A West Plains man has drowned while on a tubing trip on the Meramec River. The state water patrol says Gregory Spurling was pronounced dead by the Crawford County coroner after being found face down in the water.
Several MacBook Pros stolen from MU bookstore
August 29, 2011 By
Somebody has stolen about $50,000 worth of laptop computers in Columbia. Twenty-eight Apple MacBook Pro computers have been taken from the University Bookstore Distribution Center. The disappearance of the computers was not discovered until the center ran a quarterly inventory. They went missing sometime between mid-May and last Tuesday.
Student suing Webster U for not teaching him ‘empathy’
August 29, 2011 By
A former Webster University student says he was thrown out of the school’s masters program in family counseling because he wasn’t showing enough empathy. Ex-student David Schwartz of University City is suing the school for at least $3 million because it didn’t help him reach an acceptable level of empathy during his field work.
Webster University is not commenting.
NWMO man drowns in Platte River
August 29, 2011 By
The body of a northwest Missouri man who went under while walking across the Platte River has been recovered. Authorities say Lawrence Jones was on a fishing trip with his grandchildren when he stepped into a hole and did not resurface. The Buchanan County sheriff says his body was found about 100 yards away from the place where he disappeared.
LifeNet chopper crash kills four, still under investigation
August 29, 2011 By
Still not many details about why a LifeNet helicopter ambulance crashed Friday night in Clay County in Western Missouri, killing a patient and three crew members on board. Federal investigators continue their probe into the crash. The company plans a public memorial Friday morning at a St Joseph church to remember those who were killed.
Corporate Vice President Craig Yale identified crew members over the weekend as pilot James Freudenberg, flight paramedic Chris Frakes and flight nurse Randy Bever.
Frakes and Bever are from Savannah, Missouri. Freudenberg lived in Rapid City, South Dakota. The patient, 58-year-old Terry Tacoronte, was being transported from Harrison County Community Hospital in Bethany to the Liberty Hospital in Liberty at the time of the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the crash.
