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 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:54:29 -0400 30 Washington, July 3 : A new study by University of Missouri researchers has found that overweight kids, especially girls, show signs of the negative consequences of being overweight as early as kindergarten. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/514767/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:10:16 -0400 St Louis Star.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/514767/cs/1/ 07/04/2009 ST. LOUIS — For Abilash Dash, the Independence Day celebration at Fair St. Louis is a world away from what he is used to back home in India. In fact, the liveliness of the fair is... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863619/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:41 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863619/ 07/04/2009 WASHINGTON —Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is stepping down, announcing suddenly Friday that she will pursue other means of having an impact in the public arena, fueling speculation about h... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863618/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:40 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863618/ 07/04/2009 ARNOLD — Of the eight show dogs left overnight in a hot van in Jefferson County, the only one to survive is now back home with her owners. That dog, a Siberian Husky named Cinder,... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863621/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:40 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863621/ A Toynbee tile sits embedded in the road at the intersection of Olive and 5th Streets Wednesday afternoon in downtown St. Louis. Many of the tiles are now being paved over. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863620/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:39 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863620/ July 2, 2009 - A camera operator covers Lori Drew as she leaves the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, after a federal judge tentatively threw out the convictions of the Missouri mother for her role i... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25862756/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:38 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25862756/ 07/04/2009 ST. LOUIS — For many, nothing feels more patriotic than buying American. The car in the driveway, the television in the living room, the lawn mower used to keep neighbors envious of ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863039/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:38 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863039/ St. Louis Police Department headquarters at 1200 Clark Street, needs massive repairs that will require the department to spend at least tens of millions of dollars on renovating or moving, a departmen... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25862745/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:38 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25862745/ 07/04/2009 Consumers waiting to cash in on a promotion that offered free groceries for furniture purchases may have to wait forever. On Friday, the company handling the promotion announced it had ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863622/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:35:37 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25863622/ MINNEAPOLIS -- If Edwin Jackson is in All-Star limbo, Saturday is his final chance to pitch himself out of it, one way or the other. But as he readies for his Fourth of July assignment against the Twi... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25861581/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:49:59 -0400 Detroit Tigers http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25861581/ KANSAS CITY -- No matter how you slice the numbers, the Royals' offensive woes keep deepening. White Sox starter John Danks played the villain role on Friday, putting the clamps on the Kansas City ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25861629/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:50:04 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25861629/ Muggy air. Threatening rain clouds. Mud-covered grass. </p><p>It wasn’t the best environment for an outdoor event Friday afternoon, but that didn’t dishearten organizer... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859867/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:27 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859867/ Missouri authorities have suspended the medical license of a Kansas City psychiatrist for having phone sex and making other sexual advances toward a patient.</p><p>While practicing at Two ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859870/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:25 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859870/ After being forced to serve in Saddam Hussein's Army, Ahmed surrendered to US Troops. He spent a year in a refugee camp in Saudi Arabia, before arriving in Saint Louis in 1991. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25860135/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:46 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25860135/ Phil S. Dixon, a Negro Leagues baseball historian, has written a new book on the late Buck O’Neil. </p><p>“John Buck O’Neil, the Rookie, the Man, the Legacy, ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859866/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:30 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859866/ A Vatican investigator has found a Colwich, Kan., man’s survival enough of a miracle to continue studying the case, with the goal toward declaring it an official miracle.</p><p> ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859868/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:28 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859868/ Fireworks are fun and all, but if you’re looking for some really big explosions this Fourth of July weekend, the Missouri Department of Transportation has a gift for you. </p><p>... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859865/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:29 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859865/ Gov. Jay Nixon has signed legislation giving Missouri veterans a tax break.</p><p> Nixon late this week signed several bills on veterans’ issues. One phases in a deduction of mil... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859869/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:26 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859869/ For all the national attention that Kansas City’s proposed Green Impact Zone has received, it’s still too early to tell much about what it will look like.</p><p>Organiz... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859871/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:24 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859871/ Two Kansas City restaurants will close for two days starting Sunday because their liquor licenses will be suspended.</p><p>Harry’s Country Club at 112 Missouri Ave. and the Brook... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859872/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:23 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859872/ <strong><span class="subhead">LENEXA | Man charged in fatal hit-and-run</span></strong></p><p>Prosecutors have charged an Independence man in connection w... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859873/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:22 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859873/ WICHITA | The man charged with killing abortion provider George Tiller has been advocating through mailings from jail that such killings are justifiable.</p><p>He also has been communicati... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859874/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:19 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859874/ CINCINNATI -- Albert Pujols may have a little bit of record fatigue, but everyone around him is enjoying the show. Pujols etched his name in the record books of both the Cardinals and Major League ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25860150/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:34:16 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25860150/ MINNEAPOLIS -- What had been a blown six-run lead for the Tigers eventually became a victory; it just took a while. Placido Polanco's 16th-inning single, his second go-ahead hit in three innings, pull... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859834/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:34:06 -0400 Detroit Tigers http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859834/ NEW PORT RICHEY - Douglas Scott Miller Jr. avoided law enforcement for more than a quarter of a century. He must have realized his streak was about to end Tuesday afternoon when officers with the Mis... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859864/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:28:33 -0400 TBO.com http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25859864/ ORCHARD, Mo. (AP) -- Two men have been rescued from a cabin cruiser after it hit a navigation barrier called a wing dam in the Mississippi River. Forty-seven-year-old Gregory Simpson of Creve Coeur... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25860134/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:02:33 -0400 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25860134/ CINCINNATI -- Albert Pujols was the star, but rookie Jarrett Hoffpauir was the hero. Hoffpauir's two-out, two-run single in the top of the ninth gave the Cardinals a hard-fought 7-4 win on Friday, ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25858413/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:52 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25858413/ KANSAS CITY -- The Royals signed Nicaraguan prospect Cheslor Cuthbert to a reported $1.35-million bonus as the international signing period began. Cuthbert, 16, is a right-handed-hitting third base... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25858225/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:45 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25858225/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A man's life was in the balance Friday morning when a tree-trimming job took an unexpected twist.Dan Cummins was trimming a tree for his father-in-law when he cut a couple of branc... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856492/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:14 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856492/ KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- The Kansas City, Kan., bomb squad was investigating a home filled with possible military explosives where a man was found dead on Friday morning.Police got a call reporting the de... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856491/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:17 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856491/ PLATTSBURG, Mo. -- Charred remains are all that are left of the family home where 12 people lived.The father was still visibly shaken as he retold the story of escaping the fire with his daughter just... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856493/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:12 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856493/ - We may have gained our independence from the heat for the holiday weekend but the Fourth of July won't find freedom from rainfall. An area of showers is making its way across the viewing area this ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856727/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:35 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856727/ A northeast Kansas City restaurant is open for business tonight after an electrical fire damaged the exterior roof of its building.</p><p>Fire officials estimated the blaze caused about $1... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856490/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:49:07 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856490/ KANSAS CITY -- Willie Bloomquist was scratched from the lineup before Friday's game. Bloomquist had to leave the ballpark to tend to a family emergency. Bloomquist, who was scheduled to play third ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856495/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:27:28 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856495/ Thirty-two-year-old Clark L. Montgomery remained jailed Friday in Johnson County on $100,000 bond. He has been charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and with driving with a ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856898/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:15 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856898/ Shon Pernice is charged in Clay County Circuit Court with stealing the gun in late January, several weeks after his 35-year-old wife, Renee Pernice, went missing. Police believe she is dead and have n... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856899/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:26:14 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25856899/ 07/03/2009 U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill sat down this afternoon with the Jim Press, the deputy CEO of Chrysler Group LLC, in what she described as not a "happy meeting." Meeting at Chrysle... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25853092/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:29:31 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25853092/ Fire destroyed a recycling and metal plant in Edwardsville Friday. The fire call went out around 1:30 p.m. Firefighters called in mutual aid from several surrounding departments. Crews had to bring in... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25853116/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:23:03 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25853116/ BELTON, Mo. -- A public outcry has brought the Belton city swimming pool back to life.The Belton Parks Board was ready to close the city's 42-year-old pool earlier this spring because it was concerned... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25854301/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:22:36 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25854301/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- An injured man was found outside a house near East 39th Street and Vineyard Road just before midnight on Thursday.Someone had assaulted the man, leaving him with critical injuries,... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25854300/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:22:35 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25854300/ CINCINNATI -- Coming off one of the finest months of his magnificent Major League career, Albert Pujols was named the National League Player of the Month for June on Friday, the second time in three m... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25854527/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:02:15 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25854527/ 07/03/2009 ARNOLD, Mo. -- Of the eight show dogs left overnight in a hot van in Jefferson County, the only one to survive is now back home with her owners. That dog, a Siberian Husky named Cinder,... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852240/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:05:14 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852240/ 07/03/2009 Lori Drew, acquitted Thursday of charges connected to the 2006 suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier, praised the judge's decision in a statement Friday and said that she "simply did not... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852241/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:05:14 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852241/ Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she will resign from office July 26. Her spokesman wouldn't say why Palin decided to step down, but the announcement stirred speculation that she would focus on a bid for ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852242/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:41 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852242/ terms of service guidelines are not condoned by NewsChannel 5 and will be removed. Repeat offenders will see their profiles removed from the web site. PLEASE NOTE: Comments are automatically removed f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852244/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:32 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852244/ www.aperfecttenortwenty.com Le Fou Frogs Bastille Day Triumphorant Fri., July 10 ~ Sun., July 12 ~ Tues., July 14 400 East Fifth St., KCMO 64106 (816)474-6060 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852012/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:05 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852012/ Six southern Illinois counties are getting federal reimbursement for much of their efforts to recover from May storms. As part of the disaster declaration signed Thursday by President Barack Obama, g... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852243/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:33 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852243/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Businesses in Westport could get a boost starting in August.Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon signed a law allowing two outdoor festivals a month in the entertainment district. That means pa... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852013/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:58:02 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852013/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Children's birthday cash was the target of thieves earlier this week, police said.Officers said someone broke into a home in south Kansas City, Mo., and ransacked the children's be... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852014/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:57:59 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852014/ NEW YORK (AP) -- Authorities are looking into whether a newly discovered trove of letters to one of baseball's founding fathers contains documents that disappeared long ago from the New York Public Li... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852411/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:36:22 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852411/ The Missouri Democrat was meeting Friday with Chrysler officials in Fenton to hear more details about why the company is closing the plants that made minivans and trucks. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852410/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:36:22 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25852410/ Funeral services were held Friday for television product pitchman Billy Mays. Mays' funeral was Friday in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania. It's a small suburb of Pittsburgh were Mays was born and raised. ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850126/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:20 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850126/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A late-night crash resulted in a truck driving into a building, police said.The accident happened at about 2 a.m. near 37th and Main streets in Kansas City, Mo. Police said the two... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849878/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:50 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849878/ A St. Charles County woman says she should have never been prosecuted for her role in the MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old girl who committed suicide. Thursday, a federal judge tentatively thre... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850125/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:22 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850125/ The legal wrangling continues in wrongful-death case against Christopher Coleman. Ronald Coleman, Christopher's father, may be getting a new attorney. Bill Margulis has asked a judge in Monroe County... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25848729/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:23 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25848729/ Fireworks at Fort Leavenworth 4 p.m. Garnett Avenue at Merritt Lake, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Concessions, games, concert, "Salute to the Union" at 8 p.m. and fireworks at dusk over Merritt Lake. Rain d... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849877/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:52 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849877/ Fireworks seem to go hand in hand with celebrating our country's independence. However, the celebration can quickly turn into anything but fun if you're not careful. Each year nearly 10,000 people a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850127/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:03:18 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850127/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Firefighters were still trying to figure out the cause of an early-morning fire at an area restaurant.A fire broke out just before 6 a.m. at the Smuggler's Inn, at 1650 Universal A... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849880/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:48 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849880/ TOPEKA, Kan. -- Gov. Mark Parkinson is likely to gain legislative approval for internal borrowing to allow Kansas to keep paying its bills on time.Parkinson wants to shift $700 million from various fu... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849881/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:02:46 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25849881/ Tax day - April 15 - has long since come and gone, but sharp budget cuts and falling revenues have forced many states to delay income tax returns for months - and left taxpayers longing for their mone... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850338/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:17 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850338/ KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) -- Some Kansas City, Kan., residents see a recent killing spurt that claimed nine lives as just the latest wave of violence for the city. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850339/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:40:17 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25850339/ 07/03/2009 ST. LOUIS -- A man was found slumped over the steering wheel of his wrecked car early today, and police have a mystery on their hands about how he died. He had a fatal chest wound, but ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847657/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:37:55 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847657/ The next big court date in former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's corruption case comes Wednesday when one of his top aides may plead guilty. John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, is due in court ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847660/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:31:01 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847660/ The head of the St. Charles Humane Society says her organization is currently on, "shaky ground" financially. Meanwhile staff members at the no-kill shelter, on Pralle Lane in St. Charles, worry they ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847661/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:59 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847661/ Husky was country music's top entertainer in the early 1960s with hits like "Wings of a Dove" and "Gone." His latest album, released in 2007, is called "The Way It Was." http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847882/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:06:51 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847882/ ST. LOUIS (AP) -- St. Louis police are investigating after a car was driven through a fence in the Laclede's Landing area, not far from the Gateway Arch. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847881/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:06:51 -0400 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847881/ ST LOUIS (AP) -- Precision Foods Inc., of St. Louis, said it was recalling certain Madagascar Vanilla cocoa. The recalled cocoa product is labeled as Land O Lakes International Drinking Cocoa &quot... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847659/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:39:14 -0400 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25847659/ Officers found the man around 5:00 a.m. at Washington Avenue and Memorial Drive. He was rushed to a local hospital with critical injuries. Investigators are still trying to determine exactly where th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25845242/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:59:39 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25845242/ 07/03/2009 ST. LOUIS — A man found in possession of explosives stolen from a Weldon Spring police firing range could face up to about four years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to fede... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842749/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:04 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842749/ 07/03/2009 ST. LOUIS -- A used car wholesaler who dodged more than $100,000 in taxes was sentenced to home confinement and probation Thursday. Bill D. Routh, 68, of Mehlville, pleaded guilty in April... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842748/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:04 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842748/ 07/03/2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — A U.S. soldier who inexplicably walked off his barren military base earlier this week was captured by Taliban militants hours later, U.S. military officials said... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842747/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:03 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842747/ 07/03/2009 LOS ANGELES — Even as plans were taking shape Thursday for a memorial event for Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles next week, the investigation into the ca... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842751/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:03 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842751/ July 2, 2009 - A camera operator covers Lori Drew as she leaves the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, after a federal judge tentatively threw out the convictions of the Missouri mother for her role i... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25841389/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:01 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25841389/ June 26, 2009 - Jenny Sanford, wife of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, speaks about her husband's recent affair admission at the family beach house in Sullivans Island, S.C. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842750/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:42:00 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25842750/ 07/03/2009 LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan — The mood of the Afghan people has tipped into a popular revolt in some parts of southern Afghanistan, presenting incoming American forces with an even hard... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25841981/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:41:59 -0400 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25841981/ Missouri's new Education Commissioner is cool to the idea of tuition tax credits, also called vouchers. St. Louis, Riverview Gardens and Welston school districts are unaccredited and Kansas City's is ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837870/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:54:46 -0400 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837870/ -- Just more than a week away, the All-Star Game is fast approaching. And fans lucky enough to attend any of the events at Busch Stadium, will notice some major league changes. "It's a Major League Ba... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837580/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:53 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837580/ TOPEKA | Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson announced more cuts to schools and universities Thursday in the face of lower-than-expected tax revenues.</p><p>He said lawmakers may have to look at ro... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837252/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:32 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837252/ On May 27, Carmen Johnson grieved with son Tyrus Johnson over the stabbing death of her other son, Norvel Johnson.</p><p>“We just sat back and cried,” Johnson said. &am... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837256/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:28 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837256/ Starlight Theatre kicks off a partnership this weekend with the Humane Society of Greater Kansas City.</p><p>The theater will hold a satellite dog adoption clinic from 6 to 8:30 p.m. today... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837257/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:26 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837257/ Two elderly people were rushed to the hospital Thursday night after a train struck their car. </p><p>The car broke through a railroad crossing gate before the train clipped the front of th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837253/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:33 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837253/ Westport business owners hope you’ll be able to legally sip a tasty aperitif while taking a leisurely stroll through its outdoor art fair this September.</p><p>Such an evening be... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837254/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:31 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837254/ The nation’s first hydrogen-powered fuel cell locomotive has made its first trip, although it was a short one.</p><p> Officials from BNSF Railway and the Defense Department were ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837255/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:29 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837255/ <strong><span class="subhead">INDEPENDENCE | Charges in credit card thefts</span></strong></p><p>Jackson County authorities have charged a south Kansas Ci... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837258/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:25 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837258/ <span style="line-height:0"><br clear="all" /></span><table border="0" class="story-table"> <tr class="story-table-even-row&quo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837260/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:24 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837260/ JEFFERSON CITY | Gov. Jay Nixon has submitted a request to put a statue of former President Harry Truman in the U.S. Capitol.</p><p>Each state can honor two deceased residents in the Natio... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837251/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:33 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837251/ It was supposed to be just another teenage fight when two boys gathered their friends and agreed to meet at a park two years ago.</p><p>But inside a Johnson County courtroom Thursday, pare... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837259/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:23 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837259/ The state school board has picked a St. Louis area superintendent to be Missouri’s next education commissioner.</p><p>Chris Nicastro, who comes from the Hazelwood School District... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837261/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:22 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837261/ Physicians from the University of Kansas Hospital may eventually provide heart care at Olathe Medical Center, the two hospitals said Thursday.</p><p>The hospitals said they were exploring ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837262/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:53:21 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837262/ ST. LOUIS -- Hosting the All-Star Game brings plenty of perks to the home club but also a few disadvantages. One of those begins Friday night as the Cardinals embark on a 10-game road trip to close ou... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837591/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:51 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837591/ KANSAS CITY -- Trey Hillman took a moment to comb through his memory bank on Thursday, trying to remember if he'd managed a team that had been so ravaged by injuries. After taking a second to think... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837275/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:32:50 -0400 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25837275/ Even in an extremely low-interest financial environment, the State Treasurer is pushing a program to drive interest rates even lower for small businesses and farms.Much of Invest in Missouri seeks to ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25835442/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:36:21 -0400 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25835442/ It's a summer camp like you've never seen before. It's an explosives camp, where high school juniors and seniors gain hands-on experience working with explosives. Dr. Paul Worsey founded the camp at ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25835166/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:39 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25835166/ COLE CAMP, Mo. -- Law enforcement officials said a garbled 911 message helped lead them to an arrest in the triple homicide case in Cole Camp, Mo., in June.A Benton County Sheriff Department's probabl... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834850/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:06 -0400 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834850/ <strong>Who:</strong> Heinz Henke, 70, of Overland Park</p><p><strong>When and how he died:</strong> June 6, of lung cancer</p><p><strong>Wartime ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834846/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:02 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834846/ <strong><span class="subhead">Today’s problem</span></strong></p><p><strong>Jill DauBresse </strong>was disgusted recently when she ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834847/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:04 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834847/ -- An elderly couple in their 70s was robbed Wednesday morning by a man wielding a hammer, the St. Clair County Sheriff's Department reported. The robbery occurred around 11 a.m. in the 1800 block of... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25833969/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:42 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25833969/ -- At St. Louis University Hospital, Dr. Tim Rice takes care of both patients and pupils. "I like working with students, I like teaching," explains Dr. Rice. And more than any medicine, he likes to ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834283/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:41 -0400 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834283/ A woman who agreed to be sexually and physically assaulted to help her lawsuit against a former employer pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge.</p><p>Lindsey D. Crawford, ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834845/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:00 -0400 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25834845/ ST. LOUIS -- Todd Wellemeyer and the Cardinals' offense both emerged from recent slumps, giving St. Louis a 5-2 win over the Giants at Busch Stadium on Thursday night. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25835167/ Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:14:20 -0400 St Louis Cardinals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/25835167/