Tagged: Missouri National Guard

Pages

Mo. National Guard / Joplin
11:26 am
Wed May 23, 2012

Mo. National Guard members disciplined for Joplin looting, exempt from Sunshine Law

Credit (UPI/Rick Meyer)
Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo. pictured here on May 23, 2011, following a devastating tornado that ripped through the town.

Missouri National Guard members have been disciplined for looting in Joplin after the massive tornado.

But the guard has refused to release information about the incidents, saying it's not subject to Missouri's open records law.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports the guard didn't respond to requests for details about the looting by citing an exemption to the Missouri Sunshine Law.

Read more
Morning round-up
6:36 am
Tue April 17, 2012

Morning headlines: Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Credit (via Flickr/IndofunkSatish)

Mo. National Guardsmen safe after insurgent attack

All 55 members of a Missouri National Guard agriculture team are safe following an insurgent attack on the forward operating base where they are stationed in Afghanistan.

Read more

Pages