Provides the latest RSS feeds for Missouri News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page St Louis Star.com http://www.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/3de26857846ae51b/ en-us Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:57:11 -0500 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:57:11 -0500 30 Washington, Jan 7 : Many older adults want to remain active and independent for as long as possible. Now, researchers from University of Missouri suggest that installing health monitoring system can help keep check on the health of the elderly and ensure their privacy. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/450739/cs/1/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 07:00:05 -0500 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/450739/cs/1/ Missouri 's education commissioner for the past eight years, died Wednesday. He was 65.King died at his home in Rolla after deciding to forgo further treatment for a cancerous brain tumor diagnosed in... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948093/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:45:23 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948093/ United States District Judge Rodney W. Sippel sentenced a Troy, Missouri man to 130 months in prison for having pseudoephedrine and intending to use it to make meth, according to U.S. Attorney Catheri... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947380/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:59 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947380/ (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)Real estate developer Stephen Ross, left, talks on the field before an AFC wild-card playoff football game between the Miami Dolphins and the Baltimore Ravens at Dolphin Stadium... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948096/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:44:58 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948096/ -- A Boone, Missouri man was indicted by a federal grand jury, accused of growing marijuana and possessing illegal firearms. 33-year-old Terry N. Moore was indicted on one felony count of manufacturi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947378/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:51:05 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947378/ State Education Commissioner Kent King, who had been suffering from cancer of the brain, has died of his illness.Department of Elementary and Secondary Education spokesman Jim Morris says King first u... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948087/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:03 -0500 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948087/ John Wilfong , who faces first-degree murder charges in the death of his legal guardian.The Southeast Missourian reports that a judge on Wednesday set a Feb. 17 date for the preliminary hearing. Wilfo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948098/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:44:46 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948098/ The funeral for a father, daughter and son who died in a New Year's Day house fire is scheduled for January 17. A memorial gathering for James Manning, his son Austin, 11, and his daughter Caralyn, 7... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947382/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:51 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947382/ The Overland Park-based company took the name of its flagship product, PhoneFactor, which verifies the identity of users who remotely log in to networks and notifies company officials of unauthorized ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946750/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:39:37 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946750/ -- Dr. D. Kent King, Missouri Commissioner of Education and a long-time leader in Missouri's public education system, passed away today at his home in Rolla at the age of 65. King was diagnosed with ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946761/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:56 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946761/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City police investigating the disappearance of a Kansas City mother used dogs to search a wooded area behind a park near her home again on Wednesday, but there was no word a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946758/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:08 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946758/ News ) - Missouri All-American Jeremy Maclin, who led the nation in all-purpose yardage as a sophomore, will announce on Friday whether he'll enter the http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948095/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:45:04 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948095/ 01/07/2009 WASHINGTON -- A conservative watchdog group has sued the Senate for refusing to immediately seat Roland Burris as the new senator from Illinois. The lawsuit was filed Wednesday in feder... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947374/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:02:26 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947374/ St. Charles County prosecutors charged two men in connection to a bank robbery and a bomb scare. O'Fallon, Missouri police said James Powell, 40, of St. Charles, and Dwight Graves, 27, of St. Louis w... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946760/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:57 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946760/ 01/07/2009 JEFFERSON CITY -- A man who received the death penalty for murdering a Kirkwood police officer asked the Missouri Supreme Court today to give him a new trial. Kevin Johnson, now 23, was... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20944064/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:02:26 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20944064/ -- A man sentenced to death row for the killing of a Kirkwood police officer is asking the Missouri Supreme Court to give him a new trial. 23-year-old Kevin Johnson was convicted of first-degree murd... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20944083/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:51:04 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20944083/ projects that its 2008 Metro ridership will exceed 16.5 million trips for 2008, up 10 percent from 15 million in 2007. KCATA spokeswoman Cindy Baker said Wednesday that ridership was 18.1 million in ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20944452/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:39:35 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20944452/ has promoted Troy Stremming to senior vice president of governmental affairs, a new position. Stremming, 41, started working for Las Vegas-based Ameristar (Nasdaq: ASCA) in December 2000 as vice pres... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946751/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:39:34 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946751/ -- The Berkeley Police Department is requesting the public's help in finding a missing teenage girl. 16-year-old Shamika Cosey was last seen at a relative's home at 1:35 a.m. in the 6000 block of Nap... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947381/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:54 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947381/ Missouri House they will have to do more with less this session.Richard addressed the body on the first day of the 2009 session, speaking directly about the downturn in the economy and its drastic, ne... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948086/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:52:04 -0500 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948086/ -- A young woman and two other motorists were severely injured in a three vehicle accident Tuesday night in Arnold. According to Ron Harder, a spokesman for the Rock Community Fire Protection Distric... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947379/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:51:06 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947379/ -- Missouri's governor and governor-elect are offering their condolences following the passing of Missouri Commisioner of Education Dr. D. Kent King. Governor Blunt issued the following statement: http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946759/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:58 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946759/ 01/07/2009 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - As Illinois legislators prepare to return to Springfield tomorrow to consider the fate of embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich, lawmakers in both parties are predicting the s... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947376/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:02:24 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947376/ will offer nüMaps Lifetime, a single-fee program that enables customers to download the latest map and point-of-interest information every quarter for the life of their personal navigation device... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946752/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:39:32 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946752/ KANSAS CITY -- If the Royals need a backup for their backup catchers, they might have one in Vance Wilson. Kansas City signed Wilson, 35, to a Minor League contract on Wednesday as he continues reh... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946770/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:22:17 -0500 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946770/ Illinois Gov.Rod Blagojevich, center, says goodbye to Rev. Leonard Barr, right, and his wife Rita, from the Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church , after the coupled met and prayed with Blagojevich at ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947373/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:02:27 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20947373/ News ), the world's biggest seed maker, said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit more than doubled on higher sales to Latin America, and raised its expectations for the year.Shares soared $12.94... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948097/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:44:51 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948097/ Aviation Systems Maintenance Inc. for $3.2 million. Vaisala is based in Finland. Aviation Systems Maintenance is based in Overland Park and has nine employees, Kevin Lindsey, president of http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20945604/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:39:30 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20945604/ Missouri legislators convened their 2009 session Wednesday with an emphasis on job creation in a struggling economy that has created financial concerns not only for individuals but for the state itsel... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948094/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:45:12 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948094/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Two chases unfolded within minutes of each other on Kansas City area highways late Wednesday afternoon.One pursuit ended shortly before 2:30 p.m. near East 12th Street and Garfield... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946757/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:50:05 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20946757/ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Incoming Gov. Jay Nixon on Wednesday picked an outgoing state House member to lead the Department of Health and Senior Services. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948090/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:21:10 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20948090/ -- A south St. Louis County business owner is accused of molesting a 12-year-old boy. On Tuesday, St. Louis County prosecutors issued a warrant on 40-year-old Leland Beasley, Jr. Beasley is charged w... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940486/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:37 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940486/ A firefighter rushes to set out hoses Tuesday afternoon as a fire continues to burn a home in the 500 block of North Middle Street in Cape Girardeau. (KIT DOYLE ~ kdoyle@semissourian.com ) http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941203/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:03 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941203/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The entire Jackson County Ethics Commission has resigned, mostly over the county Legislature's decision to exempt itself from the new ethics code and be placed under state rules.Th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939836/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:41 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939836/ 01/07/2009 CLAYTON -- A south St. Louis County business owner was charged Tuesday with molesting a 12-year-old boy at his business, police said today. The business owner -- Leland M. Beasley Jr., ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20936746/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:46:18 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20936746/ The Associated Press under the Sunshine Law show the state has spent more than $900,000 to defend Blunt and several past and present administration officials against a lawsuit by former legal counsel http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941232/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:31:16 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941232/ SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri State University has denied a newspaper's request to obtain the university's contingency budget plans, saying the documents are not public under the state's open reco... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941224/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:06:52 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941224/ -- MoDOT said this morning that some new traffic patterns and congested spots are developing with the change to the east half closure of Interstate 64.According to MoDOT officials, eastbound I-64 betw... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940488/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:24 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940488/ <i>From time to time we will update this FAQ.</i></p><p>KansasCity.com has introduced some changes to improve interactivity for readers and make our Web site easier to use. Mor... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939826/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:33 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939826/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser is making good on a campaign promise to re-populate parts of the city.The mayor attended Wednesday's finance meeting, where he learned he will get... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939834/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:44 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939834/ A circuit court judge ordered St. Louis police Tuesday to unseal some internal affairs reports about the unauthorized use by officers of 2006 World Series tickets seized from scalpers. The judge, Phi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20935318/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:42:08 -0500 Officer http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20935318/ Doug Leslie wants to see the launch of a space shuttle.Asked what his big plans are for retirement after a news conference announcing his plans to leave Cape Girardeau city government March 1, the cit... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941199/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:38 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941199/ Two miles of Highway 51 in Bollinger County, just south of Highway 72 near Patton, Mo., will be reduced to one lane for tree trimming today.Work will take place between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.The work zone ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941209/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:34 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941209/ KENNETT, Mo. — Three people were injured and seven vehicles were towed following an eight-car collision at Highway 412 on Monday, six miles east of Kennett.According to a report from Missouri St... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941204/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:49 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941204/ When Paul Koeper asked what plan existed for the future growth of Cape Girardeau County, his fellow commissioners said there was none.Getting a bead on long-term planning was just one of a handful of ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941217/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:41:23 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941217/ City of JacksonBoard of Aldermen7:30 p.m. MondayPower and light committeen Motion passed to change the Board of Aldermen regular meeting and study session from Feb. 16 to Feb. 17 in observance of Pres... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941218/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:41:18 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941218/ © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Learn more about our http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941222/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:06:56 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941222/ MALDEN, Mo. — A fire forced a Malden business to temporarily shut its doors Sunday.The Malden Fire Department received a call of a fire at Plaza Tire Service, at 1208 N. Douglas St., at 5:03 p.m... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941207/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:44 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941207/ News ) - Everyone knows how stressful the financial meltdown feels. But now the crisis is being explained with a new Web site by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.The Web site offers insights into... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941228/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:31:42 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941228/ 01/07/2009 CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- Taylor Crowe has overcome long odds in his life with autism. Now, the 27-year-old southeast Missouri man is featured in a new documentary about the disorder. The ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940483/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:46:16 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940483/ A section of Highway 91 in Scott County will be closed this week and again next week for bridge repairs, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Transportation.The section of Highw... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941197/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:48 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941197/ Students rip off paper to unveil a new, 12-panel mural in the Jackson Junior High cafeteria Monday afternoon, January 5, 2009, in Jackson. The student council has been planning the project for several... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941219/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:41:08 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941219/ The Illinois Department of Natural Resources is reviewing recommendations for changes made by the Joint Task Force on Deer Population Control, which include expanding some deer seasons and increasing ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940487/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:29 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940487/ When Barack Obama takes his wife, Michelle, out onto the dance floor Jan. 20 to celebrate his inauguration, a group of supporters from across the region will be having their own party in Cape Girardea... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941200/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:27 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941200/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The parents of a 4-month-old who starved to death could be charged Wednesday in Jackson County Court, Kansas City police said.The boy weighed about 5 pounds when he died from chron... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939832/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:47 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939832/ PERRYVILLE, Mo. — At a city council meeting Tuesday, Perryville Mayor Debbie Gahan sought to dispel rumors the city intended to fund a recently discussed purchase of industrial land by ending it... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941208/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:39 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941208/ The Southeast Missouri Amateur Radio Operators Club will offer free classes to people who want to get a radio operator's license.Orientation is at 8 a.m. Jan. 17, with classes beginning Jan. 31 and co... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941205/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:54 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941205/ Kansas City family to join him on a Whistle Stop Tour to the nation's capital before Inauguration Day.The five members of the Girardeau family will join the http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941231/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:31:22 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941231/ Two Missouri lawmakers will attend an event to show support for Israel during its 12 day conflict with Hamas in Gaza. Missouri Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder and State Representative Maria Chappell... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20937766/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:41 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20937766/ At a meeting Tuesday, members of the Trails West and Okaw Valley councils voted to consolidate and form a new council that will be called the Lewis & Clark Council. The vote was taken among charte... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940481/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:46:20 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940481/ A wintry mix that accumulated on roads made travel treacherous for some drivers late Monday night and early Tuesday morning and was blamed for numerous motor vehicle accidents throughout Southeast Mis... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941201/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:30 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941201/ <strong><span class="subhead">Classes, workshops</span></strong></p><p><strong>FREE PARENTING CLASSES-HELPING YOUR CHILD SUCCEED: </strong>Reg... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939827/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:30 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939827/ Chief Dan Isom has spent nearly 100 days as the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department. Chief Isom replaced Joe Mokwa on October 6, 2008. Mokwa retired in the wake of an investigation into the sc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20936336/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:22 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20936336/ -- Police said they have arrested a suspect in connection to two home invasions in Glendale and a bank robbery in Rock Hill. Details of the arrest are still not clear. Glendale Police Sergeant Bog Ca... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20936335/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:26 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20936335/ Bobby Eskew, Sterl Kline and Boby Long of the Scott County Highway Department (pictured from left) connect two drainage culverts near the county highway department complex. Pictured far left supervisi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941214/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:10 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941214/ For the past two years, the Cape Girardeau Regional Airport's commercial passenger service suffered from grounded carriers and, more recently, an inconvenient schedule.Thanks to a new state program &#... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941213/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:14 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941213/ Two men were arrested in Phelps County on drug and immigration charges. U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway's office announced Raudel Galvez, of Springdale, Arkansas and Israel Guadalupe Valez-Parra, an ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940485/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:38 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20940485/ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Hold the homemade desserts. Health concerns have led Gov.-elect Jay Nixon to alter his plans for a potluck inaugural dinner.Nixon's campaign said Wednesday that guests should br... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939835/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:39 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939835/ A minor gas leak at a private residence in the 700 block of North Pacific Street led to the area being closed to traffic temporarily Monday afternoon, according to the Cape Girardeau Fire Department.T... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941210/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:42:18 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941210/ Bollinger County annually collects hundreds of thousands of dollars in sales taxes that appear to exceed legal limits, the Missouri State Auditor's office reported in a recent review of the county's f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941198/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:43:44 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941198/ -- The first Spirit of America award was handed out this morning honoring local business man Dave Sinclair. The St. Louis Building and Construction Trades Council recognized Sinclair's support of Amer... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20935924/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:42 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20935924/ The "Scott County Women in Agriculture" will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the USDA office on Highway 77, Benton, Mo. A program, "Caring for Yourself in the New Year" will be held. All women are invited ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941220/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:40:58 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941220/ Schaefer's Electrical Enclosures Inc. is expanding its operations into Cape Girardeau County, 20 miles from its current location in Advance, Mo. The manufacturer of standard and custom sheet metal enc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941215/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:41:33 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941215/ -- According to a trucking magazine, truck drivers have voted Missouri roads as the fifth best in the nation. They also voted Interstate 44 as the fourth most improved highway segment in a tie with I... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939837/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:37:16 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939837/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City's Health Department is teaming up with the U.S. Census Bureau to help provide job testing for various positions in the bureau, which could be good news for those on the... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939833/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:36:45 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939833/ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — For the first time, Missouri Lottery sales for one year have exceeded $1 billion.Lottery officials said Tuesday that the figure is 4 percent higher than 2007's total o... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941194/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:40:55 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941194/ ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man finds out the hard way that jokes about shoe bombs on planes will not be tolerated.Michael Shafermeyer spent more than three days in jail after making what he sa... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941196/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:40:44 -0500 Southeast Missourian http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20941196/ In an effort to provide Kansas City Chiefs fans with the most innovative and complete online merchandising services, the Chiefs announced today that the team has selected MainGate Inc. as the exclusi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939842/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:29:00 -0500 Kansas City Chiefs http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20939842/ 01/07/2009 A circuit court judge ordered St. Louis police Tuesday to unseal some internal affairs reports about the unauthorized use by officers of 2006 World Series tickets seized from scalpers. ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20931082/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:28 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20931082/ 01/07/2009 WHEATON, Ill. -- A Hanover Park man has been sentenced to five days in jail for threatening a youth softball umpire and spitting on a deputy sheriff. DuPage County prosecutor Louisa Nuc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933831/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:26 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933831/ President-elect Barack Obama, flanked by Budget Director-designate Peter Orszag (left) and Deputy Budget Director-designate Rob Nabors, speaks to reporters after a meeting Tuesday with his top economi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933830/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:25 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933830/ 01/07/2009 One of the world's biggest philanthropic foundations has given researchers here a multimillion-dollar infusion of cash to help genetically modified, nutritionally fortified crops take root... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933833/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:23 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933833/ 01/07/2009 Cell phones, text messages and GPS distractions notwithstanding, the chances of dying in a traffic crash may never have been lower. That is according to national figures, which are mirr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933834/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:21 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933834/ 01/07/2009 WASHINGTON — Inside the Capitol, the air was festive Tuesday as senators with families in tow celebrated the opening of the 111th Congress. Outside the Capitol, the air was cold a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933832/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:24 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933832/ 01/07/2009 CLAYTON — St. Louis County officials agreed Tuesday to allow entry into a north St. Louis County fire protection district building after being shown test results indicating it was no... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20931327/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 09:06:20 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20931327/ St. Louis Metropolitan Police are looking for two people who crashed an SUV into a store near the Central West End and stole televisions. The break-in at the National Rent to Own store on Lindell and... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933835/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:54:21 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933835/ KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Police said a man was shot early Wednesday morning in Kansas City, Kan.Police said that a man has been shot at a mobile home park in the 5900 block of State Avenue. Officers said ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933471/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 08:54:00 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20933471/ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missourians seeking to extend jobless benefits will have to start doing that on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. An unemployment benefits hot line run by the Missouri Depar... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20929320/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:06:10 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20929320/ -- Mayors from around the country want to fix their cities infrastructure problems and create thousands of jobs. They're asking congress for $73 billion to finance projects they say are ready to go. B... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20925062/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:42 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20925062/ Kansas City will hire a “capital czar” to help push ahead construction work and pull together a list of projects for federal funding, Councilman Russ Johnson told his colleagues Tu... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924691/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:24 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924691/ Now, if something could just be done to make drivers wear their seat belts.</p><p>That’s what traffic safety advocates were murmuring even as Missouri closed out 2008 with the fe... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924692/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:23 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924692/ In August, the Girardeau family of Brookside hosted the soon to be Democratic nominee for president, Barack Obama, at in their home.</p><p>On Jan. 17, the president-elect will return the f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924689/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:27 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924689/ <strong><span class="subhead">Today’s problem</span></strong></p><p><strong>Mark Scofield </strong>of Raytown wants to know the plan... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924693/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:19 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924693/ By far and away, questions about suspicious lotteries, financial fraud, debt collectors, mortgage fraud, and credit and debt scams top the list of the most complaints handled by the Attorney General's... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20925653/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:01:34 -0500 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20925653/ JEFFERSON CITY | A state board’s decision last month to grant the Kansas City Chiefs a $25 million tax break upset Republicans and Democrats alike and amplified calls for a full-scale review... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924694/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:21 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924694/ Kansas schools are about to go from feast to famine.</p><p>Educators are bracing for a large cut this year in their state education dollars after receiving significant increases in state a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924690/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:25 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924690/ Kansas City recorded the first three homicides of the year on Monday.</p><p>Early in the day, police received a homicide ruling from the Jackson County Medical Examiner regarding the death... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924695/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:22 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924695/ Something else to saddle on the global economy: A horse VD that somehow jumped the ocean and landed amid all-American quarter horse mares in Kansas, Missouri and elsewhere.</p><p>It&#8... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924702/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:03 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924702/ <table> </table> <strong>Who:</strong> Al (A.T.) Hancock, 82, of Blue Springs.</p><p><strong>When and how he died: </strong>Nov. 10 of natural causes.... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924698/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:14 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20924698/ -- The video was hard to watch, but Illinois man Gary Gustafson says it illustrates the importance of automated external defibrillators (AEDs). He says if one had not been on the court, he would have ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20925061/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:00:39 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/20925061/