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, 13 Mar 2010 12:43:29 -0500 Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:43:29 -0500 30 -- A stuck accelerator is blamed for a car crashing through a vacant store Friday night in Pacific. A Chevy Cobalt went through the front and back walls of the former Dollar General store on West Osa... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33095609/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:55:48 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33095609/ NY TIMES NEWS SERVICE, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI Sunday, Mar 14, 2010, Page 7 Like so many other public school parents, Reshonda Sanders felt confused on Thursday as she tried to comprehend why nearly... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33095470/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:53:36 -0500 Taipei Times http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33095470/ After being down by 14 points heading into halftime, the Central Missouri Jennies basketball team outscored Washburn, 45-39 in the second half. Even with that great stanza the Jennies fell 72-61 in th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33095693/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:49:31 -0500 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33095693/ http://comofiber.net/nominate The meeting was hosted at the Reynolds Journalism Institute on the University of Missouri campus and included representatives from the university, city government, the ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094604/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:40 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094604/ A new traffic signal operation system being tested in Columbia can calculate the need for signal changes in real time. The Missouri Department of Transportation is testing the system called InSync al... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094605/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:39 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094605/ Democrats are having a hard time finding a candidate to run against U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, the Republican from St. Elizabeth serving his first term. Mary Ann Lovell of Louisiana, Mo., chairwom... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094606/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:38 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094606/ A Columbia woman who said she was trying to recycle paper has apologized to a St. Louis not-for-profit because the organization’s name and message were on the reverse side of her own campaign messag... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094607/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:37 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094607/ A group of investors who say they were defrauded out of their life savings by Vertical Group LLC are asking a bankruptcy judge to liquidate the assets of Vertical founder and CEO Nathan Reuter. The ni... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094610/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:37 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094610/ Zim Schwartze: Warns about low-water crossings In 2008, nine people died in flash floods or flooding in Missouri, according to the National Weather Service. Most of the deaths typically occur at lo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094608/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:36 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094608/ JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan is backing a ban on congressional spending earmarks. Republican candidate Roy Blunt says he will abide by a one-year moratorium. But... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094609/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:40:36 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094609/ -- A vehicle going too fast for conditions may have been responsible for a fatal accident last night in north St. Louis County. One person was killed in the accident around seven o'clock on New Halls... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094529/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:27:53 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094529/ -- An early morning accident has left one person dead in the city of St. Louis. Police say the accident happened around 1:50 a.m. at Taylor and Broadway when a vehicle going at a high speed hit a ligh... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094530/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:27:51 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094530/ It is one and done for the Saint Louis University Billikens as they lose in the quarterfinal round of the Atlantic 10 Tournament to Rhode Island.  Saint Louis will now have to wait and see, if and wh... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094602/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:21:20 -0500 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094602/ 16 games left in the season, and six points out of the last playoff spot in the NHL’s Western Conference.  That is the position the St. Louis Blues find themselves in as they get ready for game... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094603/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:21:18 -0500 Missourinet http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33094603/ 2010 Executive Education programs are now available at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO ( http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33092072/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:04:41 -0500 PR Web http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33092072/ -- A coroner's jury ruled yesterday that a Missouri woman whose two sons drowned in a river near their home last year was "criminally negligent'' in not keeping them safe. The Texas County pro... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33092640/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 06:39:00 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33092640/ Chris Coco, from the St. Louis Traffic Division, moves a shamrock pattern Thursday afternoon for more spray painting designs on Market Street in preparation for the St. Patrick's Day run today.. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091726/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:02 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091726/ 03/13/2010 PHILADELPHIA — An American arrested in a sweep of al-Qaida members last week in Yemen worked as a laborer at five nuclear plants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland, federal officia... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091727/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:01 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091727/ 03/13/2010 CHICAGO — Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many Caesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggests that many Americans are being overtreated. Maybe even President... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091095/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:46:00 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091095/ (AP Photo/Denny Medley)Baylor center Brittney Griner shoots over Oklahoma center Abi Olajuwon, (right) in the first half during an NCAA college basketball game at the Big 12 Basketball Conference tour... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091846/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:51 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091846/ Denis Clemente added 24 and seven assists to give Kansas State a school single-season record for wins.Sutton was the difference, though, playing with the relentless energy he'd been missing over the f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091847/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:50 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091847/ Abi Olajuwon came down with her 10th rebound, got fouled and made the free throws.Griner missed 3 of her first 4 shots and had just five points and two rebounds the first half. She finished 4 of 10 fr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091848/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 05:33:48 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33091848/ 03/13/2010 JEFFERSON CITY — The leader of an effort to change how Missouri judges are chosen has filed an ethics complaint against the Missouri Bar, a state-created association to which all lawyers... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33089782/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:25:59 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33089782/ 2008 (unknown date) - Army Cpl. Gunnar Zwilling, 20, gets some rest in Afghanistan in 2008. Zwilling was killed in July 2008 and is buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090558/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:25:59 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090558/ 03/13/2010 SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois House on Friday sent Gov. Pat Quinn a measure that would put new restrictions on a controversial legislative tuition waiver program but not kill the ofte... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090559/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:25:59 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090559/ 03/13/2010 The Missouri Department of Transportation has moved forward with a disputed multimillion-dollar contract for reflective glass beads, officials said Friday. Weissker Manufacturing LLC of... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090556/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:25:58 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090556/ 03/13/2010 ST. LOUIS — The unattended possessions of the homeless will still be picked up during routine city park cleanups, but they'll now have a way to get them back. Mayor Francis Slay unvei... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090561/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:25:57 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090561/ 03/13/2010 JEFFERSON CITY — Sen. Jason Crowell, R-Cape Girardeau, has been sounding the alarm for the last two years that Missouri's budget crisis would only get worse if the state kept handing out... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090560/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:25:55 -0500 St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33090560/ Debi Thomas, the first African-American athlete to win a medal in the Winter Olympics, told an audience last weekend at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum that she would enjoy doing her Olympic experie... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087260/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:22 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087260/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Dominique Sutton had a double-double and a key offense rebound that led to Jacob Pullen's 3-pointer with 2:02 left, helping No. 9 Kansas State survive for an 82-75 win over No. 21 ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087268/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:22 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087268/ A lesson to school administrators everywhere: There is no such thing as a little noose.</p><p>The one offered last month by two white students at Raymore-Peculiar High School to a black st... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087261/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:21 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087261/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- If Kansas State wanted another shot at the University of Kansas this season, they got exactly what they asked for.Kansas State was able to use clutch shooting to dispatch Baylor 82... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087269/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:21 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087269/ Kindergartners at St. Stephen’s Academy swarmed around their new friend Friday.</p><p>For most of the week they knew her as Nicole, the lady who read, drew pictures and practiced... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087263/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:19 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087263/ Area fire chiefs say that when you change your clocks tonight for the start of daylight saving time, it’s also a good time to change your smoke alarm batteries.</p><p>Working ala... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087262/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:18 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087262/ Friday’s winning numbers:</p><p>•<strong>Missouri Pick 3</strong></p><p><strong>Midday:</strong> 1-4-2</p><p><strong&g... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087264/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:16 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087264/ When she was young, Teresa Lizar wanted to see the world.</p><p>So, shortly after she graduated from Smithville High School in 1977, she and a friend backpacked across Europe, visiting Fra... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087265/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:32:14 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087265/ (AP Photo/Denny Medley)Baylor center Brittney Griner (42) blocks a shot from Oklahoma forward Nyeshia Stevenson (1) in the first half during an NCAA college basketball game at the Big 12 Basketball Co... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087715/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:28:12 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087715/ ST. CHARLES (KMOX) -- The two far left lanes of westbound Interstate 70 on the Blanchette Bridge were closed Friday afternoon for emergency repairs. Crews are making those repairs to the bridge exp... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087497/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 01:12:06 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33087497/ -- For weeks nearly every owner of local Toyota dealerships have declined to sit down for a television interview. On Friday, the owner of a metro east dealership agreed to talk about Toyota and a chal... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085260/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:10:14 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085260/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Xavier Henry scored 11 points in a stunning 21-2 run that broke a tight game wide open and carried No. 1 Kansas past No. 23 Texas A&M 79-66 in a rough-and-tumble Big 12 semifin... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085836/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:29 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085836/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- For years, basketball teams have been successful by being physical and bruising. That has not always been the calling card of Kansas basketball.Friday night, KU was forced into bei... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085835/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:28 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085835/ TOPEKA | Parents of disabled Kansans and a coalition of service providers asked the state Supreme Court on Friday to reverse recent budget cuts that they say violate state and federal law.</p>&l... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085828/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:27 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085828/ <strong><span class="subhead">KANSAS | Court furloughs</span></strong></p><p>Kansas courts will close on four Fridays because of the state’s bud... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085831/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:24 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085831/ Two top managers and a training official have resigned from Kansas City’s MAST ambulance service, effective next month.</p><p>Darryl Coontz, chief operating officer at MAST, conf... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085832/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:23 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085832/ He’d washed and waxed his red 2003 Jeep Wrangler. Filled the gas tank. Listened to a little Kid Rock in the CD player before parking a block off the Country Club Plaza.</p><p>Tha... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085834/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:22 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085834/ <strong>Who:</strong> John S. Pelot, 84, of Columbia, formerly of Overland Park.</p><p><strong>When and how he died:</strong> Feb. 16, of natural causes.</p>&... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085833/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:09:21 -0500 The Kansas City Star http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085833/ Kim Mulkey cut off a question directed to Griner about what she learned from the incident. Mulkey answered instead, saying Griner learned missed the game.Mulkey said the Griner she knows is a "gentle ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33086186/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 00:05:19 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33086186/ SURPRISE, Ariz. -- In an unusual move, the Royals have rescheduled a rained-out Cactus League game. The March 7 game with the San Francisco Giants will be made up as part of a split-squad doublehea... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085837/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:50:25 -0500 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33085837/ -- One person has died in a crash in North St. Louis County. It happened around 7:00 p.m. on Halls Ferry at Chambers Road. St. Louis County Police said the victim's vehicle went out of control, stri... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33084095/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:46:25 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33084095/ -- St. Patrick's Day isn't officially until next week, but many people will do their celebrating this weekend. That means thousands of people will be hitting the bars and going to parties, and unfort... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33084738/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:46:24 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33084738/ Iowa State 62-59 in the quarterfinals Friday.Riley made 6 of her first 7 shots, then missed 17 in a row before warming up again late in the game to carry the seventh-seeded http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33084899/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:41:52 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33084899/ -- The White House is trying its own version of Casual Friday. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs wore a Canadian hockey jersey into the daily briefing, drawing jeers from the media. A few minutes later, ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33082051/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:32:33 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33082051/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police said they have made an arrest and charges have been filed in the slaying of a Riverside man.Police have arrested Cavona Flenoy, 19, in the shooting death of Hassan Abbas. In... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33082982/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:31:47 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33082982/ Missouri boys who drowned last year was "criminally negligent" in not keeping them safe.Following Friday's ruling, KSPR-TV reports that it's now up to the http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083554/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:27:27 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083554/ Senate Appropriations Committee to bring numerous earmarked spending projects to Missouri.House Republicans pledged Thursday not to insert any earmarks for local projects in this year's spending bills... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083555/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:27:26 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083555/ Kansas City .The Chiefs announced Friday they signed Wiegmann, who was a free agent after two seasons with Denver. Terms were not released.Wiegmann has 168 starts in 195 games in a 14-year http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083556/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:27:25 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083556/ SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Outfield prospect Rene Oriental, after an absence of about five years, is returning to the Royals. Oriental, whose work visa from the Dominican Republic was revoked in 2004, was ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33082984/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:11:11 -0500 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33082984/ HOUSTON, Mo. (AP) -- A coroner's jury has ruled that the mother of two southern Missouri boys who drowned last year was "criminally negligent" in not keeping them safe. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083553/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:10:12 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33083553/ -- President Barack Obama's Nobel Prize win is benefitting St. Louis-area students and teachers. College Summit, an institution dedicated to training principals and teachers to encourage students to ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080094/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:35:26 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080094/ -- St. Louis officials announced a new program designed to give homeless residents a way to keep track of their belongings. The so-called Tag & Bag program provides homeless people with a trave... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080803/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:35:24 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080803/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Big 12 Basketball Tournament has brought so much money and excitement to Kansas City that city officials are lobbying to play host to the tournament on a permanent basis.But Ok... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080400/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:40 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080400/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- There might not be any bigger Kansas State Wildcats fans than Lawrence and Faye Odgrs.The pair are known as the "white caps" and they wear them to the Wildcats' games."He bought th... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080401/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:38 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080401/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Big 12 Tournament is a four-day party and a lot of fans have skipped work the past few days to watch the games at the Sprint Center.But what about all the business people who a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080402/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:37 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080402/ AtTCHISON COUNTY, Kan. -- Atchison County sheriff's deputies and agents from the Kansas Bureau of Investigation searched a lumber business on Friday afternoon that is owned by a missing woman's ex-hus... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080404/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:36 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080404/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The cheers of Wildcat fans filled the inside of Municipal Auditorium on Friday as Kansas State took on Nebraska in the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament.One of those voices belo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080403/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:35 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080403/ KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- For many customers at The Legends shopping center it's all about the bargains, and the managers there said they are giving customers what they want -- an outlet mall.Stacey and De... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080405/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:34:34 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080405/ Oil companies will be able to tap more than 5 million gallons of Missouri River water daily for drilling operations under a pair of projects announced Friday by North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078915/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:23:31 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078915/ LAKELAND, Fla. -- Ryan Perry has been working on a tattoo on his gifted right arm since his days at the University of Arizona. It's a collection of different designs and interests in his life. Every t... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080350/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:10:49 -0500 Detroit Tigers http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33080350/ JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan is backing a ban on congressional spending earmarks. Republican candidate Roy Blunt says he will abide by a one-year moratorium. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33081129/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:09:51 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33081129/ POPLAR BLUFF, MO (AP) -- Officials with the Mark Twain National Forest are pushing to stop illegal dumping of tires in the southeast Missouri forest, and to clean up the mess left from previous years.... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33076534/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:43:14 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33076534/ Her Heart: In for hernia surgery, discovers heart trouble Kasey Joyce has the story of one woman who owes her life to early detection of coronary artery disease. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077774/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:43:11 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077774/ -- A 21-year-old Florissant man has been charged for allegedly leading police on wild chase that ended in a multi-vehicle crash on Lindbergh Boulevard earlier in the week. According to the Missouri H... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33076316/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:43:04 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33076316/ -- A 49-year-old O'Fallon man was charged Friday for his alleged involvement in manufacturing methamphetamine, the Warren County Sheriff's Department said. Sheriff Kevin Harrison said two detectives ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077428/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:43:00 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077428/ Bay Scallops Click on links above for recipes. If you'd like to be a guest on KCTV5's weekend edition of More In The Morning, fill out the form below and click "Submit." If the news producers want mor... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077426/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:42:24 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077426/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Police Department said Friday that there has not been an arrest made in the case of the Waldo rapist.Rumors have abounded on social networking sites recently that a... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077427/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:42:24 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077427/ Thomas Brandtonies Jr. is facing seven counts of stealing and five counts of unlawful merchandising.Koster says the Butler man misrepresented to some customers that money they paid for pre-need funera... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078073/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:08 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078073/ Republicans will gather for their annual Lincoln Day celebration on Saturday in the southeast Missouri town. Blunt will also speakat that event, along with former http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078071/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:06 -0500 Examiner http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078071/ Tickets And he's done a little of everything -- he even closed for the Giants in 2004, notching 23 saves. So, as Hillman put it, he's not likely to start "vibrating" in a tough situation. "When ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077429/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:21:12 -0500 Kansas City Royals http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077429/ LAKELAND, Fla. -- No more driving the manager crazy. No more endless sessions in the cage while the Tigers are on the field. No more babysitting the kids when first pitch comes around. It's time for B... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077362/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:21:05 -0500 Detroit Tigers http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077362/ An O'Fallon Missouri man has been arrested after being caught with a shopping list....of methamphetamine ingredients! Warren County investigators say 49 year old George McCleary was picked up in Warr... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077772/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:52 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077772/ -- The county with the highest number of alcohol related traffic accidents in Missouri, is getting a new weapon to get drunks off its roads. Thanks to a $400,000 federal grant passed on by the state,... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077773/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:51 -0500 KMOX http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077773/ BUTLER, Mo. (AP) -- A former western Missouri funeral home operator is accused of defrauding customers who bought pre-need funeral plans from his business. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078066/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:11 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078066/ TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- Kansas and Nebraska regulators have signed an agreement letting farmers drive trucks across the state line without having a commercial driver's license. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078067/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:11 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078067/ St. Louis County Republican Lincoln Days will feature a speech on Saturday by Congressman Roy Blunt, who is running for U.S. Senate. The event is at the Southwest Viking Hotel and Conference Center in... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078070/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:20:10 -0500 Associated Press http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33078070/ Archtax in St. Louis County was sentenced to three years in prison Friday for failing to pay federal taxes and stealing tax refunds from his ex-clients. Robert Futch, 55, of St. Louis, was ordered to... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077771/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:09:31 -0500 St. Louis Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077771/ Retail and food services sales edged up 0.3 percent to $355.5 billion in February from the prior month, seasonally adjusted, according to Friday advance estimates from the http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33076421/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:09:12 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33076421/ The Legends at Village West plans a makeover, and it’s bringing in national experts to help. The Kansas City, Kan., shopping and entertainment center wants to become a “destination outlet... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077425/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:09:11 -0500 The Business Journal http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33077425/ NEW YORK (AP) -- After a smashing return, Jay Leno appears headed to a battle with David Letterman for late-night television supremacy. The Nielsen Co. says Leno averaged 5.6 million viewers last wee... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075041/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:39 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075041/ Prosecutors filed charges against three adults accused of being a part of a group that beat two men. St. Louis police said prosecutors charged 19-year-old Wesley Williams, 17-year-old Rickey Robinson... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075042/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:38 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075042/ The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office has a new DWI enforcement unit that will be out on patrol this weekend looking for drunk drivers. The unit consists of three deputies and four vehicles and was f... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33074704/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:34 -0500 News Channel 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33074704/ KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Police have released the identification of the woman who was killed in a crash on US 169 Highway on Thursday afternoon.Teresa Lizar, 51, of Smithville, died in a multi-car crash on... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33074663/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:02 -0500 KCTV 5 http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33074663/ An Adair County jury convicted a Macon man of manslaughter Wednesday evening in a case involving the death of a former Sturgeon man. Lucas Summers was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, burgla... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075276/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:24 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075276/ One lane of traffic on Rock Quarry Road is expected to be blocked from about 9:30 a.m. to noon tomorrow, according to a city news release. About 80 volunteers plan to clean Rock Quarry Road tomorrow ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075277/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:23 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075277/ A community dinner in honor of outgoing Mayor Darwin Hindman is set for March 27. The event will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 2525 N. Stadium Blvd. The program will incl... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075278/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:22 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075278/ In 2007, Columbia joined the ranks of cities across the country banning smoking inside business establishments. Now, Fulton could be following in its footsteps. Tuesday night, Fulton City Council mem... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075280/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:20 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075280/ One of the more dramatic government cost savings Gov. Jay Nixon proposed yesterday was the elimination of state-paid scholarships to private college students. Westminster College President Barney For... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075279/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:19 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075279/ Elizabeth Platz, right, receives a trophy and a dictionary after winning the Tribune Regional Spelling Bee Thursday at Christian Fellowship Church. David Song, left, came in second. http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075281/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:18 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075281/ David Mitchell is conflicted. As a black man whose mother was a sharecropper, he’s angry and frustrated that two University of Missouri students lined cotton in front of the Gaines/Oldham Black Cult... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075283/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:17 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075283/ The Public Works Department has begun adjusting speed limits on city streets. The adjustment stems from an August Columbia City Council decision. Residential streets with 2,000 or fewer cars per day ... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075282/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:16 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075282/ CENTRALIA — Accurate census figures will help communities get their fair share of federal dollars, and residents might also be able to find jobs helping with the population count, officials from Boo... http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075284/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:15 -0500 Columbia Daily Tribune http://story.stlouisstar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/3de26857846ae51b/id/33075284/