Trick-or-treaters will be out and about across&nbsp; the area tonight, but it'll be pretty cold out this Halloween night across the region.

Highs Tuesday are only expected to reach the upper 30s and lows Tuesday night could drop into the&nbsp; mid-to-upper teens.

Stephanie Malita, a health educator with the St. Joseph Health Department, says having your young ones wear extra layers tonight is key.

"Make sure heads and ears are covered," she said. "Make sure hands have gloves on them. And if you're a parent taking younger kids out, just pay attention to how they're doing."

Malita also says using extra caution on the roads, especially in residential neighborhoods, is key.

"Make certain you're watching for kids darting out from between cars," she noted. "Make sure, like when we talk about layering (clothing), make sure that outer layer has something reflective on it."

Malita also notes that hand washing and getting needed rest on Halloween night is also important for young kids to stay healthy.

As far as the weather goes, the good news is - winds are expected to die down by nightfall and there is no precipitation expected.­

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2021/10/1633387632556.jpeg" alt="Stock photo." />
 <figcaption>Stock photo.</figcaption>
 </figure>By TOMMY REZACSt. Joseph PostTrick-or-treaters will be out and about across&nbsp; the area tonight, but it'll be pretty cold out this Halloween night across the region.Highs Tuesday are only expected to reach the upper 30s and lows Tuesday night could drop into the&nbsp; mid-to-upper teens.Stephanie Malita, a health educator with the St. Joseph Health Department, says having your young ones wear extra layers tonight is key."Make sure heads and ears are covered," she said. "Make sure hands have gloves on them. And if you're a parent taking younger kids out, just pay attention to how they're doing."Malita also says using extra caution on the roads, especially in residential neighborhoods, is key."Make certain you're watching for kids darting out from between cars," she noted. "Make sure, like when we talk about layering (clothing), make sure that outer layer has something reflective on it."Malita also notes that hand washing and getting needed rest on Halloween night is also important for young kids to stay healthy.As far as the weather goes, the good news is - winds are expected to die down by nightfall and there is no precipitation expected.­

St. Joseph Health Department urges safety, warm clothing this Halloween

Buchanan County deputies will be out in force tonight, making
sure trick or treaters are safe from sex offenders.

Sheriff Bill Puett says his department takes very seriously
its duty to make sure those on the sex offender registry list abide by the
rules and have nothing to do with handing out candy to children tonight. Puett
says deputies will begin checking on the residences of registered sex offenders
early in the evening and could well return later in the evening.

“We don’t want to check early and then somebody think that,
hey, well the sheriff’s been here so we’re going to go ahead and throw the
light on and do this and do that and violate that sex offender registry statute,”
Puett says.

Bill Puett says his deputies are very thorough.

“We look for all the violations,” Puett says. “Is the property
posted? Are the lights off and not handing out candy? Are they there, like they’re
supposed to be? All those things.”

Under both state and federal law, anyone on the sex offender registry list cannot participate in any way in any Halloween activities involving children, including handing out candy to trick or treaters tonight.

Puett says up to 19 two-person teams will be out tonight to
make sure registered sex offenders comply with the law. Puett says his
department receives help from the St. Joseph Police Department, the Missouri
State Highway Patrol, and even the U.S. Marshal’s Office, which looks for
violations of federal sex offender statues. Volunteers also join the effort on Halloween.

Puett says offenders, for the most part, obey the law.

“Typically, we have very, very good compliance and most everybody
follows the statute. Whether they like it or not, they know it exists,”
according to Puett. “They know the consequences for not following the law. And
so, they will do that. They do what they’re supposed to.”

Puett says that on any given Halloween, his department finds
only one or two offenders who violate state and federal law.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostBuchanan County deputies will be out in force tonight, making
sure trick or treaters are safe from sex offenders.Sheriff Bill Puett says his department takes very seriously
its duty to make sure those on the sex offender registry list abide by the
rules and have nothing to do with handing out candy to children tonight. Puett
says deputies will begin checking on the residences of registered sex offenders
early in the evening and could well return later in the evening.“We don’t want to check early and then somebody think that,
hey, well the sheriff’s been here so we’re going to go ahead and throw the
light on and do this and do that and violate that sex offender registry statute,”
Puett says.Bill Puett says his deputies are very thorough.“We look for all the violations,” Puett says. “Is the property
posted? Are the lights off and not handing out candy? Are they there, like they’re
supposed to be? All those things.”Under both state and federal law, anyone on the sex offender registry list cannot participate in any way in any Halloween activities involving children, including handing out candy to trick or treaters tonight.Puett says up to 19 two-person teams will be out tonight to
make sure registered sex offenders comply with the law. Puett says his
department receives help from the St. Joseph Police Department, the Missouri
State Highway Patrol, and even the U.S. Marshal’s Office, which looks for
violations of federal sex offender statues. Volunteers also join the effort on Halloween.Puett says offenders, for the most part, obey the law.“Typically, we have very, very good compliance and most everybody
follows the statute. Whether they like it or not, they know it exists,”
according to Puett. “They know the consequences for not following the law. And
so, they will do that. They do what they’re supposed to.”Puett says that on any given Halloween, his department finds
only one or two offenders who violate state and federal law.

Buchanan CO deputies to enforce Halloween sex offender registry compliance

MERCER COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 2a.m. Tuesday in Mercer County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford Ranger driven by Luka D. Nicholas, 21, Princeton, Mo, was southbound on Highway A one half mile north of Modena.

The pickup traveled off the west side of the road and struck a mail box. The pickup then returned to the road, skidded off the easst side of th road and overturned.

A private vehicle transported Nicholas to Wright Memorial Hospital. He was properly restrained, according to the MSHP.

MERCER COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 2a.m. Tuesday in Mercer County.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Ford Ranger driven by Luka D. Nicholas, 21, Princeton, Mo, was southbound on Highway A one half mile north of Modena.The pickup traveled off the west side of the road and struck a mail box. The pickup then returned to the road, skidded off the easst side of th road and overturned.A private vehicle transported Nicholas to Wright Memorial Hospital. He was properly restrained, according to the MSHP.

Mo. man injured after pickup strikes mailbox, overturns

An Overland Park woman, fleeing law enforcement, died in a
fiery crash in Caldwell County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 46-year-old Sheila
Roesch died at the scene, Missouri Highway 13 two miles north of Kingston.

The patrol reports Roesch was fleeing Ray County law
enforcement shortly before seven o’clock Monday morning when she drove through
a construction barrier, went off the east side of Highway 13, struck a vertical
light trailer, and went down an embankment, where flames engulfed her car.

Roesch was pronounced dead at the scene. The Caldwell County Coroner transported her to Bram Funeral Home in Hamilton.

In June, Roesch was jailed in Johnson County on a requested charge of aggravated domestic battery, according to online jail records.&nbsp;

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/10/1698713067647.png" alt="Shelia Roesch/Photo courtesy of Johnson County" />
 <figcaption>Shelia Roesch/Photo courtesy of Johnson County</figcaption>
 </figure>By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostAn Overland Park woman, fleeing law enforcement, died in a
fiery crash in Caldwell County.The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 46-year-old Sheila
Roesch died at the scene, Missouri Highway 13 two miles north of Kingston.The patrol reports Roesch was fleeing Ray County law
enforcement shortly before seven o’clock Monday morning when she drove through
a construction barrier, went off the east side of Highway 13, struck a vertical
light trailer, and went down an embankment, where flames engulfed her car.Roesch was pronounced dead at the scene. The Caldwell County Coroner transported her to Bram Funeral Home in Hamilton.In June, Roesch was jailed in Johnson County on a requested charge of aggravated domestic battery, according to online jail records.&nbsp;

Overland Park woman dies in fiery crash fleeing police in Caldwell CO

ATCHISON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man with a history of crime on new allegations.

On Sunday, police arrested 26-year-old Colton L. Meyer, 26 of Atchison on requested charges of domestic battery in connection with an incident in the 400 block South 10th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

In September, Meyer was jailed for an alleged felony probation violation and bond and probation violations in July.&nbsp; In March, police arrested him for a domestic battery incident and drug possession.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/10/1698673014597.png" alt="Meyer-photo Atchison Co." />
 <figcaption>Meyer-photo Atchison Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>ATCHISON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating a Kansas man with a history of crime on new allegations.On Sunday, police arrested 26-year-old Colton L. Meyer, 26 of Atchison on requested charges of domestic battery in connection with an incident in the 400 block South 10th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.In September, Meyer was jailed for an alleged felony probation violation and bond and probation violations in July.&nbsp; In March, police arrested him for a domestic battery incident and drug possession.

Kan. man with a history of domestic violence is jailed again

State Sen. Karla May wrote a letter to the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, following a report by The Independent last week about a company that recruited social equity license applicants on Craigslist

By REBECCA RIVAS,&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ban-texting-while-driving/">Missouri Independent</a>

A St. Louis lawmaker is demanding that Missouri regulators investigate what she called an “egregious exploitation” of social cannabis equity licenses, following a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/10/26/applicants-recruited-on-craigslist-competed-for-missouri-social-equity-cannabis-licenses/">report</a>&nbsp;by The Independent last week about a company that recruited out-of-state license applicants on Craigslist.&nbsp;

State Sen. Karla May, a St. Louis Democrat, sent a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24095840-senator-may-letter-to-dhss-cannabis-regulation">letter</a>&nbsp;on Thursday to the state’s Division of Cannabis Regulation and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey demanding action.

Voters approved the microbusiness program last November, as a provision in the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana. May wrote that the program was intended to “rectify past injustices” of marijuana criminalization.&nbsp;

“I condemn these actions as an affront to the principles that guided the citizens’ initiative,” May stated. “The people of Missouri spoke loud and clear in their support for a fair, inclusive cannabis industry that addresses historical disparities. It is disheartening to see bad actors attempt to exploit the system for personal gain, undermining the very opportunities we sought to create.”

May’s letter was sent hours after The Independent published a story revealing that a Michigan real estate group, Canna Zoned MLS, offered to pay eligible people to enter lotteries awarding social equity licenses in Illinois and Missouri.&nbsp;

But two applicants told The Independent that they didn’t realize the company’s contracts forced them to relinquish all control and profits of the business, according to an agreement they said they signed.&nbsp;

On Oct. 2, the state issued 48 licenses to the winners of a lottery that determined who gets to participate in Missouri’s&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/06/28/missouri-holds-outreach-events-in-run-up-to-lottery-for-cannabis-microbusiness-licenses/">microbusiness program</a>. Of the 16 dispensary licenses awarded, the Michigan group obtained two of them — one in Columbia and the other in Arnold.

“The schemes orchestrated by these applicants potentially involve fraudulent activities,” May said, “gaming the system to secure licenses through the exploitation of legacy advantages that the ballot language aimed to mitigate.”&nbsp;

Jeffrey Yatooma, the designated contact on licenses associated with the Michigan group, told The Independent last week that&nbsp;the group rejects “any allegations that we have defrauded the state.” Any final agreements with partners in Missouri, he said, “will absolutely comply with all state laws and regulations.”&nbsp;

In response to May’s letter, Yatooma told The Independent he stands by his previous statements.

Division of Cannabis Regulation Director Amy Moore responded to May in a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24095839-letter-to-senator-may">letter</a>&nbsp;Friday morning.&nbsp;

Moore said the division shares the senator’s desire that the program be “implemented exactly as designed and that no unscrupulous actors be allowed to subvert the law.”&nbsp;

“In fact, the law itself anticipated the need to investigate whether microbusiness licenses were awarded to eligible applicants post licensure,” she said, “and we are currently conducting that mandated verification process.”

Moore said the division’s “post-licensure verification” for the 48 license winners will be completed in early December, followed by a public report of the results.

“If we determine that an application was false or misleading in any way, the license issued based on that application may be revoked,” Moore said.&nbsp;

The division has broad authority to conduct investigations.

Under a new&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://health.mo.gov/safety/cannabis/pdf/19csr100-proposed-rules-filed-051523.pdf">rule</a>&nbsp;that went into effect on July 30, the&nbsp;department now has the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/07/28/missouri-regulators-can-now-subpoena-records-from-marijuana-facilities/">power to issue subpoenas</a>&nbsp;directly to licensed marijuana businesses and third parties during an investigation to obtain records and information.&nbsp;

“Applicants and licensees must cooperate in any investigation conducted by the department,” the rules state.

In her letter, Moore said that if the division uncovers activity “that is of concern but outside our jurisdiction, we will refer that information to the appropriate authority.”

The attorney general’s office, which also received the letter, did not respond to a request for comment.&nbsp;

After reading The Independent’s article, state Rep. Ashley Bland-Manlove, a Kansas City Democrat, called the actions “predatory and criminal.”&nbsp;

“I encourage all states involved to revoke any licenses issued and reissue them to actual residents who qualify,” she said. “I’d like to see criminal charges for the lawyers who created the contacts and whomever created the Craigslist posts for fraud.”&nbsp;

Jack Cardetti, spokesman for the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association, said it’s up to the division’s verification process to make sure the laws and rules were followed.&nbsp;

“Article 14 of the Missouri Constitution entrusts the agency to run this voter-approved program effectively,” he said, “and we hope they live up to that.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/10/1698668144157.png" alt="Voters approved the microbusiness program last November, as a provision in the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)" />
 <figcaption>Voters approved the microbusiness program last November, as a provision in the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)</figcaption>
 </figure><h2>State Sen. Karla May wrote a letter to the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, following a report by The Independent last week about a company that recruited social equity license applicants on Craigslist</h2>By REBECCA RIVAS,&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-senate-committee-advances-bill-to-ban-texting-while-driving/">Missouri Independent</a>A St. Louis lawmaker is demanding that Missouri regulators investigate what she called an “egregious exploitation” of social cannabis equity licenses, following a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/10/26/applicants-recruited-on-craigslist-competed-for-missouri-social-equity-cannabis-licenses/">report</a>&nbsp;by The Independent last week about a company that recruited out-of-state license applicants on Craigslist.&nbsp;State Sen. Karla May, a St. Louis Democrat, sent a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24095840-senator-may-letter-to-dhss-cannabis-regulation">letter</a>&nbsp;on Thursday to the state’s Division of Cannabis Regulation and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey demanding action.Voters approved the microbusiness program last November, as a provision in the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana. May wrote that the program was intended to “rectify past injustices” of marijuana criminalization.&nbsp;“I condemn these actions as an affront to the principles that guided the citizens’ initiative,” May stated. “The people of Missouri spoke loud and clear in their support for a fair, inclusive cannabis industry that addresses historical disparities. It is disheartening to see bad actors attempt to exploit the system for personal gain, undermining the very opportunities we sought to create.”May’s letter was sent hours after The Independent published a story revealing that a Michigan real estate group, Canna Zoned MLS, offered to pay eligible people to enter lotteries awarding social equity licenses in Illinois and Missouri.&nbsp;But two applicants told The Independent that they didn’t realize the company’s contracts forced them to relinquish all control and profits of the business, according to an agreement they said they signed.&nbsp;On Oct. 2, the state issued 48 licenses to the winners of a lottery that determined who gets to participate in Missouri’s&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/06/28/missouri-holds-outreach-events-in-run-up-to-lottery-for-cannabis-microbusiness-licenses/">microbusiness program</a>. Of the 16 dispensary licenses awarded, the Michigan group obtained two of them — one in Columbia and the other in Arnold.“The schemes orchestrated by these applicants potentially involve fraudulent activities,” May said, “gaming the system to secure licenses through the exploitation of legacy advantages that the ballot language aimed to mitigate.”&nbsp;Jeffrey Yatooma, the designated contact on licenses associated with the Michigan group, told The Independent last week that&nbsp;the group rejects “any allegations that we have defrauded the state.” Any final agreements with partners in Missouri, he said, “will absolutely comply with all state laws and regulations.”&nbsp;In response to May’s letter, Yatooma told The Independent he stands by his previous statements.Division of Cannabis Regulation Director Amy Moore responded to May in a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24095839-letter-to-senator-may">letter</a>&nbsp;Friday morning.&nbsp;Moore said the division shares the senator’s desire that the program be “implemented exactly as designed and that no unscrupulous actors be allowed to subvert the law.”&nbsp;“In fact, the law itself anticipated the need to investigate whether microbusiness licenses were awarded to eligible applicants post licensure,” she said, “and we are currently conducting that mandated verification process.”Moore said the division’s “post-licensure verification” for the 48 license winners will be completed in early December, followed by a public report of the results.“If we determine that an application was false or misleading in any way, the license issued based on that application may be revoked,” Moore said.&nbsp;The division has broad authority to conduct investigations.Under a new&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://health.mo.gov/safety/cannabis/pdf/19csr100-proposed-rules-filed-051523.pdf">rule</a>&nbsp;that went into effect on July 30, the&nbsp;department now has the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/07/28/missouri-regulators-can-now-subpoena-records-from-marijuana-facilities/">power to issue subpoenas</a>&nbsp;directly to licensed marijuana businesses and third parties during an investigation to obtain records and information.&nbsp;“Applicants and licensees must cooperate in any investigation conducted by the department,” the rules state.In her letter, Moore said that if the division uncovers activity “that is of concern but outside our jurisdiction, we will refer that information to the appropriate authority.”The attorney general’s office, which also received the letter, did not respond to a request for comment.&nbsp;After reading The Independent’s article, state Rep. Ashley Bland-Manlove, a Kansas City Democrat, called the actions “predatory and criminal.”&nbsp;“I encourage all states involved to revoke any licenses issued and reissue them to actual residents who qualify,” she said. “I’d like to see criminal charges for the lawyers who created the contacts and whomever created the Craigslist posts for fraud.”&nbsp;Jack Cardetti, spokesman for the Missouri Cannabis Trade Association, said it’s up to the division’s verification process to make sure the laws and rules were followed.&nbsp;“Article 14 of the Missouri Constitution entrusts the agency to run this voter-approved program effectively,” he said, “and we hope they live up to that.”

Mo. lawmaker calls for investigation into ‘fraudulent activities’ in cannabis program

A 61-year-old inmate serving a life sentence has died at the
Chillicothe Correction Center.

Officials at the Chillicothe women’s prison report Margaret
Hodges was pronounced dead just before midnight Saturday.

Hodges was serving a life-sentence for three counts of
second-degree murder and armed criminal action from Johnson County and Platte
County. She entered prison in June of 1998.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostA 61-year-old inmate serving a life sentence has died at the
Chillicothe Correction Center.Officials at the Chillicothe women’s prison report Margaret
Hodges was pronounced dead just before midnight Saturday.An autopsy has been ordered.Hodges was serving a life-sentence for three counts of
second-degree murder and armed criminal action from Johnson County and Platte
County. She entered prison in June of 1998.

Autopsy ordered in Chillicothe prison death

St. Joseph School Board members seem determined
to tackle a controversial issue that has been avoided by the board for years,
if not decades.

The board is considering significant changes to
school boundaries in an effort, board members say, to create more equitable
school districts in an effort to smooth the transition from elementary to
middle to high school.

St. Joseph School Board President LaTonya
Williams says she understands, as a parent, the emotions that come with this
topic, but insists it is a matter of fairness. 

“If I am okay with my kids’ educational
opportunities as they are right now, I don’t want that to change,” Williams
tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. “On the other hand, I may be okay,
but a hundred other families are not okay.”

Williams says that while the board has been
presented options from the administration, this will be a board decision. At
present, the board has been reviewing three to four options. Williams says the
school board is concentrating on the middle school level, determined to end the
two different models operating in the St. Joseph School District, one that
includes 6th through 8th Grades and the other than
includes only 7th and 8th Grades.

Williams says the board understands the mine
field it will have to walk through to tackle the issue. But Williams adds that
while that has scared past boards from addressing inequities at the city middle
and high schools, this board is determined to forge ahead.

“It’s an ongoing problem. It’s an ongoing issue,”
Williams says. “And in the past, other boards have tried addressing it and then
everybody gets mad and then they just kind of back off and leave it alone.”

Williams says public outcry has kept past St.
Joseph School Boards from tackling the controversial issue.

“It’s been a long time coming,” according to
Williams. “All we do is talk about it and then we plan and then we ease back and
we plan and we ease back and we plan. And I’m a fixer and we’re now about to
fix things.”

St. Joseph School Board Vice President Kenneth
Reeder urges patience on the part of St. Joseph residents as the school board
begins its process.

“Right now, the folks in St. Joe in our school
district need to understand if we have a 10-chapter book, we just opened the front
page to chapter one,” Reeder tells Birr during his appearance with Williams on
the Hotline. “So, we keep saying what have we decided, what have we decided? Right
now, we just opened a book to chapter one in a 10-chapter book.”

Reeder claims inaction in the past has only made
the issue more controversial now.

“But the reason they’re so significant is because
of this 20 years not making a decision on that and you can’t believe us as well
as the top administrators get a lot of heat from very, very important people in
town saying you don’t dare change those boundaries. I can’t sell homes in this
part of town if you’re going to change the boundaries,” Reeder says.

Reeder invites the public to attend a November 9th
school board work session scheduled to discuss the issue. A special Board of Education
work session has been scheduled for the 9th at the Troester Media
Center at 3401 Renick, beginning at 5:30pm.

By BRENT MARTINSt. Joseph PostSt. Joseph School Board members seem determined
to tackle a controversial issue that has been avoided by the board for years,
if not decades.The board is considering significant changes to
school boundaries in an effort, board members say, to create more equitable
school districts in an effort to smooth the transition from elementary to
middle to high school.St. Joseph School Board President LaTonya
Williams says she understands, as a parent, the emotions that come with this
topic, but insists it is a matter of fairness. “If I am okay with my kids’ educational
opportunities as they are right now, I don’t want that to change,” Williams
tells host Barry Birr on the KFEQ Hotline. “On the other hand, I may be okay,
but a hundred other families are not okay.”Williams says that while the board has been
presented options from the administration, this will be a board decision. At
present, the board has been reviewing three to four options. Williams says the
school board is concentrating on the middle school level, determined to end the
two different models operating in the St. Joseph School District, one that
includes 6th through 8th Grades and the other than
includes only 7th and 8th Grades.Williams says the board understands the mine
field it will have to walk through to tackle the issue. But Williams adds that
while that has scared past boards from addressing inequities at the city middle
and high schools, this board is determined to forge ahead.“It’s an ongoing problem. It’s an ongoing issue,”
Williams says. “And in the past, other boards have tried addressing it and then
everybody gets mad and then they just kind of back off and leave it alone.”Williams says public outcry has kept past St.
Joseph School Boards from tackling the controversial issue.“It’s been a long time coming,” according to
Williams. “All we do is talk about it and then we plan and then we ease back and
we plan and we ease back and we plan. And I’m a fixer and we’re now about to
fix things.”St. Joseph School Board Vice President Kenneth
Reeder urges patience on the part of St. Joseph residents as the school board
begins its process.“Right now, the folks in St. Joe in our school
district need to understand if we have a 10-chapter book, we just opened the front
page to chapter one,” Reeder tells Birr during his appearance with Williams on
the Hotline. “So, we keep saying what have we decided, what have we decided? Right
now, we just opened a book to chapter one in a 10-chapter book.”Reeder claims inaction in the past has only made
the issue more controversial now.“But the reason they’re so significant is because
of this 20 years not making a decision on that and you can’t believe us as well
as the top administrators get a lot of heat from very, very important people in
town saying you don’t dare change those boundaries. I can’t sell homes in this
part of town if you’re going to change the boundaries,” Reeder says.Reeder invites the public to attend a November 9th
school board work session scheduled to discuss the issue. A special Board of Education
work session has been scheduled for the 9th at the Troester Media
Center at 3401 Renick, beginning at 5:30pm.

St. Joseph School Board determined to tackle school boundary issue

ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for an alleged sex crime.

Just before 7p.m. October 27, police arrested 43-year-old&nbsp;Jesse R. Kroll of Leavenworth in the 400 block South 10th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.

Kroll was wanted&nbsp;on a Wyandotte County warrant for rape, multiple counts of aggravated indecent liberties and violation of a protective order.&nbsp; He remains in custody on a $150,000 bond, according to online jail records.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/10/1698672598062.png" alt="Kroll-photo Atchison Co." />
 <figcaption>Kroll-photo Atchison Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>ATCHISON COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a suspect for an alleged sex crime.Just before 7p.m. October 27, police arrested 43-year-old&nbsp;Jesse R. Kroll of Leavenworth in the 400 block South 10th Street in Atchison, according to Police Chief Mike Wilson.Kroll was wanted&nbsp;on a Wyandotte County warrant for rape, multiple counts of aggravated indecent liberties and violation of a protective order.&nbsp; He remains in custody on a $150,000 bond, according to online jail records.

Police capture suspect wanted for alleged rape

Michigan company offers to pay eligible people to enter state lotteries meant to boost opportunities in disadvantaged communities, but the company’s contracts force applicants to relinquish all control — and profits

James Harnden has been a longtime activist for cannabis legalization, ever since he got slapped with a low-level felony possession charge for having an ounce of weed.

The 56-year old Rockford, Ill., resident says that charge has cost him job opportunities for 30 years.

Earlier this year, he saw an advertisement in the Craigslist “gigs” section posted by a Michigan cannabis real estate group called Canna Zoned MLS. It was looking for “partners who qualify as a social equity applicant” to participate in Illinois’ lottery to award cannabis business licenses that are, in part, meant to benefit people impacted by marijuana criminalization.

“I spent most of my life applying for jobs and not getting them,” Harnden said. “So I’m like, ‘Okay, so maybe one of these licenses will swing my way.’”

The Craigslist ad read: “If you are eligible and provide the required documentation, we will give you $2,000, just for helping us submit the lottery application! If we win the lottery and secure a license, we will give you an additional $20,000!”

Harnden says what he didn’t realize was that he signed a contract agreeing to hold 100% ownership interest on the application, but that he wouldn’t get revenue or profits from the business. After the business passed through all the state and municipal approvals, the contract stated that Harnden would be required to sell his share of the business for $1 to the group or be held in breach of contract.&nbsp;

The contract also authorized the group to enter Harnden’s information into lotteries for social equity cannabis licenses in other states — and that’s how Harden says he got paid $500 to be part of the lottery for Missouri’s&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/06/28/missouri-holds-outreach-events-in-run-up-to-lottery-for-cannabis-microbusiness-licenses/">microbusiness license program</a>.&nbsp;

Harnden was eligible to apply in Missouri because of his marijuana charge, which is among&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://health.mo.gov/safety/cannabis/eligibility-micro.php">seven eligibility categories</a>&nbsp;that also includes living in census tracts with high poverty and unemployment rates.&nbsp;Canna Zoned’s Jeffrey Yatooma is listed as the “authorized agent” on the contract Harnden provided to The Independent, leaving a space for his signature at the bottom.

Yatooma secured two of the 16 social equity cannabis licenses — in Columbia and Arnold — issued earlier this month, according to information obtained by The Independent through a public records request. Those records show Yatooma is listed as the “designated contact” for 104 out of the 1,048 applications for dispensary licenses in Missouri’s lottery.

Yatooma’s group was not the only one using the strategy of flooding Missouri’s lottery with applications to obtain a dispensary license.&nbsp;&nbsp;An Arizona-based consulting firm is connected to more than 400 dispensary applicants, including six winners, and a Missouri firm is connected to more than 80 applicants and two winners.&nbsp;Both said their clients did not advertise or promise payment for submitting applications.

In at least three states holding lotteries for social equity cannabis licenses this year — Illinois, Maryland and Missouri — Yatooma’s group has offered to pay eligible people up to $2,000 to apply on their behalf and $20,000 more if they won.

While the Craigslist ads posted in Missouri can no longer be seen online, a screenshot of a similar ad posted by Canna Zoned in Illinois was included in a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2023/3/20/23637821/cannabis-dispensary-license-lottery-weed-marijuana-social-equity-canna-zoned">story by the Chicago Sun Times</a>.&nbsp;Ads are currently up in&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://frederick.craigslist.org/evg/d/frederick-cannabis-lottery-participation/7677300240.html">Maryland</a>, where the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://mmcc.maryland.gov/Pages/Key_Dates_of_Interest.aspx">state’s social equity cannabis&nbsp;</a>application opens on Nov. 13.

Provided with a copy of Harnden’s agreement, Yatooma said his company,&nbsp; “never signed any agreements along the lines of the one you mentioned.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

He said that the agreement was part of “early business discussions.”&nbsp;Yatooma’s group made a&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2023/3/20/23637821/cannabis-dispensary-license-lottery-weed-marijuana-social-equity-canna-zoned">similar argument</a>&nbsp;earlier this year when efforts to secure licenses in Illinois faced criticism.&nbsp;

“The parties never moved forward with the referenced document, and the state subsequently provided guidance advising on how to structure partnerships,” Yatooma said in an email to The Independent. “In our experience with new laws, it is frequently important to begin business discussions and then be prepared to pivot — and finalize a partnership when new state guidance is announced.”

Yatooma also said he’s aware the microbusiness dispensary licenses “must continue to be majority owned by an individual who meets at least one of the eligibility qualifications” outlined in the constitution.&nbsp;

Voters approved the microbusiness program last November as a provision in the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana.

Nimrod Chapel, an attorney and president of the Missouri NAACP, reviewed the agreement signed by Harnden and provided to The Independent. He believes it “defrauds the state” because it gives the eligible applicants no voting or financial interest, in violation of the state’s constitution.

“The very people who were victimized by cannabis laws in the first place are yet again on the losing end of what appears to be a distinctly inappropriate power grab,” Chapel said.

Yatooma said he rejects “any allegations that we have defrauded the state.” Any final agreements with partners in Missouri, he said, “will absolutely comply with all state laws and regulations.”&nbsp;&nbsp;

Lisa Cox, spokeswoman for the Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation, did not say whether or not the division had seen the agreements between Yatooma and the applicants.&nbsp;

However, she said such an agreement will be reviewed as part of the post-licensure verification process, where the division will “determine whether any microbusiness applications were false or misleading and to ensure all microbusiness licenses are majority owned by eligible applicants.”

That process will be completed by the end of the year, she said.

If the state takes no action to revoke Yatooma’s two licenses, Chapel said the Missouri NAACP would consider litigation to obtain a cease and desist order on the entire microbusiness program.

“If [the division] were to look at the agreements — that show the applications are not true — and they don’t take some action against these licenses,” Chapel said, “then I think that they would be totally complicit in a fraud.”

In response to the NAACP, Cox said the division will revoke the license if it “determines the applicant provided false or misleading information in the application.”

Simone Booker, a 52-year-old Chicago resident who works in tax preparation, remembers sitting down with an attorney for Canna Zoned, Amanda Kilroe, this spring at Starbucks to talk about a “great business opportunity.”&nbsp;

Kilroe’s number is currently listed on the Craigslist ads in Maryland, and she’s who responded when The Independent called the number.

However, Booker never saw a Craigslist ad. She was referred to Kilroe by a friend and never received $2,000 for applying.

“She’s a wonderful person,” Booker said of Kilroe. “I have met a few people [from Canna Zoned]. They are absolutely wonderful people. So that was the impression I got from them.”

Booker remembers asking Kilroe multiple questions about what her commission would be and what percent of the profits she would get. She said Kilroe assured her that she would be seen as a “social equity partner” and would get a share of the profits at every fiscal quarter.&nbsp;

Then after a year, Booker would agree to sell her shares of the company for an amount that “we would work out later,” she says Kilroe told her. They talked about how Booker could potentially make $200,000 before she sold her shares, and she could also choose to buy back into the business later if she wanted.

Booker says she now realizes she didn’t read the contract’s fine print closely because Kilroe seemed so trustworthy and professional.

Booker said Kilroe never mentioned the contract would force her to sell her shares for $1. And Kilroe’s description of the partnership, Booker said, was “completely different” than what she signed — that she agreed to receive “no disbursements” other than the $2,000 to apply and the $20,000.

More specifically, she’d get $10,000 after the municipality where the dispensary is located approved the location, and another $9,999 after the state approves the license and she transfers her ownership of the business.

Booker was shocked to find these provisions in her contract when asked about them by The Independent.&nbsp;

“I’m completely blessed that God didn’t approve this business,” Booker said. “I would have never signed the contract… not even for the $20,000 because $20,000 is not worth the millions that they’re going to make off of my name.”

Kilroe did not respond to The Independent’s requests for comment.

Booker fears for the other people who don’t realize what they signed. Having a tax background, she knows how to fill out the paperwork to ensure the group can’t use her name for an federal tax identification number (EIN) in the future.&nbsp;

The contract authorized the use of her Social Security number for an EIN, meaning she would be completely on the hook for tax liability of the business even though the contract claims otherwise, Chapel said. But other people don’t know how to do that, she said.

“Their name is going to be forever used for business, but they’re never going to profit,” she said.

Chapel said he’s never seen a contract like it.&nbsp;

“This agreement is wide ranging, not limited in time,” he said. “It’s not clear when — I guess at death — you would be released.”

It’s essentially agreeing to let the company use their “likeness” and name indefinitely, he said.

“How is this not literally buying at least a piece of a person?” he said.&nbsp;

Kilroe told the Sun Times that Canna Zoned “didn’t end up moving forward” with any of the respondents to the ad, after the newspaper reached out to her about a similar agreement the group made with a gun-violence victim.

“We didn’t enter the game in Illinois,” Kilroe told the newspaper.

However, Yatooma’s group was behind at least&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24085034-hd-18673-final-revised-list-of-lottery-participants-by-bls-region">20 dispensary applications in Illinois</a>&nbsp;under variations of the name “Chicago Retail LLC,” including Booker’s and Harnden’s, according to state business records. Chicago Retail LLC wasn’t on the state’s&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24085054-secllistof55topparticipants">list of winners</a>&nbsp;released on July 13, but it’s unclear if Yatooma came away with a license in Illinois.&nbsp;

Chris Slaby, spokesman for the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, which oversees the&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://idfpr.illinois.gov/profs/adultusecan/information-for-social-equity-criteria-lottery.html">social equity program</a>, said the state’s cannabis law prohibits him from disclosing if Yatooma obtained a license.&nbsp;

The department was aware of posts like the Michigan group’s and&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://idfpr.illinois.gov/content/dam/soi/en/web/idfpr/forms/auc/2023-02-16-idfpr-secl-warning.pdf">issued a public warning</a>&nbsp;in February to potential applicants about the dangers of these types of agreements, Slaby said in an email to The Independent.

Illinois&nbsp;conducted its lottery&nbsp;on July 13, and the department is currently assessing the winners’ eligibility. Slaby said it “may deny a license in the event it determines any false information was used to apply.”&nbsp;

Booker’s contract appeared to be identical to the one Harnden signed in Missouri.

Both stated that Yatooma’s group can use the applicants’ information in any of the other states lotteries for social equity cannabis licenses, and the group recently contacted Booker again about entering the next lottery in Illinois.&nbsp;

At the end of July, Harnden was notified that the group was entering his name in the Missouri lottery, which was&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/08/29/missouri-announces-lottery-results-for-microbusiness-cannabis-licenses/">conducted on Aug. 28</a>.&nbsp;

The Missouri contract is with a Michigan limited liability company called “Report Head LLC,” but Yatooma is the authorized agent listed on the contract.&nbsp;

Adolphus Pruitt, president of the St. Louis City NAACP chapter, also reviewed the agreement and said it establishes up a “modern-day indentured servitude.”&nbsp;

Pruitt agrees with Chapel that the Michigan group is defrauding the state, as well as putting the applicants in that position whether they know it or not. The St. Louis City NAACP chapter, he said, would support the state NAACP’s move to get a cease and desist order.&nbsp;

“It appears that it was never the intent for the ‘social equity partner’ to own, operate, nor benefit from the micro license as envisioned by the voters,” Pruitt said.

Of the 16 winners of dispensary licenses, only five appeared to have submitted just one application — meaning they didn’t make agreements with eligible people to apply on their behalf.

On Oct. 2, the state issued 48 microbusiness licenses in total —&nbsp;six winners in each of Missouri’s eight Congressional districts.&nbsp;

In each district, two were microbusiness dispensaries, and four were microbusiness wholesale facilities — where the owners can grow up to 250 plants.

According to records obtained by The Independent, the wholesale side — where there was 577 applicants total — did not appear to see the same kind of flooding strategy as for dispensaries, which had total of 1,048 applicants.

As far as finding multiple eligible applicants to apply on one person’s behalf, Yatooma’s operation was not the biggest. And he only applied in half of the state’s eight congressional districts — the 2nd, 4th, 5th and 6th.&nbsp;

A Phoenix cannabis consulting firm, Cannabis Business Advisors, is listed on 42% of the applications for dispensary licenses. And they are the designated contact for six of the 16 winning licenses.&nbsp;

In every congressional district where the firm’s clients won a dispensary license — including the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th 6th and 7th — its president, Maxime Kot, is the contact listed on between 40% and 60% of the applications in that district.&nbsp;

For example, in the 1st Congressional District — which encompasses the City of St. Louis – Kot was listed as the contact person for 76 dispensary applications, making up 62% of the total submitted. In the 2nd District, it was 63% and in the 4th, 53%.&nbsp;

When asked how CB Advisors was able to find that many eligible people to apply, Sara Gullickson, founder and CEO of the firm, said: “As far as our intellectual property and how we submit applications — either lottery or merit based — obviously that’s the secret sauce of the company.”

However, after hearing about Yatooma’s strategy of posting Craigslist ads and paying applicants, she said that was “not our business model.”&nbsp;

“We’ve probably worked in 30 states and five countries,” Gullickson said. “I’ve been at this since I was 26 years old. I’m now 40 years old. I’ve just been around for a while.”

Gullickson has a stake in several cannabis licenses across the country that are minority- or women-owned. But in Missouri, she was acting as a consultant, she said, and wasn’t vying for a license herself.

When asked how many of the applicants are from out of state, she said that she didn’t want to disclose the information.&nbsp;

John Payne, founding partner at Amendment 2 Consultants, acted as campaign manager for both of the constitutional amendments to legalize medical and recreational marijuana in the state. He’s listed as the contact for 16% of the dispensary license applications statewide, including two winners — both in the 3rd District.

One of his winning clients applied with just one application, records show and Payne confirmed. The other had 68, which Payne said the person pooled with friends and associates to work together to apply and to get a license.&nbsp;

Like Gullickson, Payne said also he didn’t advertise or offer payment like Yatooma.

“It was almost all internal networks,” Payne said. “We knew a lot of people and those people knew a lot of people. So that’s how we kind of grew our client base.”

Payne said any questionable agreements made as part of the microbusiness license application process should come out in the next couple months, during the state’s post-licensure verification process.

“The department does a pretty thorough job of vetting these sorts of things,” Payne said. “They do ask for your operating agreements and contracts that you’ve signed, so that could be something that they look into.”

Applicants recruited on Craigslist competed for Mo. social equity cannabis licenses

By JASON HANCOCK,&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/02/20/state-senator-throws-first-punches-of-2024-missouri-governors-campaign/">Missouri Independent</a>

A group seeking to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/08/30/new-initiative-petitions-seek-to-add-rape-incest-exceptions-to-missouri-abortion-law/">add exceptions to the state’s abortion ban for rape and incest</a>&nbsp;filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing the ballot summary and fiscal note are unfair and inaccurate.&nbsp;

Filed in August by Republican political operative Jamie Corley with assistance from Democratic attorney Chuck Hatfield, the initiative petitions are being pitched as a middle ground between the ban currently in place and more expansive proposals filed earlier this year by abortion-rights supporters.

Last week, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/10/20/ashcroft-says-initiatives-seek-to-nullify-missouri-laws-protecting-the-right-to-life/">released his summary of the proposals that will appear on the ballot</a>, writing that the petitions would either “allow no excuse abortions” for up to 12 weeks or “nullify Missouri laws protecting the right to life.”

Additionally, the fiscal note drafted by Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick says the petitions would cost the state $21 million because Attorney General Andrew Bailey will refuse to defend them in court if approved by voters.&nbsp;

Corley argues Ashcroft used “blatantly false information” in the summaries, as well as phrases like “until live birth,” making the summaries “intentionally argumentative, insufficient, and unfair.”

Ashcroft described certain provisions of the initiative petitions in “antagonistic and blatantly incorrect terms likely to prejudice voters against the measures,” the lawsuit states.&nbsp;

“Voters should heed these political moves as a canary in the coal mine for the lengths some politicians will take to keep the government involved in a woman—or child’s—pregnancy, even if that pregnancy is a result of rape,” Corley said.&nbsp;

In a statement released by his office, Ashcroft said Corley’s lawsuit is “another example of individuals trying to mask the truth to mislead voters. The secretary of state’s office will always fight to protect the right of Missourians to make their own decision on how to vote.”

Fitzpatrick said his office has been “consistent with our treatment of all initiative petitions as we’ve used a process that has worked for decades to produce accurate and unbiased cost estimates.

“While I understand both proponents and opponents would prefer a fiscal note that favors their position,” he said, “my commitment to the voters of Missouri will not be swayed by political pressure from either side. We will defend our work once again and will continue to produce fair fiscal notes and fiscal note summaries the voters can trust.”

Last month, a Cole County judge threw out Ashcroft’s summaries for a different abortion-rights initiative petition, calling his work misleading and unfair. That ruling has been appealed.&nbsp;

All versions of the amendments Corley submitted enshrine “exceptions and immunity” clauses into Missouri’s abortion law, and three versions include language prohibiting the government from interfering with a woman’s access to an abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

The rape exception would only apply to victims who have reported the rape or sexual assault to a crisis hotline.

Three of the six initiative petitions would also legalize abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

Each version also states that the rights guaranteed in the amendment “are subject to strict scrutiny,” meaning any restrictions to abortion enacted by the legislature must&nbsp;further a “compelling governmental interest” and must be narrowly tailored to achieve that interest.

Anyone seeking an abortion outside of Missouri could not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil penalty. The same immunity applies to health professionals or anyone assisting in seeking an abortion.

Some versions also contain provisions prohibiting use of taxpayer funds to be used “in support of the provision of abortion in this state.” However, in those versions legislature would not be permitted to cut off funding for health care providers who perform abortions.

“When we go to court it provides an opportunity to remind Missourians that we have the most extreme, punitive abortion law in the country,” Corley said, “and it’s clear some politicians will do whatever they can to see that it stays on the books.”

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2023/10/1698455713470.png" alt="The Cole County Courthouse in Jefferson City (Annelise Hanshaw/Missouri Independent)." />
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 </figure>By JASON HANCOCK,&nbsp;<a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/02/20/state-senator-throws-first-punches-of-2024-missouri-governors-campaign/">Missouri Independent</a>A group seeking to&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/08/30/new-initiative-petitions-seek-to-add-rape-incest-exceptions-to-missouri-abortion-law/">add exceptions to the state’s abortion ban for rape and incest</a>&nbsp;filed a lawsuit Thursday arguing the ballot summary and fiscal note are unfair and inaccurate.&nbsp;Filed in August by Republican political operative Jamie Corley with assistance from Democratic attorney Chuck Hatfield, the initiative petitions are being pitched as a middle ground between the ban currently in place and more expansive proposals filed earlier this year by abortion-rights supporters.Last week, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft&nbsp;<a target="_blank" href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/10/20/ashcroft-says-initiatives-seek-to-nullify-missouri-laws-protecting-the-right-to-life/">released his summary of the proposals that will appear on the ballot</a>, writing that the petitions would either “allow no excuse abortions” for up to 12 weeks or “nullify Missouri laws protecting the right to life.”Additionally, the fiscal note drafted by Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick says the petitions would cost the state $21 million because Attorney General Andrew Bailey will refuse to defend them in court if approved by voters.&nbsp;Corley argues Ashcroft used “blatantly false information” in the summaries, as well as phrases like “until live birth,” making the summaries “intentionally argumentative, insufficient, and unfair.”Ashcroft described certain provisions of the initiative petitions in “antagonistic and blatantly incorrect terms likely to prejudice voters against the measures,” the lawsuit states.&nbsp;“Voters should heed these political moves as a canary in the coal mine for the lengths some politicians will take to keep the government involved in a woman—or child’s—pregnancy, even if that pregnancy is a result of rape,” Corley said.&nbsp;In a statement released by his office, Ashcroft said Corley’s lawsuit is “another example of individuals trying to mask the truth to mislead voters. The secretary of state’s office will always fight to protect the right of Missourians to make their own decision on how to vote.”Fitzpatrick said his office has been “consistent with our treatment of all initiative petitions as we’ve used a process that has worked for decades to produce accurate and unbiased cost estimates.“While I understand both proponents and opponents would prefer a fiscal note that favors their position,” he said, “my commitment to the voters of Missouri will not be swayed by political pressure from either side. We will defend our work once again and will continue to produce fair fiscal notes and fiscal note summaries the voters can trust.”Last month, a Cole County judge threw out Ashcroft’s summaries for a different abortion-rights initiative petition, calling his work misleading and unfair. That ruling has been appealed.&nbsp;All versions of the amendments Corley submitted enshrine “exceptions and immunity” clauses into Missouri’s abortion law, and three versions include language prohibiting the government from interfering with a woman’s access to an abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.The rape exception would only apply to victims who have reported the rape or sexual assault to a crisis hotline.Three of the six initiative petitions would also legalize abortion in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.Each version also states that the rights guaranteed in the amendment “are subject to strict scrutiny,” meaning any restrictions to abortion enacted by the legislature must&nbsp;further a “compelling governmental interest” and must be narrowly tailored to achieve that interest.Anyone seeking an abortion outside of Missouri could not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil penalty. The same immunity applies to health professionals or anyone assisting in seeking an abortion.Some versions also contain provisions prohibiting use of taxpayer funds to be used “in support of the provision of abortion in this state.” However, in those versions legislature would not be permitted to cut off funding for health care providers who perform abortions.“When we go to court it provides an opportunity to remind Missourians that we have the most extreme, punitive abortion law in the country,” Corley said, “and it’s clear some politicians will do whatever they can to see that it stays on the books.”

Lawsuit challenges summary, fiscal note of new Mo. abortion-rights petition

On this episode of Forward Ever: Leading in Challenging Times, host Gary Shorman speaks with Entrepreneur and inventor Mike Farmer.

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ATCHISON COUNTY—Nobody was injured but the driver was cited after a violent crash just after 1p.m. Thursday in Atchison.

According to Police Chief Mike Wilson, a Chevrolet SUV driven by Gregory Denton, 31, Atchison, was northbound in the 800 block South 5th Street in Atchison.

The vehicle left the roadway and struck a fence and a house on the west side of the street.&nbsp; Denton was cited for driving while revoked. Authorities did not release a damage estimate.

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 </figure>ATCHISON COUNTY—Nobody was injured but the driver was cited after a violent crash just after 1p.m. Thursday in Atchison.According to Police Chief Mike Wilson, a Chevrolet SUV driven by Gregory Denton, 31, Atchison, was northbound in the 800 block South 5th Street in Atchison.<figure>
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 </figure>The vehicle left the roadway and struck a fence and a house on the west side of the street.&nbsp; Denton was cited for driving while revoked. Authorities did not release a damage estimate.

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