City Chiefs and Kansas City Royals. Voters will decide the ballot measure on April 2, 2024. The Jackson County Legislature overrode a veto from County…

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Brickbat: Filed Away and Forgotten

Officials in Jackson County, Indiana, have agreed to pay $7.25 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a mentally ill man who starved to death over 20 days while being held in solitary confinement at a local jail. Joshua McLemore was found lying naked and confused on…

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Royals unveil proposed ballpark and entertainment district plans for 2 locations

The Kansas City Royals unveiled detailed plans for two dramatically different locations for a replacement to the aging Kauffman Stadium on Tuesday

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Tony Stewart Racing driver, 24, killed in ‘road rage’ incident on Indiana highway

Ashlea Albertson was a passenger in a GMC Terrain that crashed on I-65 in Jackson County just south of Seymour, Indiana

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KCPD officers could face charges for injuring Black man, falsifying police report

Jackson County prosecutors are investigating whether Kansas City police committed a crime by writing false information in a report last year after an officer threw a Black man to the ground, injuring him.

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County prosecutor fights Missouri abortion ban’s criminal penalties in court

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker is seeking to strike down Missouri’s criminal penalties for abortion, adding to an already intense legal confrontation playing out in St. Louis that could result in a judge overturning the state’s near-total ban.

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When Kansas City Royals will pick final stadium site & move out of Kauffman Stadium

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals are aiming to announce their proposed location for a potential new stadium by the end of the summer, team chairman and CEO John Sherman said during a midseason news conference on Thursday.

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Missouri group files ballot petitions to allow Kansas City to enact tougher gun rules

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A new Missouri group is seeking a ballot measure that would ask voters in 2024 to allow Kansas City, Jackson County and other local governments in Missouri to enact stricter gun rules than the state, which has one of the loosest firearm regulations in the country.

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Missouri AG seeks to throw out Kansas City cop’s conviction in Black man’s killing, prosecutor says

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Monday said her office will fight to uphold the conviction of Eric DeValkenaere, a Kansas City police officer convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man in 2019.

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Prosecutor urges Missouri governor not to pardon KC cop convicted of killing Black man

Jackson County Prosecutor Jean Peters Baker on Tuesday made public a letter urging Missouri Gov. Mike Parson not to pardon a former Kansas City police detective who was convicted of killing a Black man.

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Joshua McLemore went to the hospital in a psychotic crisis. Then he starved to death naked in a jail cell

Joshua McLemore was hospitalised while experiencing a schizophrenic episode and ended up in jail. His family is now suing the jail over his death by starvation 20 days later. Andrea Blanco reports

Tribune News Service

Jackson County GOP drops censure of gay Missouri Republican over marriage amendment — for now

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Jackson County Republican Party on Monday ruled a motion to censure Missouri state Rep. Chris Sander out of order.

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Missouri ACLU, librarians sue over law that led to schools banning hundreds of books

Missouri librarians are suing over a new law that bans sexually explicit material from schools, leading to districts removing hundreds of books — including classic novels, human anatomy texts and Holocaust history books, according to a lawsuit filed in Jackson County Court.

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