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(AP) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is urging Kansas City police to enforce a state law that bans transgender health care for minors after the city’s police chief said earlier this week that the department will not do so. Bailey sent a letter Wednesday to the Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners, which controls the police department, saying the board …

17 JCPD employees received awards during the Jefferson City Police Foundation’s second annual awards banquet on May 17, 2023 (photo courtesy of Jefferson City Police Chief Eric Wilde) Jefferson City’s police chief has high praise for the heroism and professionalism displayed by his officers in numerous difficult circumstances during the past year. Police chief Eric Wilde is grateful to the …

Offender Jermaine Burnett served multiple stints in prison like the maximum-security Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point (2018 photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) (Story updated to include the exact dates of incarceration for Burnett) The Columbia Highlands homicide suspect who apparently shot and killed himself during a long standoff Tuesday night had served two stints in …

State Rep. Kent Haden (R-Mexico) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on February 11, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey says his office’s investigation into the now-closed Mexico and Fulton hospitals continues. General Bailey is investigating allegations made by former Mexico hospital employee Marissa Hagedorn and from State …

A Missouri state trooper on-duty in 2023 (photo courtesy of Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain John Hotz) Every available Missouri state trooper will be on-duty across the state during the long Memorial Day holiday weekend, enforcing traffic laws and assisting motorists. Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain John Hotz says troopers will be participating in Operation C.A.R.E. this weekend. That stands …