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Sunday, December 13, 2009

Education officials to discuss closing of troubled Wellston School District

by Steve Walsh on December 13, 2009

in Education

State education officials are proposing that one of the state’s 523 school districts be closed and absorbed by one of its neighboring districts. State Commissioner of Education Chris Nicastro meets with leaders of the Wellston and Normandy School Districts in St. Louis County, Monday night, to discuss having the troubled Wellston School District closed at the end of the current school year.

Jim Morris, Director of Public Information with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), says Wellston has been struggling for quite some time and was the first district to be taken over by the state. [click to continue…]

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National Guard gets first drill sergeant

by Bob Priddy 12/13/09 10:01 PM

The National Guard has something it has never had in its modern era—a drill sergeant.
Staff Sergeant Tyler Ritenour of Maysville is a fulltime maintenance technician for the 1128th Support Company in Marshall. He’s a National Guard soldier in addition to being a civilian employee of the Guard.

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Titans crush Rams 47-7

by Steve Walsh 12/13/09 9:10 PM

The Tennessee Titans scored early and often on the way to a 47-7 thrashing of the St. Louis Rams Sunday afternoon at LP Field in Nashville.
The Titans struck first just over 5 minutes into the game as Chris Johnson ran for the first of two touchdowns on the afternoon – a 39 yard run to [...]

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MoDOT looking for more improvements for Amtrak

by Brent Martin 12/13/09 6:01 PM

An improvement in mid-Missouri has greatly improved Amtrak service across the state. Now, the Department of Transportation wants to go farther and faster with passenger rail service.
A new 9,000-foot rail siding at California allows Union Pacific freight trains to get out of the way of Amtrak traveling between Kansas City and Jefferson City.
“This is the [...]

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Bills hold on for win over Chiefs

by Steve Walsh 12/13/09 4:44 PM

Matt Cassell passed for 224 yards but was intercepted 4 times as the Buffalo Bills downed the Kansas City Chiefs 16-10 Sunday afternoon at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City.
The Bills got on the board first Terrell Owens grabbed a 9 yard touchdown pass from Ryan Fitzpatrick to cap an 8 play, 92 yard drive. Rian [...]

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