(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — State senators are holding several hearings around Missouri to determine if changes are needed in the state’s immigration policies. The special panel is to make… Read more »
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Blunt retains US Senate leadership post
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt will remain in his leadership post in the Senate Republican caucus. Blunt, of Missouri, is the vice chairman of the chamber’s… Read more »
Moberly college president to take Arkansas job
(MOBERLY, Mo., AP) — The president of Moberly Area Community College will become the new president of a community college in Bentonville, Ark. Evelyn Jorgenson said Wednesday she will leave… Read more »
Thief steals Jeep with toddler inside; child safe
(IMPERIAL, Mo., AP) — An eastern Missouri toddler is unharmed and with her family after a thief stole a Jeep with her inside. KMOV-TV (http://bit.ly/UFTfmU ) reports that a 25-year-old… Read more »
McCaskill, Blunt take opposing stances on taxes
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s two U.S. senators are taking opposite positions on whether to raise taxes on the wealthy as part of a solution to the so-called fiscal… Read more »
Change of venue sought in Whitworth case
By ANDY LYONS (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The two defendants in the case of a local bar owner who was shot and killed in his driveway will have a new… Read more »
Foreign students at Mo. colleges top 16,000
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The number of foreign students enrolled at Missouri colleges and universities has topped 16,000. An annual report by the Institution of International Education says Missouri’s… Read more »
Report: Science reduced in Kan. elementary schools
(TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — A new report says elementary schools in Kansas and surrounding states have reduced, or even eliminated, science education in recent years to emphasize reading and math…. Read more »
Deer crashes through 2 windows at medical building
(HANNIBAL, Mo., AP) — A medical building at Hannibal Regional Hospital in northeast Missouri is fully operational even after a deer slammed through two windows. The Hannibal Courier-Post (http://bit.ly/RXnTn5 )… Read more »
Conviction tossed, 30-year inmate nears freedom
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A 56-year-old, partially blind schizophrenic man who has been imprisoned for three decades could be freed in a hearing Wednesday, after… Read more »