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States reduce jobless checks, adding pressure to unemployed

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — When Demetrius White recently lost his job as a $10-an-hour forklift driver loading pallets of shampoo, he applied for...

Ferguson protests influence actions at U. of Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — When cotton balls were scattered outside the Black culture center at the University of Missouri's flagship campus in 2010 in...

Missouri football players pressure school leaders over race

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Student protests over racial incidents on the University of Missouri campus escalated over the weekend when at least 30 Black...

Black mothers wonder if their lost babies are still alive

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Eighteen Black women who were told decades ago that their babies had died soon after birth at a St. Louis...

Missouri lieutenant governor accuses Justice Department of racism

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's lieutenant governor is accusing Justice Department officials of "fanning the flames of racial division," as the federal agency...

Experts: Ferguson must move quickly to rebuild public trust

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government's withering report on the Ferguson Police Department issued a stern mandate to city leaders: Reform your law-enforcement...

Senator: Missouri public safety director to resign

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The state senator who sponsored Missouri's new public safety director when he was appointed amid the fallout from the...

Missouri governor outlines Ferguson preparations

WELDON SPRING, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday that law enforcement officials have been working around the clock to make sure...

Missouri governor names Isom new public safety director

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday appointed a new state public safety director, giving his administration its only Black Cabinet...

Black Americans’ threat from Whites wearing badges

(NNPA)—The disjointed, gap-laden manner in which Ferguson, Mo. Police Chief Thomas Jackson revealed the name of the police officer who shot 18-year-old Michael Brown...

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