by Jessica Machetta | Nov 20, 2009 | News
Governor Jay Nixon presented the Missouri Medal of Valor to seven public safety officers for their extraordinary acts of bravery and heroism that saved lives. One of them was Dan Berry of the Fulton Fire Department. Berry became trapped in a burning house but still...
by Jessica Machetta | Nov 19, 2009 | News
The Missouri State Employee Retirement System has taken some hits along with other investors during the economic downturn, but says its portfolios are solid and Missouri state workers’ retirement funds are safe and doing well. Rick Dahl — MOSERS Chief...
by Jessica Machetta | Nov 18, 2009 | Crime / Courts
A judge in Jefferson City has entered a not-guilty plea on behalf of a 15-year-old-girl charged as an adult in the death of 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten because she did not have a lawyer present. Alyssa Bustamante is accused of strangling and stabbing Olten to death...
by Jessica Machetta | Nov 18, 2009 | Crime / Courts
Alyssa Bustamante, 15, has been certified as an adult and will stand trial for the murder of Elizabeth Olten, 9, of rural Cole County. Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem ruled today the crime was vicious and the state’s juvenile facilities are inadequate to...
by Jessica Machetta | Nov 16, 2009 | News
Saturday’s mild weather contributed to thousands of hunters taking to the woods for the opening weekend of deer season. For some, the weekend ended in tragedy. A St. Louis area man has died after being shot in Callaway County. Two other men have been injured....
