by [email protected] | Feb 26, 2013 | Education, News
An effort to give scholarships to public school students who finish high school early has been sidelined by an effort to make students who have not been to public schools eligible for the scholarships, too. Senator Scott Rupp got the idea from a couple of babysitters...
by Missourinet Contributor | Feb 25, 2013 | News
A natural resources company based in St. Louis has released a sustainability report outlining how it delivers on it’s environmental, social, and economic responsibilities throughout Missouri. Spokeswoman Tammy Stankey with the Doe Run Company says the...
by Jessica Machetta | Feb 25, 2013 | Health / Medicine, News
A House committee has rejected a Democrat proposal to expand Medicaid with federal funding. Rep. Jeanne Kirkton (D-St. Louis) says Medicaid payments to hospitals will be cut under the current federal plan, and Medicaid expansion would fill those gaps so that small and...
by Bill Pollock | Feb 25, 2013 | Sports Features
Missouri Tiger Zaviar Gooden was the star of the linebacker 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine in Indianapolis on Monday. Gooden finished with the fastest time of 4.47 for the group. Gooden is already expected to be a second or third round pick and most scouts said he...
by Bill Pollock | Feb 25, 2013 | Sports Features
Max Ramirez drove in four runs, DH Billy Butler drove in three more and the Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 16-4. The Royals finished with 19 hits, as nine different players picked up RBIs. The Royals scored five runs in the first and fifth innings. In that...