MO: Bill aims to track sex offenders when moving
A new bill making its way through the Missouri House is seeking to track some of the state’s most dangerous sex offenders when moving between counties. Sponsored by Missouri Rep.…
MO: Salvation Army Opens Extreme Emergency Cold Weather Shelter
[ozarksfirst.com - 1/29/19] SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Salvation Army announced Tuesday they are opening up their extreme cold shelters due to extremely cold temperatures. ... A picture ID will be…
MO: Registered sex offenders in Dent County will have signs outside their home this Halloween
[ky3.com - 10/23/18] SALEM, Mo. -- We are now just 8 days away from Halloween and one local sheriff's office here in the Ozarks wants to make it a safe…
MO: The sex offender next door – 1,300 missing Missouri criminals must be found quickly
Jackson County remains at the center of a scandalous problem with unregistered sex offenders in Missouri. According to an audit released Monday, 439 sex criminals in Jackson County have failed…
MO: Proposed ordinance would keep sex offenders from serving liquor
To serve alcohol in Kansas City, you need a liquor card. The public safety committee is considering a new proposed ordinance that would change that, but some agencies are concerned.…
MO: New three-tiered sex offender law goes into effect Tuesday
Starting Tuesday, August 28, a new law goes into effect that’s expected to drop the number of registered sex offenders in Missouri. It will be a three-tiered system that punishes…
MO: New Law Expected To Reduce Missouri’s Sex Offender Registry Count
Missouri has about 19,300 people listed on its sex offender registry. That figure is expected to decline soon because of a law taking effect this month. St. Charles Republican State…
MO: SB655 changes Missouri’s sex offender list
A lot of people have been talking about how Senate Bill 655 adjusts how old one must be to get married in Missouri, increasing that age to 16. Clay County…
MO: Is your neighbor a convicted sex offender? Hundreds are missing in Jackson County
Jackson County has more convicted sex offenders than any county in Missouri. And hundreds of them are unaccounted for, posing a serious threat to public safety. Full Article
MO: Coroner: Dexter man was stabbed
[standard-democrat.com - 7/6/18] DEXTER, Mo. — A man found dead in his Dexter home last week was stabbed, according to the Stoddard County coroner. Law enforcement began investigating the homicide…
MO: Letters: Readers discuss Luke Heimlich
[amp.kansascity.com - 7/2/19] It seems as if every time the name Jason Kander appears in any newspaper, it is qualified with “rising star” or some similar phrase that provides Kander…
MO: Sex Offender Registry Bill Not Signed by Former Gov. Greitens
Out of the 77 bills that Gov. Greitens signed into law on Friday, there's one pertaining to the sex offender registry that didn't make the cut. It's an amendment to…
MO: Senate Bill 655 changes the way MO handles sex offender registry [three tier]
[fourstateshomepage.com = 5/29/18] State lawmakers sign off on a potential law changing the way the Show Me State handles its sex offender registry. Senate Bill 655 would create a three…
MO: Missouri Supreme Court disciplines prosecutor who criticized letter writers in the press
[missourinet.com - 5/23/18] The Missouri Supreme Court has sided with a disciplinary counsel in deciding that Platt County Prosecutor Eric Zahnd violated rules of professional responsibility. Missouri Supreme Court –…
MO: Mother of Beaten Inmate Files Lawsuit
[floridaactioncommittee.org 5/21/18] Harley Holt was being held in a Jefferson Missouri jail on a charge of failure to register, when two other inmates beat him. He was put into a…
MO: ‘Extremely complex’ sex offender residency restrictions are challenging to enforce
In an effort to keep Missouri children safe, lawmakers have enacted half a dozen laws over the past decade that restrict the rights of convicted sex offenders living among us.…
MO: Missouri’s awful choice
[handbasketnotes.blogspot.com 4/23/18] This is a terrible story about terrible legislation in Missouri, terrible legislation that offers hope to some. Almost all sex offenders in Missouri are on a state registry…
MO: Dad upset he can’t see son in NICU because he’s a registered sex offender
[kmov.com 4/18/18] SOUTH ST. LOUIS (KMOV.com) - A Metro East dad is upset he’s been banned from seeing his newborn at the hospital because he’s a registered sex offender. The…