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Gov. to veto bill that ‘would undermine the Human Rights Act

April 28, 2011 By

At 1 p.m. Friday, April 29, Governor Nixon will visit the Old Courthouse in St. Louis to veto Senate Bill 188, the Governor’s Office reports.

“Unless vetoed, the bill would undermine key provisions of the Missouri Human Rights Act, rolling back decades of progress in protecting civil rights,” the release says. “This bill would make it harder to prove discrimination in the workplace, and would throw new hurdles in the path of those whose rights have been violated,” Nixon says. ”That is unacceptable.”

The Governor’s announcement will take place on the Broadway side of the Old Courthouse.  Broadway will be closed from Chestnut to Market for this event to accommodate the audience and parking for individuals with disabilities.

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ASPCA works to rescue animals in flood zones

April 28, 2011 By

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is rescuing four-legged victims in Southeast Missouri’s flood zone. Kyle Held is the Midwest director of Field Investigations and Response… he’s working with the shelter in Caruthersville.

“Our rescue boat actually arrives today — I’ve been out on three rescues without a boat,” he says. “We went on two yesterday and we went out on one earlier but was not able to outswim a dog,” he laughed, “so he’s still out there, we’ll go back and check up on him once we got our boat up and running.”

He says they working to rescue animals trapped by floodwaters in Southeast Missouri’s Pemiscot County; Franklin County around Frankfort, Kentucky; Shelby County and Memphis, Tennessee, as well as animals affected by tornadoes in Arkansas’ Faulkner County and Conway.

Animal rescues in high water presents several challenges — animals are scared — and they’re being confronted by strangers, taken to a strange place. [Read more...]

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Saints defensive coordinator to be honored by CMSU

April 28, 2011 By

Gregg Williams

Missouri native Gregg Williams, who is the defensive coordinator for the New Orleans Saints will receive the University of Central Missouri’s Distinguished Service Award during the undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 7.

Williams grew up in Excelsior Springs, MO, and attended Northeast Missouri State University (now Truman State University), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in education in 1979. After graduation, he went on to earn a master’s degree in education at the University of Central Missouri while serving as a teacher and coach at Belton High School in the early 1980s.

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Lohse strong, bullpen shaky, as Cards hold off Houston

April 28, 2011 By

Kyle Lohse threw seven scoreless innings before the Astros cut into the Cardinals’ bullpen for five runs in the final two innings to fall just short in a 6-5 Cardinals win. Matt Holliday went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBIs for St. Louis.

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Royals, Francis stumble again

April 28, 2011 By

Royals starter Jeff Francis is still looking for his first win. He got rocked in the first inning at Cleveland as Orlando Cabrera’s bases-clearing double highlighted a five run first inning as the Royals lost their fifth in a row, 7-2.

Francis fell to 0-3 with a 5.03 ERA. He only managed to get through three innings after giving up another run in the third. The Royals cut the Indians lead to 5-2 in the second with solo home runs from Jeff Franceour and Mike Aviles. That was all the Royals could manage off Josh Tomlin who went six innings to improve his record to 4-0.

The Royals are 3.5 games out of first and drop to 12-12.

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