A few thousand people attended Saturday’s Bicentennial events near the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City. Saturday morning’s parade attracted the Budweiser Clydesdales, Marching Mizzou and numerous other entries. The grand marshal was 98-year-old World War II nurse Edith Harrington of northern Missouri’s Macon, who waved to the crowd from a military jeep. Ms. Harrington joined …
Missouri Bicentennial Inaugural ball and fireworks display is Saturday evening in Jefferson City
More than 2,000 Missourians have already RSVP’d for Saturday evening’s Bicentennial inaugural ball in Jefferson City, which is black-tie optional. It will take place on the Missouri Capitol’s north lawn, which is the riverside. Governor Parson’s spokeswoman, Kelli Jones, tells 939 the Eagle that at least 2,200 people have RSVD’d for the ball. The grand …
October execution date now set for convicted triple killer from mid-Missouri
Missouri’s Supreme Court has declined to halt the October scheduled execution of a convicted triple killer from Columbia. 60-year-old Ernest Lee Johnson’s attorneys say his intellectual disability should make him ineligible for the death penalty. Johnson is now set to be executed by lethal injection on October 5 at the state’s maximum-security prison in southeast Missouri’s …
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