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  Lincoln Women and Men Remain in Top 10 Entering the NCAA Championships

  

  Posted 3:59 PM 5/21/2013

  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - The Lincoln women's track & field team will enter the NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships as the No. 2 team in the country while the Blue Tiger men will be No. 8, according to the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's Division II pre-championship national poll, which was released on May 20. Both Blue Tiger teams remain the highest-ranked MIAA programs in the national poll.

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  Chiefs Installing Mixed Bag Offensive System

  

  Posted 3:34 PM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs are putting together an offensive system that promises to be bold and dynamic, if not downright revolutionary, a blend of old and new under coach Andy Reid.

  At least, that's what it looks like on paper.

  The Chiefs have hired former (More)

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  Columbia Airport Doesn't Need to Pay American for 2 Months

  

  Posted 2:45 PM 5/21/2013 by Greg Mantell

  COLUMBIA - For the second month, the City of Columbia will not need to pay American Airlines any money under the revenue guarrantee fund used to bring the airline to Columbia Regional Airport.

  Greg Cecil, who is on the airport advisory board, said he is happy with the level of business the (More)

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  La Monte Residents Recover from Storm Damages

  

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  Posted 2:43 PM 5/21/2013 by Lauren Bale

  LA MONTE- Heavy winds and a possible tornado tore through parts of La Monte Monday, destroying turkey barns and other buildings.

  Tom Knotts said his chicken farm received a lot of damage.

  The local fire department said it received reports of a tornado touching down, but that was not (More)

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  Two Suspects Plead Not Guilty in Mo. Woman's Death

  

  Posted 1:20 PM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  MOBERLY - Two men have pleaded not guilty in the death of a 92-year-old Moberly woman and several other alleged crimes.

  Jeffery Jay Nichols and Christopher Demond Lewis III, both of Macon, waived their preliminary hearings and arraignments and entered the pleas Monday in separate (More)

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  Surprise Seat Belt Checks at Rock Bridge High School

  

  Posted 1:11 PM 5/21/2013 by Julia Plant

  COLUMBIA - A 2012 report done by the Missouri Safety Center showed that only 66.5% of Missouri teenagers wear their seatbelts.

  As part of the statewide Click It or Ticket Campaign the Missouri Coalition for Roadway Safety's Central Region conducted surprise seat belt checks Tuesday at (More)

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  Three Teens Injured in St. Louis Shooting

  

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  Posted 12:44 PM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  ST. LOUIS - Three St. Louis teenagers are hospitalized in serious condition after a shooting.

  The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the teens - two 14-year-olds and a 15-year-old - told police they were walking down a street Monday night when a man opened fire. Police are looking for a suspect believed to be 18 to 20 years old.

  One 14-year-old was shot in the left knee, the other in the right shoulder. The 15-year-old was hit in the right ankle.

   

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  KC Union Station Reopens after Package Detonated

  

  Posted 12:42 PM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  KANSAS CITY - Kansas City's Union Station is back in business after being evacuated while police investigated a suspicious package.

  The package was found early Tuesday near the station's north side. Police closed off surrounding streets while investigators and bomb-sniffing dogs inspected the package.

  A police robot eventually blew it up.

  Police spokesman Capt. Tye Grant says the package was an empty Styrofoam cooler inside a cardboard box.

   

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  Mo. Life Sentence for Juveniles Still in Flux

  

  Posted 11:42 AM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  JEFFERSON CITY - Prison sentences for Missouri juveniles convicted of first-degree murder remain uncertain because lawmakers did not pass a new sentencing scheme before adjourning.

  Under state law, people under 18 convicted of first-degree murder are automatically sentenced to life without (More)

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  Missouri Task Force 1 on Alert after OK Tornadoes

  

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  Posted 11:06 AM 5/21/2013 by Tom Casselman

  COLUMBIA - With emergency task forces from Texas, Tennessee and Nebraska already in Oklahoma, Missouri is the next in line in case of an emergency.

  A team of Missouri firefighters, medical personel and dog handlers are on call to travel in case another natural disaster is to strike, no (More)

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  McCormick, Waters Named to NWCA All-Academic Team

  

  Posted 10:29 AM 5/21/2013

  COLUMBIA - The National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) has announced its annual Division I All-Academic wrestling team for the 2012-13 season. Mizzou's Nathan McCormick and Alan Waters represented Tiger Style wrestling on this year's list after both claimed All-American honors on the mat (More)

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  Sikeston District Trading Books for iPads

  

  Posted 10:03 AM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  SIKESTON - A southeast Missouri high school is replacing books with iPads.

  KFVS-TV reports that starting next school year, every student at Sikeston High School will get an iPad. Teachers will get them, too, and plans call for the entire school district to go to iPads by the start of the 2014 school year.

  The district first sought grant money to fund the project called iLearn. When no grant money was available, the school board decided to move ahead, anyway.

   

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  Springfield Won't Lower Marijuana Penalties

  

  Posted 7:21 AM 5/21/2013 by Associated Press

  SPRINGFIELD (AP) - Springfield's city council has again rejected a proposal to lower penalties for small amounts of marijuana.

  Supporters gathered enough signatures last summer to limit the penalties for marijuana possession, but council members declined to put the proposal on the November (More)

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