From the monthly archives:

November 2009

MODOT helps farmers finally get crops in

by Bob Priddy on November 30, 2009

in Agriculture, Business, Transportation

We start the last month of the year with a lot of crops still in the fields and with renewal of an emergency declaration that could help get them to market. The state transportation department has extended until December 22nd its emergency trucking declaration so farmers can exceed regular limits to move their crops. [click to continue…]

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Ethics complaints filed against congressional candidate Bill Stouffer

by Steve Walsh 11/30/09 9:53 PM

The race for Missouri’s 4th District Congressional race is heating up beyond the campaigning. A Warrensburg man has filed complaints with both the Federal Election Commission and the Missouri Ethics Commission regarding the campaign practices of Republican candidate Bill Stouffer, a State Senator from Napton.
Central Missouri University political science major Chris Brockway of Warrensburg, who [...]

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Highway Patrol: Lowest number of Thanksgiving weekend fatalities in years

by Jessica Machetta 11/30/09 7:20 PM

Two people were killed on Missouri roads over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Highway Patrol Captain Tim Hull says that’s way down from the 14 deaths during last year’s holiday counting period, but that the two fatal crashes this year offer a sobering reminder… both victims were not wearing seatbelts.
Hull says in one of the accidents, [...]

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Once ignored Fourth Congressional District attractive to Republicans

by Steve Walsh 11/30/09 6:52 PM

One of the most interesting of Missouri’s 2010 congressional races is the Republican contest in the 4th District, which stretches from mid-Missouri, south of the Missouri River, west to the Kansas border. While four Republicans – State Senator Bill Stouffer, former State Representative Vicky Hartzler, Brian Riley, and James Scholz – have announced their [...]

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Transportation chief won’t endorse any one tax

by Brent Martin 11/30/09 6:48 PM

State Transportation Director Pete Rahn warns that highway construction will come to an end and some road maintenance work will go unmet if Missourians don’t approve higher taxes for transportation. He just won’t endorse any particular tax.

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