by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | Sports Features
The Royals are quickly losing their division lead. The White Sox set season-highs on Wednesday with 15 runs, 19 hits and six home runs in a 15-4 rout of Kansas City. Jose Valentin went deep three times for the White Sox, driving in five runs in the process. Paul...
by admin | Jul 31, 2003 | Sports Features
The Cardinals buried the Expos with a quick start on Wednesday. The Redbirds put a seven-spot on the board in the first inning, en route to an 11-1 win over Montreal. Mike Matheny and Edgar Renteria each drove in three runs for St. Louis, which knocked Montreal...
by admin | Jul 30, 2003 | Politics / Govt
Unemployment jumped in Missouri in June, up nearly a full percentage point from May’s figures. The state pegs the June unemployment rate at 5.8 percent, up from the May rate of 4.9 percent. Missouri remains under the national unemployment rate of 6.5 percent....
by admin | Jul 30, 2003 | News
If you see flags at half-staff at state buildings, it’s becuase Governor Bob Holden has ordered them lowered in honor of Bob Hope. They’ll fly at full staff again tomorrow. Hope was not a Missourian, but entertained in several places here in his long...
by admin | Jul 30, 2003 | Crime / Courts
The State Supreme Court says caskets come under the state sales tax. But the Court says the burial vaults they are placed in are not. The Court says caskets are personal property, thus subject to the tax. But vaults are not tangible personal property, and are...
