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Meet Missouri’s Teacher of the Year (AUDIO)

by Bob Priddy on September 1, 2010

Missouri’s teacher of the year says there needs to be good chemistry between the teacher in the classroom and the people in the community.

He’s a teacher who believes in “staging the scene and then staying out of the way so students can appreciate an unobstructed view of the wonder of it all.” [click to continue…]

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Five casino applications filed (AUDIO)

by Bob Priddy 09/1/10 5:50 PM

Five companies have filed applications for Missouri’s only remaining casino license. Two applications are from St. Louis and St. Louis County. Two competing companies want to get a casino in Sugar Creek. One application has come in from Cape Girardeau.

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Tort victims fund makes payouts (AUDIO)

by Bob Priddy 08/31/10 10:01 PM

Injured Missourians unable to win enough money in lawsuits to make themselves whole are getting thousands of dollars from a special state fund. Here’s how it works: Suppose you’re left with high hospital bills because of an accident and the person who caused the crash has minimal or no insurance. That’s where the state Tort [...]

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Casino license deadline today (AUDIO)

by Bob Priddy 08/31/10 10:00 PM

This is the last day for companies wanting to apply for the state’s only remaining casino license. State law limits Missouri to only 13 casino licenses. The demise of the President Casino in St. Louis has opened the competition for its license. State Gaming Commission Executive Director Roger Stottlemyre expects as many as six applicants [...]

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‘Mexico goat’ is caught (AUDIO)

by Ryan Famuliner 08/31/10 4:23 PM

It’s become an online phenomenon; a renegade goat running loose in the city of Mexico. The Mexico Goat has more than 8,000 followers on Facebook, and had eluded Mexico public works employees and police officers for days. But the 10-day saga has come to an end, in about as fitting a way imaginable. A Mexico man says he took matters into his [...]

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