Fayette High School burns

A central Missouri high school is in ruins. The larger part of Fayette High School was completely destroyed by an early morning fire. The blaze broke out shortly after three this morning. No word on what caused it. Crews found the two major classroom buildings on...

DFS under attack for abuse calls

Missouri’s Division of Family Services is defending itself in the wake of a performance audit which found the Division isn’t doing enough to deal with child abuse and neglect. The report concludes the Division fails to adequately investigate cases....

"Snow days" getting scarce

Christmas vacation has become longer for many Missouri school children, but they might wind up paying for it in the Spring. A number of school districts have called off classes because of the weather and some of them have now used up all of the snow days they had...

Minister admits fleecing the flock

Springfield minister Francis Blacketer has pleaded guilty to ten charges in a mortgage fraud scheme that cost at least 75 investors almost two-million dollars. Blacketer admits that for almost a year he told investors he represented people wanting to get loans secured...

Women sentenced in pyramid scam

Eight Kansas City-area women convicted of being involved in an illegal pyramid scheme have been told to pay fines and restitution totaling almost $200,000 dollars. The attorney general shut down the Women’s Empowerment Network, which also goes by the Dinner...