The youngest of the eight people to die of the coronavirus outbreak in Missouri was a 31-year-old Red Cross employee who was buried as her family watched from their cars. The American Red Cross Missouri-Arkansas Region said that besides the ...

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Several courts and public legal organizations across Missouri and beyond have taken steps, including suspending jury trials and high-volume dockets, to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Missouri’s presidential primary got off to a rough start Tuesday for some voters, as problems with electronic equipment in the state’s most populous county led some people to give up and head to work without casting their ballots. Election officials ...

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A Nevada-based gun manufacturer filed for bankruptcy after Kansas City sued the company over weapons trafficking last month. In the Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition filed Feb. 10, Jimenez Arms listed assets of less than $50,000 and outstanding liabilities that surpass ...

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Robbie Makinen, CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, has more important matters to discuss than his inability to see. Ask about his vision loss, and he’ll redirect the conversation. Yes, he said, he woke up completely blind one ...

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Robbie Makinen, CEO of the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority, has more important matters to discuss than his inability to see. Ask about his vision loss, and he’ll redirect the conversation. Yes, he said, he woke up completely blind one ...

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Kansas City residents voted June 18 to elevate attorney and city councilmember  Quinton Lucas to the mayor’s office. Lucas, 34, won 58.5 percent of the vote, with 39,216 votes cast in his favor, according to unofficial results from Jackson, Clay ...

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A 34-year-old black man whose family was homeless at times during his childhood in Kansas City will become the city’s 55th mayor. Voters this week chose Quinton Lucas over fellow City Council member Jolie Justus in a mayoral runoff, according ...

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A 34-year-old black man whose family was homeless at times during his childhood in Kansas City will become the city’s 55th mayor. Voters this week chose Quinton Lucas over fellow City Council member Jolie Justus in a mayoral runoff, according ...

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Out of a field of 11 candidates, Jolie Justus and Quinton Lucas won the largest number of votes in the city’s primary election on April 2. They now move onto the June 18 general election.

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