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The Southern Baptist Convention’s proposed constitutional amendment would formalize restrictions on women serving as pastors. For many Black church leaders, the vote highlights longstanding questions about women’s roles in ministry and church leadership. (Envato photo/Photo/St. Louis American)

The Southern Baptist Convention’s proposed constitutional amendment would formalize restrictions on women serving as pastors. For many Black church leaders, the vote highlights longstanding questions about women’s roles in ministry and church leadership. (Envato photo/Photo/St. Louis American)

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When Women Can Preach but Not Pastor

News Staff
Friday, July 3, 2026
The Southern Baptist Convention’s vote to strengthen enforcement of its prohibition on women pastors landed like a thunderclap in some corners of American Christianity.
(Left) MADD victim services specialist Heather Elder presents Missouri State Representative Mark Sharp with the Roll Call Award.

(Left) MADD victim services specialist Heather Elder presents Missouri State Representative Mark Sharp with the Roll Call Award.

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Mark Sharp Receives Roll Call Award

News Staff
Friday, July 3, 2026
Missouri State Representative Mark Sharp received the Roll Call Award from Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) on June 25 for passage of his legislation to require persons convicted of driving while highly intoxicated or of driving while intoxicated and causing personal injury or property damage...
(Right) Greg Lange of Bismarck, North Dakota, drops off his absentee ballot and his wife’s at the Bismarck Burleigh County Office Building. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

(Right) Greg Lange of Bismarck, North Dakota, drops off his absentee ballot and his wife’s at the Bismarck Burleigh County Office Building. (Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

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US Supreme Court Deals Blow to Trump, Ruling States Can Accept Ballots After Election Day

Jonathan Shorman
Friday, July 3, 2026
The U. S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day, a blow to the Trump administration and some Republican states that had urged the justices to require all ballots to arrive by the close of polls.

Prosecutor Johnson announces charges in two separate fatal crashes

News Staff
Thursday, July 2, 2026
July 1, 2026–Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson announced two people have been charged in two separate fatal crashes that occurred in Kansas City.Delton W. Cooper faces one count of Driving While Intoxicated Resulting in Death of Another, which carries five to 15 years in prison if convicted.
Iron County Circuit Clerk Sammye White balances on a stepladder as she searches for an old marijuana case in the office storage room in Ironton. (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)

Iron County Circuit Clerk Sammye White balances on a stepladder as she searches for an old marijuana case in the office storage room in Ironton. (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent)

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Missouri Promised Automatic Marijuana Expungements

Rebecca Rivas
Thursday, June 25, 2026
Missouri courts were supposed to automatically erase eligible marijuana misdemeanors from criminal records by June 8, 2023, six months after voters legalized recreational marijuana.But in a recent St.
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