The latest state lawsuit against two Florida companies charged with violating the state telemarketing law points up a big hole in Missouri’s no-call system. [Read more...]
One city’s trash, another’s treasure
October 20, 2009 By
It is said that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. Soon, one mid-Missouri’s trash will produce another city’s energy.
It might be only 2% of the city of Columbia’s energy, but nonetheless methane gas from the Jefferson City landfill will soon be piped to Columbia where Mayor Darwin Hindman presides over the only city whose residents require a portion of the electricity produced by the city utility be from renewable sources.
Education officials expect little trouble making up school days lost to H1N1
October 20, 2009 By
It does not appear to be a widespread problem in Missouri – not yet, anyway. But state education officials are concerned about the spread of the H1N1 virus, or Swine Flu, throughout the state.
Inmate numbers ease after setting record
October 20, 2009 By
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. But since the first of October, the population is down about 25, a trend he hopes continues. [Read more...]
Revolutionary War Patriot honored at Capitol
October 20, 2009 By
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.
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 a capture. She says he wasn’t always buried at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis, where he is now. Her father got permission to move him out of a run-down family plot in Kentucky in 1959.
Sayad says keeping such history alive like this helps everyone remember that we’re all stakeholders in America, and to be aware of that keeps us from being lost.
