Winter is officially over. The St. Louis Cardinals and Kansas City Royals both open their 2003 seasons today.The Cardinals will host the Milwaukee Brewers at 3:10. Matt Morris takes the hill for St. Louis, Ben Sheets will be on the mound for Milwaukee. The Redbirds will be looking to make their fourth straight postseason appearance, something that has never happened in the history of the franchise.The Royals, meanwhile, are coming off their first 100-loss season. They’ll host the Chicago White Sox at 2:05. A young Kansas City rotation brings just 21 career wins into this season. Runelvys Hernandez gets the call for the Royals, 19-game winner Mark Buehrle will start for Chicago.
New Fund Announced To Help Small Business
March 31, 2003 By
The Holden Administration has announced the creation of the Grow Missouri Fund – a low interest revolving loan program for small businesses in the Southeast and South central regions of the state. It’s a partnership involving the State Department of Economic Development, the City of Cape Girardeau, 29 Missouri counties designated as part of the federal Delta Regional Authority, regional planning commissions in the area, and the National Development Council. The program will be funded with Community Development Block Grant money designated by the state and will make use of the not-for-profit loan guaranty license held by the National Development Council.
Convicted Kansas Killer Agrees To Stand Trial In Missouri
March 28, 2003 By
Convicted killer John E. Robinson has agreed to come to Missouri to face murder charges in Cass County. He faces a death sentence in Kansas for killing two women whose bodies were found stuffed into barrels on his property in Kansas. He’s charged with murdering three other women and leaving their bodies in barrels in a storage locker in Raymore.
Missouri Charging Diet Supplement Company With False Advertising
March 28, 2003 By
The state of Missouri is charging a diet supplement company with fraudulent advertising and failing to disclose the health risks of the supplement. The lawsuit against MuscleTech, which makes the supplement called “Hydroxycut,” says the company does not tell users about the dangers of ephedra, one of the ingredients. The lawsuit also charges the company has misled consumers with some before-and-after pictures in its ads. It says the company does not disclose that a woman in a “before” picture had just had a baby. The Attorney General’s office says the lawsuit is the first of many that will be coming agaisnt supplements.
Weight’s Last-Second Shot Wins It For Blues
March 28, 2003 By
The Blues certainly have a flair for the dramatic. St. Louis came away with a 2-1 win over the Panthers thanks to Doug Weight’s power play goal with :02 to go in the game. With just under a minute to go, Florida was penalized for having too many men on the ice, giving St. Louis their only man-advantage of the evening. Cory Stillman and Scott Mellanby assisted on the goal. Eric Boguniecki scored the first goal of the game at the 10:58 mark of the third period. Brent Johnson got the start in goal and was almost impenetrable, kicking away 27 Panther shots on goal. 17 of them came in the third period alone. The victory allowed the Blues to hold on to a share of fourth place in the Western Conference. Tomorrow they face the Red Wings in St. Louis.
