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U.S. Rep. Scott Perry and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri object to Pennsylvania's electoral college votes, forcing a second vote to accept or reject the objection. This comes after the House and the Senate defeated a similar objection to Arizona's electoral college votes from Rep. Paul Gosar and Senator Ted Cruz. The Senate and the House both vote to reject the objection, allowing Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to receive the state’s electoral votes.
2021-01-7

In the first execution since the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States began, a Missouri man is put to death by lethal injection for murdering an elderly woman in 1991.
2020-05-19

A U.S. federal judge blocks a Missouri law banning abortions eight weeks after conception from going into effect.
2019-08-27

Missouri governor Jay Nixon declares a state of emergency as widespread flash flooding continues to impact the midwestern state.
2015-12-27

Four people are killed in a murder-suicide at a home health care business in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, by the owner of the business, 59-year-old Ahmed Dirir.
2013-06-13

The perpetrator and his girlfriend's father are dead in a murder-suicide near Fairdealing, Missouri, United States, and two others are injured.
2013-02-18

Jovan Belcher, a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs American football team kills himself at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, after reportedly killing his girlfriend.
2012-12-1

The United States Coast Guard closes a section of the Mississippi River near Caruthersville, Missouri due to heavy flooding.
2011-05-6

Despite the breach of a levee on the Mississippi River to ease flood pressure in southern Illinois, massive flooding continues from Minnesota to Louisiana and hundreds of square miles of mostly farmland in Missouri are under water.
2011-05-4

Thousands of residents in the US town of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, are evacuated as the Black River overflows its banks.
2011-04-26