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(AP) – The Missouri House has voted to ban private businesses from requiring proof of vaccination from either employees or customers. House lawmakers voted 88-56 Monday to tack the provision on another bill. There appears to be widespread opposition in the Republican-led Legislature to preemptively ban so-called vaccine passports. Vaccine passports are documentation that shows …

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) – Police are searching for a suspect in the shooting two people in Hutchinson over the weekend, one of whom died. Hutchinson police say the shooting happened just after 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Police were alerted when officers on patrol in the area heard a volley of gunshots. As police were searching the …

(AP) Former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid has been charged with driving while intoxicated after a crash that critically injured a 5-year-old girl. Jackson County prosecutors announced the charges Monday against Reid, the son of Chiefs coach Andy Reid. Prosecutors allege Reid was driving about 84 mph, and he had a blood-alcohol level …

Three teenage girls that went missing from the Joplin area Saturday, April 3, have been found safe. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office says that missing juveniles, Alexus Crawford, Morgan Holderman, and Jasmine Holliday have been located by the Kansas City Police Department and are safe.

BRANSON, Mo. (AP) – Police in southwestern Missouri are investigating after a mushroom hunter found human skeletal remains in a wooded area in Branson over the weekend. The remains were found Saturday near State Highway 248. Branson police and the Taney County coroner confirmed the remains are human. Police say they have one active missing …

Two of the three girls that were reported missing April 3 by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office have been located and are safe. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office made this report today that Alexus Crawford and Jasmine Marie Holiday have both been found. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office continues to search for 16-year-old Morgan Holderman.

A new study from the Washington University School of medicine in St. Louis has been released. The study says breastfeeding moms who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 find a major boost in antibodies that are passed onto their babies through breast milk.   The study found the antibodies last for at least 80 days if …

Author Yuly Restrepo Garcés will virtually visit students and faculty at Pittsburg State University at 11 a.m., Thursday, April 15, in a presentation that also is open to the public. She will be reading from her own work, discussing the craft of fiction writing, and leading those interested in a writing prompt. The event is free …

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri’s marching band has been invited to perform in the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York. Officials surprised band members with the invitation on Saturday. Missouri’s band, which has more than 300 members, was one of nine selected to participate in the parade out of hundreds …

ST. LOUIS (AP) – Authorities said a 4-year-old girl was accidentally shot by her 5-year-old sister while the girls were playing together with another sister at a home in St. Louis on Saturday. Police said the girl was taken to a hospital in critical condition after the shooting in St. Louis’ Carr Square neighborhood Saturday …