Pharmacy fraud charges dismissed

Pharmacy fraud charges have been dismissed in Kansas City by a federal judge who is not sure they should have been filed to begin with. Judge Scott Wright says he agrees with a lower court judge that federal might not apply to their case. The federal prosecutor says...

DNA evidence cited

A Springfield lawyer hopes DNA evidence clears his client, who has bene convicted of kidnap and rape charges. The lawyer for Armand Villasana says the DNA evidence shows the body fluids used to convict Vilasana are not his. Villasana is to be sentenced Friday to 40...

New Commander of Air Guard Named

The hospital administrator of the Heartland Regional Medical Center in St Joseph has been named commander of the Missouri Air National Guard. Steven McCamy was appointed to the post by Missouri Adjutant General John Havens. McCamy will oversee Missouri’s F-15...

Quaker Oaks Plant Closing Impact Measured

The financial impact on St. Joseph of the closing of the Quaker Oats plant is estimated at 45-million dollars by the city chamber of commerce. The chamber says personal income in St. Joseph will drop by 29-million dollars and the sales of consumer goods and services...