Legislation requiring Missourians to show a photo ID when they vote has been signed into law by Governor Mike Parson. The governor signed House Bill 1878 during a Wednesday Statehouse ceremony in Jefferson City. The bill is sponsored by State Rep. John Simmons (R-Washington). The law will take effect on August 28, so it will not …
Columbia mother charged in infant death case is arraigned
Columbia mother charged in infant death case is arraigned
A former Columbia resident who is charged in connection with her infant’s death in 2017 has made her initial appearance in Boone County Circuit Court. 28-year-old Lavosha Daniels is charged with abandonment of a corpse. The infant’s father, Staffone Fountain of St. Joseph, is charged with first degree murder. Fountain remains jailed in northwest Missouri. …
NTSB investigators walk train derailment site in northern Missouri
Missouri state troopers say the dump truck driver killed in Monday’s horrific collision with an Amtrak train near Mendon is from northern Missouri’s Brookfield. The state highway patrol says 53-year-old Billy Barton II was pronounced dead at the scene. The three train passengers who died have also been identified: two are from DeSoto, Kansas and …