The Missouri Lottery has its first two-time millionaire: a Bonne Terre man who has won $1 million with a $100 million Blockbuster scratcher’s ticket just a month after he won $2 million in the Mega-Millions scratchers’ game. He’s Ernest Pullen, who says the money will go to fix his new house.
ACLU comes of man allegedly beaten in jail
September 29, 2010 By
A man who says a he was beaten in the Washington County jail has gained support from the American Civil Liberties Union in his lawsuit against the county, the chief jailer and his daughter, and other jail inmates.
Gary Gieselman says the jailers intentionally put him in a cell with another inmate known for attacking fellow inmates. Chief jailer Vernon Wilson faces criminal charges of civil rights violations.
Navy agrees to buy St. Louis jets: $5.3 billion
September 29, 2010 By
The Navy has signed a $5.3 billion contract to buy about 125 F/A-18 fighter jets from Boeing in the next four years.
The jets are assembled in St. Louis. About 5,000 people work on F-18 production.
Cardinals secure a winning season
September 29, 2010 By
Jon Jay makes a sliding catch along the outfield wall in the ninth inning. UPI/Bill Greenblatt
In playing their first game since being eliminated from playoff contention, the Cardinals picked up win 82 assuring a winning record for the 12th time in 15 years under manager Tony LaRussa. The Cardinals beat the Pirates 4-1 Wednesday afternoon at Busch Stadium.
P.J. Walters pitched seven scoreless innings and Allen Craig homered and doubled to lead the offense. Starters Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday, Skip Schumaker and Brendan Ryan all sat this game out.
Walters gave up three hits and a walk while striking out four. Craig’s homer came in the fourth. The Cardinals made it a 2-0 game on a two out RBI single from Aaron Miles. The Cardinals put the game out of reach in the eighth on Bryan Anderson single and Tyler Greene sac fly.
Pittsburgh’s lone run came off Ryan Franklin who pitched the ninth in a non-save situation.
Mizzou suspends Simmons indefinitely, Prince quits football
September 29, 2010 By
Jasper Simmons
The Missouri football program has indefinitely suspended safety Jasper Simmons. While the reasons were not given by the athletic department, they are not related to legal troubles. The team also announced that defensive back Munir Prince’s football career has ended as well.
Simmons had missed the past three games coming back from knee surgery after he got injured in the Illinois game. At the post-game press conference on Saturday following the win over Miami-Ohio, Gary Pinkel said he expected Simmons to be ready to go for the Big 12 opener against Colorado.
Munir Prince
Prince was hurt in the Tigers’ final scrimmage on August 26th during punt coverage drills when he was blocked by defensive end Marcus Marbrough. Prince lay still on the field for several minutes and suffered temporary loss of feeling and movement in his arms and legs.
Prince made a full recovery and should have no complications from the injury, but in a decision made by his parents and the MU medical staff, they felt it wasn’t a wise decision to continue to play. Prince, a St. Louis native, transferred from Notre Dame to come back to his home state.
