by admin | Dec 31, 2003 | Health / Medicine
An inmate at the prison in Moberly has been diagnosed with active tuberculosis. As a precaution, the entire inmate population as well as staff of the facility will be tested for TB beginning Friday. In the meantime, all offenders receiving visits through the weekend...
by admin | Dec 31, 2003 | Politics / Govt
The Federal Elections Commission says Senator Jim Talent violated no federal campaign finance laws by setting up a committee before officially announcing his candidacy. The Democratic Party had complained that Talent accepted excessive salaries from Washington...
by admin | Dec 31, 2003 | Politics / Govt
President George W. Bush will visit Missouri next Monday. He’ll hold his first major fundraising event of 2004 in St. Louis. It will be his 15th trip to this state since he became President.
by admin | Dec 31, 2003 | Crime / Courts
Faye Copeland, who once was the oldest woman in the nation under a death sentence, has died at a nursing home in Chillicothe. She was 82. Her death sentence was commuted by a federal court in 1999 to life in prison. She was paroled 16 months ago to the nursing home...
by admin | Dec 31, 2003 | News
Missouri’s program to help low-income people keep the heat on is seeing some worrisome trends before the coldest part of winter really hits. The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, LIHEAP, provides people living below or just above the poverty line with...