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Marshall's Liberty statue back where it belongs

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:07:03 -0400

MARSHALL, Missouri - The city of Marshall has its Sister of Liberty statue back where it belongs.

Auxiliary officer acquitted in fatal chase

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:02:11 -0400

UPLANDS PARK, Missouri - A judge acquitted an auxiliary police officer from a St. Louis County village of charges that he was not licensed to act as a police officer when he chased a speeding car that caused a fatal accident.

Missouri Southern approves $76.4 million budget

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:18:49 -0400

JOPLIN, Missouri - Missouri Southern State University has approved a budget for the next fiscal year that will require it to dip into reserves.

Mo. mom sentenced to prison after fatal car crash

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:56:31 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - A central Missouri woman whose son died in a car accident while she was talking on a cellphone has been sentenced to one year in a county jail.

Man pleads guilty to raiding nephew's piggy bank

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:54:13 -0400

CLAYTON, Missouri - A north St. Louis County man admits that he stole money from his 4-year-old nephew's piggy bank to use for drugs and prostitutes.

Mo. infrastructure proposals fail at state Capitol

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:14 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Numerous Missouri lawmakers wanted to seek voter approval to boost funding for Missouri's transportation system and pay for improvements at colleges and state facilities. Neither measure made it that far.

Nixon, GOP clash over Medicaid, driver's licenses

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:36:30 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon began his second term with ambitions to expand Medicaid coverage, cap campaign contributions and lengthen the school year. But those priorities ran into a wall of opposition from the largest Republican legislative majority since the Civil War.

Mo. lawmakers give mixed results on business aid

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:58:28 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri lawmakers revamped four of the state's main business incentives on the final day of their legislative session, but failed Friday to pass a broader measure that would have scaled back costly tax credits for developers.

Gov. Nixon gives mixed review to Mo. Legislature

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:04 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Gov. Jay Nixon is giving a mixed review to Missouri's 2013 legislative session.

Charges filed in 1986 Kansas City rape

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:16:06 -0400

KANSAS CITY, Missouri - The Jackson County prosecutor says DNA evidence led to charges against a former Kansas City man in the 1986 rape and robbery of a deaf woman.

Mo. lawmakers pass budget patch for kids' program

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:49:48 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Legislation passed in the closing hours of Missouri's annual session Friday could patch a hole in the state budget for early childhood programs and some health care initiatives.

Mo. Legislature wraps up work for 2013 session

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:14:56 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri's 2013 legislative session has come to an end.

Mo. bill closes child abuse report loophole

Fri, 17 May 2013 18:46:03 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Missouri lawmakers have Gov. Jay Nixon legislation closing a loophole in the state's mandatory child abuse reporting law.

Mo. bill restores open-records exemptions

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:54 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Security plans for public buildings would be shielded from requests made under the state's open records law under legislation sent to Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday.

Mo. lawmakers OK measure aimed at child sex abuse

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:29:17 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Prosecutors in Missouri could use evidence of past criminal behavior in child sex abuse prosecutions under a proposed state constitutional amendment approved Friday by the state Legislature.

Man dies in St. Louis road rage incident

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:41:12 -0400

ST. LOUIS - A man is dead after what police are calling a road rage incident in St. Louis.

Mo. bill lets state workers carry guns in car

Fri, 17 May 2013 15:25:30 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - State employees in Missouri could keep firearms in their vehicles on state property under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.

Mo. bill allows more time to give up newborns

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:11:17 -0400

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri - Parents could give up their babies without legal consequences up to 45 days after birth under a bill sent to Gov. Jay Nixon.

Bridge at St. Charles might be ready early

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:01:11 -0400

ST. CHARLES, Missouri - A major bridge project in suburban St. Louis may now be complete two months ahead of schedule.

Cable repairman convicted of assaulting customer

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:44:24 -0400

ST. CHARLES, Missouri - A suburban St. Louis jury has recommended a 75-year prison sentence for a cable TV repairman convicted of sexually assaulting a customer.