That bronze bust of Kansas City Royals great George Brett, stolen from the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in Springfield, has been found. The bust was found in a box in a ditch near Camdenton. The Camden County Sheriff’s Office says the bust, which went missing from the Hall of Fame earlier this week, was found in a box labeled, “Please return to the police, stolen property.” Officials with the Hall of Fame say they’re happy to have the bust recovered. They don’t know of a motive for the theft.
Blunt Asks Bush for Disaster Declaration
September 29, 2006 By
Governor Matt Blunt is asking President Bush to approve a Disaster Declaration for Individual Assistance as a result of the tornadoes and other severe weather that hit the southeastern part of the state last weekend. The request follows the gathering of information by five Damage Assessment teams from the federal, state, and local levels. Those teams identified more than 600 homes and 75 businesses that suffered storm related damages. The twelve counties for which the Governor is requesting assistance are: Butler, Crawford, Dunklin, Howell, Iron, Madison, New Madrid, Perry, Phelps, Reynolds, Ripley, and St. Francois. Approval of the Governor’s request would see Individual Assistance providing disaster grants or low-interest loans to families, individuals, and businesses to help recover uninsured personal property and business losses.
Cabbie Honored for help in Solving Robbery
September 29, 2006 By
A taxi cab driver has been honored by the St. Louis Metropolitan Taxicab Commission for helping police solve a bank robbery. Frank James Utely of St. Louis Country Club has been honored for turning in a suspect who hired him to drive to a casino. The Commission says the suspect paid Utely with money taken from the Pulaski Bank and Utely alerted a security guard with the casino. Utely became suspicious when he saw the stain on the money left from the dye pack the bank had inserted.
Posthumous Law Degree Awarded to Lloyd Gaines
September 29, 2006 By
A posthumous law degree has been awarded to Lloyd Gaines during the Missouri Bar’s annual convention in St. Louis. Gaines’ quest to enroll in the University of Missouri’s law school in 1938 went all the way to the United States Supreme Court. When the Court ruled that MU had to either enroll Gaines or create a separate law school for Blacks, the university set up a very basic law school for blacks. Discouraged, Gaines left for the University of Michigan, where he earned a master’s degree in economics, but he disappeared in 1939, last seen leaving a Chicago boarding home.
Talks on Use of Mississippi River Break Down in Washington
September 29, 2006 By
Arguments about how best to use the Mississippi River have become increasingly contentious in Washington – so contentious that talks have broken down on a bill that includes nearly $4-Billion to build locks on the Mississippi River, as well as the Illinois River. And the issue has been put on the shelf until after the elections. Senator Kit Bond had been pushing the bill, but says Congress has run out of time to get it passed. The largest project in the bill is construction of 1,200 foot locks on the upper Mississippi River and two on the Illinois River. Barge operators, farmers and unions have all campaigned for the project. The bill would also authorize more than a billion and a half dollars for environmental work, such as rebuilding side channels.
