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Governor Mike Parson (right) listens, after appointing Andrew Bailey as Missouri’s next Attorney General on November 23, 2022 (photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) A convicted murderer from St. Louis County has been executed by lethal injection, 17 years after he killed a Kirkwood police sergeant. Kevin Johnson was executed Tuesday evening at the state’s maximum-security prison in southeast Missouri’s …

The historic Cole County Courthouse in downtown Jefferson City (2021 file photo from 939 the Eagle) Cole County prosecutors have filed involuntary manslaughter charges against a Jefferson City man in connection with Sunday’s shooting death of Hallie Phillips near Taos. 23-year-old Joshua Benjamin Wilbers is also charged with armed criminal action and is jailed without bond. The court describes Wilbers …

Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel will be inducted into the National Football Foundation college football hall of fame Tuesday in Las Vegas. He’ll also be recognized during Saturday’s SEC championship game as an SEC Legend. Mr. Pinkel is the winningest head coach at Mizzou (2001-2015) and at Toledo, where he coached from 1991-2000. Coach Pinkel joined us live in-studio …

About 50 to 60 Veterans United employees, who are veterans, recently gathered in Columbia to pack winter care kits for homeless veterans (November 2022 photo courtesy of VU community relations manager Chad Moller) The nation’s largest VA lender says its recent thanks to veterans tour shined a light on the ways that veterans give back to their communities each day. …

The historic Cole County Courthouse in downtown Jefferson City (2021 file photo from 939 the Eagle) An appeals court has upheld a mid-Missouri man’s murder conviction in a high-profile case that received national media attention. The case has ties to Moberly, Mexico, Columbia and Jefferson City. The Western District Court of Appeals has upheld the first degree murder and armed …