by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A couple of women who embezzled about $1.6 million dollars from a Kansas City bank have been told they have to pay it all back and serve 30 months in federal prison. Evelyn Morgan and Helen Harris worked together for ten years at what is now Bank of America in...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Weather
A major storm that swept through the St. Louis area still has 100,000 electricity customers in the dark today. AmerenUE says crews have already restored power to 75,000 and they have no idea how long it will take to get the remainder of their customers back on-line....
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri delegates are headed home from the democratic convention and M.U. Political Science professor Rick Hardy says they have a tough job ahead. The one-time republican congressional candidate thinks the booming economy is more likely to slow democratic turnout in...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Health / Medicine
Missouri is one of nine states to show a decline in the number of children in poverty. The National Center for Children in Poverty says 21% of Missouri’s children were living in poverty in 1993. In 1998, the last year in which figures have been analyzed, that...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | News
It appears certain the state Supreme Court will be hearing what some are calling the biggest tax refund case in Missouri history. It’s a case centering on the Hancock Amendment, which limits the amount of revenue the state can raise through taxes. Attorney Jim...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Though Missouri Democrats leave Los Angeles claiming success, it appears no statewide candidate is looking for help from the Gore/Lieberman ticket. Attorney General Jay Nixon, who is running for re-election, says Democrats haven’t received a lot of help from the...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Uncategorized
Kansas City is starting to get a fix on the amount of water lost in Monday’s water main break. Seven millions gallons of water spilled from the break in just 45 minutes. The incident cut water service to a large part of Kansas City and prompted the first water...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Politics / Govt
Missouri Democrats have received their marching orders: Take the momentum of the convention in Los Angeles home with them. National Democratic Committee Chairman Joe Andrew spoke to the delegation, exhorting them in an emotional speech to convert the unconverted. He...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Sports Features
Why do professional sports teams and universities try to hide the facts when an athlete gets in trouble? This week we learned that Andre Rison was involved in an altercation in a Wisconsin bar several weeks ago, and that he gave police false information. Not a felony,...
by admin | Aug 18, 2000 | Crime / Courts
Prosecutors have charged a little league coach in southwest Missouri with molesting several of his players. Joseph Fromich of Carl Junction has coached youth baseball since the 1980’s. He’s been charged with five additional counts of sexual abuse, to go...
by admin | Aug 17, 2000 | Politics / Govt
The U.S. Education Secretary tells Missouri delegates to the democratic national convention that Bill Clinton’s successes can only continue under the leadership of Al Gore. Secretary of Education Richard Riley says the gathering of Democrats in Los Angeles...
by admin | Aug 17, 2000 | Politics / Govt
The Clay County election board says “no” to a new election in a controversial county commission race. The board met yesterday and decided against a special election in the matter. Many polling places ran out of ballots. But elections officials could find...
