by Bob Priddy
10/20/09 2:37 PM
Missouri’s prison population has eased after hitting a record for number of inmates at the start of the month. The prison population had declined for about three years before reaching 30,720 people in men’s and women’s prisons. Corrections director George Lombardi says the population has grown by fifteen women and 255 men since January first. [...]
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by Jessica Machetta
10/20/09 10:26 AM
As a Revolutionary War Patriot is honored at the Capitol, his descendents reflect upon their heritage. Elizabeth Gentry Sayad, his great-great-great granddaughter, says Richard Gentry fought in the battlefield at Yorktown in 1781, where Lord Cornwallis surrendered.
Gentry’s epitaph reads “present at the capture of Cornwallis.” While most remember that Cornwallis surrendered, Sayad says her ancestors called it [...]
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