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  Missouri Southern Approves $76.4 Million Budget

  

  Posted 3:19 PM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

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

  The budget approved by the Joplin school's Board of Governors on Thursday includes expenses of $76.4 million, with expected revenues of $74 (More)

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  Mo. Mom Sentenced to Prison After Fatal Car Crash

  

  Posted 1:40 PM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - 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.

  Thirty-one-year-old Stephanie Wiebold of Meta was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to careless and imprudent (More)

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  Mo. Infrastructure Proposals Fail at State Capitol

  

  Posted 12:10 PM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Missouri lawmakers have wrapped up their annual legislative session without approving proposals that would have boosted funding for transportation or paid for construction projects at colleges and state facilities.

  Lawmakers considered a $1.2 billion bonding (More)

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  Nixon, GOP Clash Over Medicaid, Drivers' Licenses

  

  Posted 12:05 PM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Gov. Jay Nixon began the year with ambitious priorities to start of his second term but ran into a wall of opposition from the Republican Legislature.

  Nixon pushed for Medicaid expansion, campaign contribution limits and a longer school year. But those proposals (More)

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  Fulton Woman Injured in Vehicle Accident

  

  Posted 10:57 AM 5/18/2013 by KOMU 8 Staff

  COLUMBIA - A Fulton woman is injured after overturning her car on Highway 63.

  Gretchen Pani of Fulton was southbound on Highway 63 approaching Prathersville Road when police say she lost control of her vehicle and began to veer off to the left side of the road.  Columbia Police say (More)

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  Ousted IRS Chief: Errors Not Caused by Politics

  

  Posted 9:57 AM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  WASHINGTON (AP) - The ousted chief of the Internal Revenue Service is telling Congress that his agency made errors in targeting conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he says the mistakes were not the result of partisan views.

  In a prepared statement, former acting IRS (More)

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  Judge Grants Injunction in Ark. Abortion Ban Case

  

  Posted 9:52 AM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A federal judge has granted a request to temporarily block enforcement of a new Arkansas law that bans most abortions 12 weeks into a pregnancy.

  U.S. District Judge Susan Webber Wright granted a motion Friday for a preliminary injunction against the ban, set to (More)

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  8-Year Term for Bulger Girlfriend Upheld in Mass.

  

  Posted 9:43 AM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  BOSTON (AP) - A federal appeals court in Boston has upheld the eight-year prison sentence given to the longtime girlfriend of reputed gangster James "Whitey" Bulger for helping him during his 16 years as a fugitive.

  The court ruled Friday that it found no reason to change the sentence that (More)

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  Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospitals

  

  Posted 9:40 AM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy says a total of 60 people have been taken to hospitals with injuries from a collision between two New York-area commuter trains.

  The governor said from the scene of the accident Friday night that most people were not seriously hurt (More)

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  Mo. Man Gets Life for Triple Killing at Minn. Home

  

  Posted 9:35 AM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minnesota judge has sentenced a Missouri man to life in prison without parole for the fatal shootings of a Brooklyn Park home day-care provider and her elderly parents last year.

  Hennepin County Judge Todd Barnette Friday gave 35-year-old Eddie Mosley three consecutive (More)

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  Mizzou Clinches Spot in SEC Tournament with Win

  

  Posted 9:26 AM 5/18/2013

  COLUMBIA - Keaton Steele's eighth-inning home run was the difference as Mizzou (18-30, 10-19) topped Kentucky (29-24, 10-19) by a 4-3 final Friday night at Taylor Stadium. Eric Anderson carried the load for Mizzou on the mound, going 7.1 innings and surrendering only four hits, three runs, and (More)

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  Mid-Missouri DWI Crashes Down, Fatalities Not

  

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  Posted 10:37 PM 5/17/2013 by Greg Mantell

  COLUMBIA - There's good news and bad news about DWI trends in Mid-Missouri.

  Statewide, DWI accidents, injuries, and fatalities are down over the past five years, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

  But the situation is mixed in Mid-Missouri. The good news is that in the (More)

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  Gov. Nixon Gives Mixed Review to Mo. Legislature

  

  Posted 10:16 PM 5/17/2013 by Associated Press

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

  The Democratic governor praised lawmakers for boosting funding for education and mental health in the session that ended Friday evening. And he complimented them for passing a bill that would (More)

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