by admin | Mar 13, 2000 | Crime / Courts
A bill intended to crackdown on child pornography and brings numerous Missouri statutes into the modern age passes the House and moves to the Senate. The bill would create harsher penalties for possessing and distributing child porn, including child porn sent via the...
by admin | Mar 8, 2000 | Education
Some parents of deaf children hope the state legislature lets their children be educated in districts close to home, instead of being sent to the state school for the deaf in St. Louis. The proposal would provide state aid to local school districts to educate deaf...
by admin | Mar 8, 2000 | Education
A high school hazing incident has resulted in a Pineville high school student being put on probation and ordered into counseling. The boy has pleaded guilty., He’s one of four students charged in the incident. Charges against two of them have been dropped...
by admin | Mar 8, 2000 | News
A proposed state law brought to life by the tragic deaths of two eight year old Kansas City boys makes a big move in the legislature. The deaths of Gary and Larry Bass from starvation and abuse raised a lot of questions about how the division of family services...
by admin | Mar 4, 2000 | Education
More than 23-thousand Missouri students currently receive financial aid from the state to attend college or a vocational technical school. Dan Peterson, deputy director of the MOSTARS program, says that’s a record number of students receiving help. Peterson says...