by admin | Jun 29, 2010 | Business, Legislature
Incentives for Ford to keep its factory in Kansas City running at full capacity and an overhaul of the state worker pension system cleared the House and have moved to an uncertain reception in the Senate on the first full day of this special legislative session. The...
by admin | Jun 29, 2010 | Agriculture, Military
65 men and women from the Missouri National Guard are on their way to Afghanistan to teach farmers and officials there modern agriculture practices. “I’m reminded of an old saying, that you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar,” Commander of the...
by Jessica Machetta | Jun 29, 2010 | Crime / Courts, Legislature, Transportation
Twenty-six years after David Poenicke’s death due to an impaired driver, a sign has been installed on I-270 in Florissant. Missouri Department of Transporation Melissa Black says there are six other signs pending installation. Families of victims can submit an...
by admin | Jun 29, 2010 | Business, Legislature
Two bills requested by Governor Nixon have passed in the Missouri House during this special legislative session, but neither is in the form the governor prefers. In fact, questions have been raised about whether the House has acted within the scope of the special...
by [email protected] | Jun 29, 2010 | Crime / Courts
The state Supreme Court has upheld the conviction and death sentence of a man involved in one of the Kansas City area’s most sensational recent murder cases. Richard Davis was convicted of murdering a woman he and his girlfriend, Dena Riley, had sexually abused...