by admin | Mar 9, 2007 | Crime / Courts
The attorney for suspected kidnapper Michael Devlin has rejected a plea deal offered by county and federal prosecutors. Devlin is accused of abducting Ben Ownby and Shawn Hornbeck and sexually assaulting them. He also is accused of child pornography. Devlin faces...
by admin | Feb 25, 2007 | News
Low-income families often are faced with a hard decision—-accept a raise and lose the state subsidy they get for child care that lets them work, or refuse the raise and face loss of their jobs. Two state senators are pushing an effort to ease that predicament....
by admin | Feb 1, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A Jefferson City boy, missing since September of 2005, is reunited with his mother after the youngster was spotted in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Hyattsville, Maryland. Abraham Monroy was only 2-years-old when he was picked up by his noncustodial father – a...
by admin | Jan 30, 2007 | Politics / Govt
Governor Matt Blunt speaks to hundreds of people visiting the State Capitol to take part in Children’s Advocacy Day. The Governor stressed his commitment to improved access to quality health care, Internet safety, and the importance of a world class education....
by admin | Jan 30, 2007 | News
Ben Ownby has gone back to school at Union. The superintendent says he was excited to be back. He’s one of the two teenaged kidnap victims found in a Kirkwood apartment a couple of weeks ago. The man charged with the kidnappings, Michael Devlin is to be...