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The Nebraska women’s volleyball team will play Missouri at Wrigley Field on Sept. 6 as part of the Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge Week, marking volleyball’s first game at the historic venue; the doubleheader also features Penn State vs Kentucky and will be televised on FOX, with Nebraska also playing DePaul in Chicago during the week and tickets going on sale in April.
Rick Young, a Hall of Fame rodeo clown known as the Ragin’ Cajun and later the Agin’ Cajun, entertained crowds for more than 50 years at Missouri’s Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo, surviving broken ribs, a broken leg and a broken jaw—plus memorable moments like a bull treating his outfit as hay—before retiring at 85.
Missouri Republican Rep. Sam Graves, longtime chair of the House Transportation Committee, said he will not seek reelection in the 6th District GOP primary and plans to pivot to a new career after a 34-year political career. His departure could open a more competitive race in a district reshaped by recent maps, with several Republicans already weighing bids to succeed him.
A Missouri circuit judge ruled that Republicans can implement a new gerrymandered congressional map for the 2026 midterms before voters can weigh in via a veto referendum, effectively sidelining the voters’ constitutional referendum rights and giving the GOP an electoral edge. The ruling is likely to be appealed, and with the March 31 candidate filing deadline, challengers may run out of time to block the map. Plaintiffs say the map should be suspended until the vote, while Republicans have pursued procedural delays; regardless, the practical effect is that the map stands for 2026 unless higher courts intervene.
Missouri’s Supreme Court ruled lawmakers can redraw congressional maps after each census and kept the state’s photo-ID requirement, while striking down broad restrictions on voter-registration and absentee-ballot outreach, a decision that preserves a GOP-favored map for now and leaves ongoing referendum efforts to challenge it.
The Missouri Supreme Court ruled that state law does not bar mid-decade redistricting and upheld a Republican-drawn congressional map signed by the governor last year, a move intended to help the GOP win a 2026 House seat by reconfiguring districts around Kansas City. The decision solidifies the map despite ongoing efforts to block it via a voter referendum and separate lawsuits; Secretary of State Denny Hoskins backs the map, six Republicans have filed to run for the newly drawn seat, and advocacy groups including People Not Politicians and the NAACP are pursuing challenges in court.
Missouri's Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the legislature can redraw congressional districts mid-decade without violating the state constitution, a win for Republicans ahead of the November elections; Democrats continue pursuing lawsuits over compactness and a referendum to block or freeze the map, though the ruling narrows their chances of overturning it before the vote.
Activists say they have enough verified signatures to place Missouri’s newly drawn GOP congressional map on the 2026 ballot, meeting the required 5% support in six of eight districts, but certification could be slowed or challenged and a court fight over whether the map can take effect before voters weigh in remains unresolved.
A Missouri judge voided the ballot summary for a Trump-backed redistricting plan, potentially delaying a voter referendum as protests erupt outside the Capitol over the newly drawn U.S. House districts.
In 2016, Jocelyn Peters, a pregnant St. Louis teacher, was killed in her apartment. Investigators linked the crime to a murder-for-hire plot involving her partner Cornelius Green and associate Phillip Cutler, including a makeshift potato silencer, a money package, and digital traces from phones and location data placing Cutler at Peters’ address the night of the murder. Surveillance also showed Green’s car nearby. After years of investigation, Green pled guilty in 2024 to murder and conspiracy, while Cutler was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive life terms. Peters’ family finally saw justice and sought closure.
Lincoln University track and field athlete Kevaughn Goldson, 23, was stabbed to death in Missouri. His girlfriend and fellow student-athlete Denita Jackson has been charged with second-degree murder and armed criminal action. Court documents note a history of domestic-violence incidents and indicate Jackson claimed Goldson was having an affair, leading to a confrontation that preceded the stabbing.
Two Christian County, Missouri, sheriff’s deputies were killed and two others wounded after a traffic stop escalated into a gunfight with Richard Bird, who fled into the woods and was later fatally shot; the slain deputies were Gabriel Ramirez and Michael Hislope. Bird had just been released on bail earlier that day after burglary and receiving-stolen-property charges, and the incident sparked a multi-agency manhunt and drew the governor to the scene as the community mourned.
Two Christian County sheriff's deputies were killed and two others wounded when a driver opened fire during a highway traffic stop near Highlandville, Missouri. A large manhunt—supported by state troopers and federal agents—led to the suspect, Richard Bird, being found in Stone County and killed after a confrontation with officers; the wounded deputies were expected to recover.
Two Missouri sheriff’s deputies were fatally shot in Christian County—one during a traffic stop and another hours later during a gunfight with the suspect, who was also killed; two additional deputies were wounded.
A Christian County, Missouri deputy was fatally shot, prompting a Blue Alert across several regions. The suspect has been identified as 45-year-old Richard Dean Bird, who investigators say may be armed. A white 2001 Chevy Silverado linked to Bird has been located, and the truck was last seen heading southbound on U.S. 160 from Route HH in Christian County. The alert covers areas including Highlandville and surrounding regions.