by Mike Lear | Jul 14, 2011 | Crime / Courts, Politics / Govt
Governor Jay Nixon has signed new laws and penalties for human traffickers. The sponsor of the legislation says it will bring the state more in line with federal statutes. St. Charles Representative Anne Zerr says her bill better identifies those who traffic people...
by Mike Lear | Jul 13, 2011 | Crime / Courts
The Attorney General has announced a lawsuit in what he says is another case of Joplin residents being ripped off in the wake of the May 22nd tornado. Chris Koster’s office accuses landlord David Box, Junior of unlawfully increasing rent for his tenants at the...
by Mike Lear | Jul 12, 2011 | News
Authorities say the drowning of an Adair County man appears to have been accidental. 79 year-old James E. Daniels was pulled from a pond about three miles southwest of Novinger around 5:00 Monday afternoon. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Family members say...
by Mike Lear | Jul 12, 2011 | News
A soldier has returned from Afghanistan to find his Randolph County home burglarized. Sheriff Mark Nichols says it’s not known when the break-in occurred; just that it happened during the man’s 12 month tour. Two lawn mowers, a chainsaw, a sound system and...
by Mike Lear | Jul 12, 2011 | Health / Medicine, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s Junior Senator says it is time to make some changes to Social Security. Roy Blunt told his colleagues on the Senate floor the program has not undergone comprehensive changes since 1983. He calls the current program unsustainable. His plan would raise...
