Missouri
Mo. university chief sorry band played ‘Dixie’ at site of lynchings
Missouri State University is apologizing after its band performed “Dixie” at a site where three black men were lynched in 1906. Interim President Clif Smart tells the Springfield News-Leader the song was an “unfortunate selection” and won’t be played again in a public venue. The Confederate anthem has come to represent the ideology of the [...]
City Haul: Indicted mayor used small St. Louis suburb for an epic corruption spree
Credit: The Daily Sarah Ryley – He might just be America’s most corrupt mayor. Sure, Keith Conway may only have run tiny Kinloch — a cash-starved municipality of 298 people outside St. Louis — but according to federal charges, public records and multiple sources, the extent to which Conway has fleeced city coffers and abused [...]
Obama tours twister-ravaged neighborhood in Joplin
Face to face with the legions of homeless and the bereaved, President Barack Obama on Sunday toured the apocalyptic landscape left by Missouri’s killer tornado, consoled the community and committed the government to helping rebuild shattered lives. “We’re not going to stop `til Joplin’s back on its feet,” Obama vowed. A memorial service where Obama [...]
