by admin | Aug 23, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Prosecutors now accuse serial killer John Edward Robinson, Sr. of kidnapping the four-month-old daughter of one of his victims and allowing his brother to raise her as his own. Tiffany Stasi has grown up for the past 15 years as Heather Robinson, the adopted daughter...
by admin | Aug 23, 2000 | Uncategorized
A scary emergency landing for a couple of Kansas City police officers. The helicopter they were flying in Tuesday night lost power and forced them into an unplanned landing. Kansas City police sergeant Floyd Mitchell there were no serious injuries; one of the two men...
by admin | Aug 23, 2000 | News
St. Joseph is sounding like it’s still high on the list for an enormous hog processing plant. A spokesman for Seaboard Farms says the area would work well because of the interstates in the area and the access to Kansas City’s job market. Despite a city...
by admin | Aug 23, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Missouri transportation officials hope the US Supreme Court will allow it to kick the Ku Klux Klan out of the Adopt-A-Highway program. The department of transportation has appealed a federal court ruling to the US Supreme Court. The federal court has ruled the state...
by admin | Aug 23, 2000 | News
Missouri has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service over protection of two endangered species and the impact of that designation on Missouri River flows. Attorney General Jay Nixon says the state has no problems protecting the pallid sturgeon...
by admin | Aug 23, 2000 | Uncategorized
A mild earthquake registered yesterday in far south central Missouri. The U.S. Geological Survey says it hit around 3:15 yesterday afternoon…and registered 3.9 on the richter scale. The USGS placed the quake near Myrtle Missouri, in Oregon County. The earthquake...
by admin | Aug 23, 2000 | Uncategorized
A 68-year-old Warrensburg woman missing since Sunday has been found dead. Effie Lindsey’s car was discovered off a ravine in southern Johnson County. Pat Leighter with the Johnson County Sheriff’s Department says Lindsey’s car had veered off the road...
by admin | Aug 22, 2000 | Sports Features
A softball team from Eloy, Arizona has caused an international incident by winning the Little League Softball World Series. The team from Eloy includes five boys, and the other teams in the tournament consisted of all girls. Eloy won the tournament when a team from...
by admin | Aug 22, 2000 | Sports Features
Jim Edmonds isn’t saying his slump is over, but he did break out with a big hit. Edmonds launched a 3-run homer in the 4th inning, sending the Cardinals on their way to a 7-4 win over Pittsburgh. Edmonds had been in a 3 for 28 slide before the homer. Garrett...
by admin | Aug 22, 2000 | Sports Features
Just when the Royals start to get some great pitching, their bats go quiet. Mike Mussina held Kansas City to just one unearned run in 7 innings, as Baltimore won 2-1. The Royals have now lost two straight games by that score. Brian Meadows was the hard-luck loser this...
by admin | Aug 22, 2000 | Sports Features
If you think about it, there is one team in the NFL that is perfect fit for a former Chief player with a troubled past. And so, receiver Andre Rison, cut by the Chiefs last week, has signed a one-year deal with the rival Oakland Raiders. Rison will return to Arrowhead...
by admin | Aug 22, 2000 | Sports Features
The Rams have released punter Louie Aguiar, but coach Mike Martz says that does not mean Rick Tuten is guaranteed the team’s punting job. Martz says the Rams will be watching the waiver wire for a punter this week. NFL teams must cut down to 65 players today....
