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Former NBA star Charles Barkley recently called Ferguson looters "scumbags," praised police officers who work in black neighborhoods, and said he supports the decision made by the grand jury not to indict officer Darren Wilson in the Michael Brown shooting. During an interview on 97.5 The Fanatic in Philadelphia on Tuesday, the day after the Ferguson decision was announced, host Mike Missanelli asked Barkley about it and why "black America" doesn't trust the ruling. His response surprised some listeners. "The true story came out from the grand jury testimony," Barkley said, adding that he was made aware of "key forensic...

Little Rock, AR, February 14, 2019 – Convention of States Action, the largest Article V grassroots organization in the country, is pleased to announce that today Arkansas became the 13th state to call for an Article V convention to propose constitutional amendments that impose fiscal restraints on Washington, limit its power and jurisdiction, and set term limits for federal officials. “We are very excited that Arkansas has become the 13th state to pass the Convention of States resolution,” said Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action. “This success is the result of incredible grassroots effort in conjunction with great...

State Rep. Evans to Resign to Lead Missouri Republican Party St. Louis-area Rep. Jean Evans is resigning from office to be the next executive director of the Missouri Republican Party. State Rep. Evans to Resign to Lead Missouri Republican Party More JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis-area Rep. Jean Evans is resigning from office to be the next executive director of the Missouri Republican Party. Evans cried as she told her colleagues on the House floor that her last day as a state representative will be Tuesday. She received a standing ovation as she wiped tears from her eyes....

Two people are dead and another is critically wounded, after a kidnapping in Jefferson City, MO and pursuit that ran through St. Louis, MO and ended in Bond County, IL, police said.

The independent student newspaper at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, published an op-ed in which the student author slammed conservative ideas, saying they "are not equal to liberal and left ideas." The piece, titled "It's OK that conservatives don't feel welcome," appeared in the "Student Life" paper. The op-ed's author explained that conservative ideas don't "deserve equal consideration to that afforded liberal and left ideas." "There is no legitimate argument for supporting Donald Trump and his allies, at least not one that holds up in any academic community worth its salt," the author wrote. "But we shouldn’t create an...

An Iberia woman has been charged with the murder of her husband in December. Amy Murray, 40, has been charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action for the death of her husband, Joshua Murray

Opinion: Protecting the unborn means justice for all February 6, 2019 By Eddy Justice Eddy Justice I am deeply thankful for the blessings of liberty poured out over our nation. As a Conservative Republican, I feel no small sense of pride when I stand to sing our national anthem or pay homage to our nation. Even in our elementary schools, we pledge allegiance to a flag that stands for freedom, liberty, and justice for all. Unfortunately in some states, those rights only extend to those deemed old enough and “viable” enough to survive under Democrat rule. There is something deeply...

Freeburg-based window manufacturer Quaker Window Products announced plans Thursday to build a $65 million factory in Eldon. Quaker employs about 1,000 people at its Freeburg factory, where it makes wood, vinyl and aluminum-sided windows and doors, Bill Sifflard, Quaker Windows director of marketing and communications, told the News Tribune. The company plans to purchase more than 100 acres of land in Eldon, where it will build a 200,000-square-foot factory, according to a news release issued Thursday by the Missouri Department of Economic Development. "This initial phase is going to be specifically manufacturing aluminum windows for the commercial market," Sifflard said....

The struggle between Trump and the woefully large number of pre-Trump Republicans in the Senate is not really about the true constitutional separation of powers. McConnell and crew are not standing up for the rightful power of the legislative branch as the Framers intended; they are shilling for the Iron Triangle. Freshmen senators seem to find out early how to win the good graces of the liberal media and the permanent bureaucracy. Barely four weeks into their tenure, every new GOP senator—Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.), Mike Braun (Ind.), Kevin Cramer (N.D.), Josh Hawley (Mo.), Martha McSally (Ariz.), Rick Scott (Fla.), and...

On Monday evening in Houston, a dozen armed men broke into the home of Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas, a middle-aged couple who had lived in the house at 7815 Harding Street for at least two decades. The first man through the door, who was armed with a shotgun, used it to kill one of the couple's dogs. Tuttle responded to the home invasion by grabbing a revolver and shooting the man with the shotgun, who collapsed on a sofa in the living room. As Nicholas tried to disarm the intruder, his accomplices shot her. Tuttle returned fire, and by...

St. Louis’ top prosecutor is accusing the police department of using an “obstructionist tactic” to prevent drug and alcohol testing of cops who were present during the Russian roulette death of their colleague, according to a new report. In a letter released Tuesday, Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner chronicled the difficulties she says her investigators faced in trying to obtain blood tests of Officer Nathaniel Hendren and his partner in the hours after Officer Katlyn Alix’s shooting death last Thursday.

The Missouri mom said her family moved into their current rental home in 2015. Admittedly, Jessica said she fell behind on rent payments, adding a cervical cancer diagnosis in 2017 contributed to her financial issues. However, she told WDAF that she's been making the reduced payments agreed upon by her leasing company. She's reported the broken furnace and leaky pipes but no one has come to repair them.

First, he apologized. Then, the NAACP met with KTVI Kevin Steincross‘ bosses and asked for his termination after he mispronounced Martin Luther King Jr’s name and said “Martin Luther Coon Jr” live on air. On Friday, Fox 2 managers and Steincross confirmed he would be off the morning show indefinitely to regain the trust of the community. “Station management and I have agreed that I need to step away from the anchor desk for now. I will begin working to regain your trust. I know the work I need to do will take time, and I will do everything I...

President Donald Trump thinks it is "great" that the option of Bible classes is returning to public schools."Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!" the president tweeted Monday. Numerous states introducing Bible Literacy classes, giving students the option of studying the Bible. Starting to make a turn back? Great!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2019 In six states across the nation, bills to allow the Bible to be taught in the classroom, not as theology but on "Bible literacy" and historical grounds, are being considered.In...

**SNIP** Four organizations have sued the national Women's March group — led by activists Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory, Carmen Perez and Linda Sarsour — over efforts to trademark the name, arguing that no entity can own the march or the activism it has inspired. Some groups have sought to rebrand to shed the "Women's March" name and the tumult that comes with it. As they prepare for the third annual Women's March on Saturday, leaders are grappling with the question: What is in a name, and is the name "Women's March" worth fighting for? "There's power in the name because...

More than four months after Missouri became the first U.S. state to regulate the term “meat” on product labels, Nebraska’s powerful farm groups are pushing for similar protection from veggie burgers, tofu dogs and other items that look and taste like real meat. Nebraska lawmakers will consider a bill this year defining meat as “any edible portion of any livestock or poultry, carcass, or part thereof” and excluding “lab-grown or insect or plant-based food products.” It would make it a crime to advertise or sell something “as meat that is not derived from poultry or livestock.” Similar measures aimed at...

On 4 June 2018, Springfield police officers engaged in a gunfight with Joshua S. Stanford. Stanford was being pursued in a suspected package theft. He shot at police, and the cops shot back. From news-leader.com: That's when police say the suspect produced a handgun and fired at officers. The officers were not hit.An officer caught up to Stanford in an alley behind 2109 N. Fort Ave. The release says Stanford “presented a threat with the firearm and refused to comply with verbal commands from the officer” and the officer shot Stanford. Police have not yet released the name of...

A Missouri man sold his firearms made out of scrap metal and garbage to a gun buy-back program… and then used the money to buy a real gun. We call that man a “patriot”. YouTuber Royal Nonesuch made a quick $300 by taking 3 firearms that he’d built out of scrap and selling them back to the state of Missouri. He described two of the pipe guns as the ‘crappiest guns I’ve ever made’ but was still able to successfully sell them off to the program. Watching the video that Nonesuch posted, it was immediately clear that the coordinators of...

<p>A Missouri woman has been charged with sexual abuse and domestic assault after she brutally beat her boyfriend then sat on his face when he refused to perform oral sex.</p> <p>The attack happened Sunday night just before 10pm at Amy Nicole Parrino's boyfriend's home in Boone County.</p>

Local Missouri patriots are holding a rally on Saturday to SUPPORT PRESIDENT TRUMP, BORDER SECURITY AND THE WALL! PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN TO ATTEND! OUR PRESIDENT NEEDS OUR SUPPORT! OUR PRESIDENT NEEDS TO KNOW WE STAND WITH HIM!