Tag Archives: Missouri

“The Office” and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” Ellie Kemper star was outed after images surfaced of her participating in a historically racist and white supremacist debutante ball. Over the weekend, photos of Kemper, 41, began circulating online, showing the actress being crowned the “Prophet Queen of Love and Beauty” at …

Joshua Nelson has been accepted to Southeast Missouri State University on a full-ride scholarship. Now, the Missouri native wants to help another high school senior by donating his college savings. Nelson, a senior at St. Charles West High School, was chosen as one of only five students to receive the …

On Friday, things got heated at a Rockwood School District meeting in Eureka, Missouri.  Parents are upset with the school district for several reasons. Parents protested the new school year starting online in the fall. They were upset by administrators deciding to remove the “thin blue line” American flag image from …

A man has been charged with allegedly murdering a transgender woman he had met on Plenty of Fish. Charles Nelson of Springfield, Missouri, had been talking to 26-year-old Dominique Lucious on the site. They made plans to meet up at an apartment where Lucious would be staying. Another occupant of …

Chick-Fil-A is selling 16-ounce bottles of Chick-Fil-A sauce and Polynesian Sauce at grocery stores across the nation. The bottles of sauce are available at Walmart, Publix, HEB, Winn-Dixie, Food Lion, and Harris Teeter in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. The money …

A Southeast Missouri pastor is on leave after shaming married women for letting “themselves go” and thanking God for makeup. Pastor Stewart-Allen Clark received backlash from members of his congregation and others who viewed his videotaped sermon circulated on Facebook and Twitter. Clark delivered the sermon from the 1st General …

LGBTQ advocates are trying to stop proposed anti-transgender bills from passing in Missouri and Kansas. Legislators in Missouri and Kansas have proposed bills that would make it illegal for doctors in the states to perform gender-reassignment services, procedures, or surgeries for transgender children under 18, according to KSHB’s Sarah Place. …

A Missouri teenager who beat cancer three times has just passed away from Covid-19 complications. Aspen Deke, 17, was diagnosed with the Philadelphia chromosome-positive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia at the age of four. At the time, she was given a dire prognosis. On Saturday, the teen passed away while …

Frito-Lay issued a recall on Party Size bags of Ruffles Original Potato Chips because they may contain milk ingredients. 50 bags of Ruffles Original Potato Chips were filled with another flavor of potato chips by mistake. The potato chips can be dangerous and life-threatening to anyone with an allergy or …

A Kansas City, Mo. woman, tracked down her brother’s suspected killer and murdered him. She then texted her brother’s phone and told him that she avenged his death.  On Jan. 10, Jason Ugwuh, 16, was shot and killed near Paloma Avenue and Topping Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. KCTV 5 …

Parents of a 4-year-old girl allegedly killed by neighbors to remove a “demon” face charges. Benton County Sheriff Eric Knox said on Thursday that in Lincoln, Missouri, Mary S. Mast, 29, and James A. Mast were charged with felony and child endangerment resulting in death and are jailed without bond. …

In the past seven days, Missouri has confirmed over 15,000 positive coronavirus cases, reports say. Among those in the recent spike was an 8th-grade teenage boy who fell ill and succumbed to the deadly disease. Peyton Baumgarth, 13, became one of the state’s and nation’s youngest deaths after passing away …

Kansas City, Missouri, is seeing a spike in Covid-19 cases, and as a result, some hospitals have turned away ambulances because coronavirus patients are occupying hospital beds. According to a top physician at St. Luke’s Health System, metro hospitals and emergency departments say they see a spike in cases that …

A Missouri man killed two people and injured three others before taking his own life in Tennessee on Sunday. According to Daily News, the violent incident began at 9:30 am, while the suspect, identified as 29-year-old Daneglo Dorsey, was riding in a car on Interstate 24 in Coffee County. Police …

The Missouri man who violently punched a 12-year-old kid who was dancing on a sidewalk on Friday night has been charged with two felonies. But he is not in custody, according to the Cape Girardeau Police Department. Cedric Charles Moore, 27, has been charged with felony assault in the second …

Two Kansas City police officers were arrested after footage showed them slamming Brianna Hill’s head into a sidewalk during an arrest last year, according to KSHB Kansas City. Hill, who is a transgender woman, went by several other aliases, including Breona, Bebe, and Briya. On Friday, a grand jury in …

Tragedy struck late Sunday night after a gunman opened fire at a Springfield, Missouri gas station. According to Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams, five people, including a Springfield police officer, were shot and killed in the incident. The incident occurred at the Kum & Go gas station and convenience store …

In another possible copy-cat incident, a white male in his 20s was detained by an armed former firefighter inside a Walmart Market in Springfield, Missouri after he entered the store wearing military fatigues, body armor and carrying an assault rifle and a side pistol. Authorities say he was carrying more …

Missouri has become the next Republican-led state to impose the strict anti-abortion law. Missouri House approved of the bill after already clearing the state Senate, and is now on its way to the desk of Republican Gov. Mike Parson, who confirmed he would sign it into law. The goal is …

Missouri only has one clinic that is providing abortions in the state. As of Wednesday, there is only one clinic in Missouri that is able to provide women with abortions after one other clinic failed to follow the state’s new requirements, according to NBC News. Last month, a federal appeal’s …