by admin | Dec 26, 2000 | News
Less-than-stellar kettle donations this season have forced bell-ringers in Kansas City back on the streets today. It’s an unprecedented move–Colonel Ted Dahlberg with the local Salvation Army chapter says his bell-ringers have never worked after Christmas...
by admin | Dec 26, 2000 | Uncategorized
A main street fire has destroyed a couple of 19th century buildings in downtown Trenton, in northwest Missouri. The fire has destroyed a barber shop, a tanning salon and a church, among other structures. It also badly damaged a vacant storefront. A representative from...
by admin | Dec 26, 2000 | Crime / Courts
It appears a diagnosis of terminal cancer is what has led a Columbia man to kill himself and his wife. Police say James Allen Smith, who was 83 and had been diagnosed with incurable Cancer on Friday killed his 80-year old wife, Betty Lou, then himself on Saturday. A...
by admin | Dec 22, 2000 | Politics / Govt
M.U. political science professor Rick Hardy sees John Ashcroft winning confirmation as Attorney General fairly easily. President-elect George W. Bush announced Ashcroft as his nominee earlier today. Hardy thinks the strongest questions will come from the Senate...
by admin | Dec 22, 2000 | Politics / Govt
President-elect George W. Bush has finally made his choice for U.S. Attorney General–Senator John Ashcroft! Bush emphasized he expects Ashcroft to run the justice department with unquestionable integrity, and in a fair, firm, and impartial manner. If confirmed,...
