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    Alternative Energy Fuels Hopes for Pea Ridge Mine

    Alternative Energy Fuels Hopes for Pea Ridge Mine

    Posted 11:20 AM 5/19/2013 by Associated Press

    SULLIVAN, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Louis-area developer who lost control of the now shuttered Pea Ridge Mine is plotting its comeback.

    A Canadian commodities company bought the Sullivan-area mine and the iron ore it contains in 2011 from Jim Kennedy. The (More)

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    Rock Bridge Boy's Tennis Advances to Final Four

    Rock Bridge Boy's Tennis Advances to Final Four

    Posted 8:47 PM 5/18/2013 by Tori Chamberlain

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - The Rock Bridge boy's tennis team advanced to the state's Final Four competition upon their sectional tournament victory Saturday afternoon. This is the twelfth consecutive year that the team has advanced to the Final Four.

    The sectional tournament took (More)

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    Dogs Make A Splash in Boonville

    Posted 7:13 PM 5/18/2013 by Nick Brennan

    BOONVILLE - Second Chance, a privately funded animal rescue organization, collaborated Saturday with Big Muddy DockDogs to put together Mid Mo Splash Down, a watersports competition for dogs.

    Dogs and their masters competed in two events; the Big Air Wave and the Extreme Vertical. In the (More)

  • Baseball

    Cardinals Place LHP Garcia on DL

    Cardinals Place LHP Garcia on DL

    Posted 7:09 PM 5/18/2013 by Associated Press

    ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals have placed left-hander Jaime Garcia on the 15-day disabled list with a left shoulder strain.

    General manager John Mozeliak says the team became aware of the issue about a week ago and had hoped Garcia could work through it. He was charged with six (More)

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    Mizzou Drops Finale, Takes 12-Seed to SEC Tournament

    Mizzou Drops Finale, Takes 12-Seed to SEC Tournament

    Posted 7:07 PM 5/18/2013

    COLUMBIA - A three-run homer for Kentucky in the top of the ninth gave Kentucky (30-24, 11-19) a cushion into the game's final frame as Mizzou baseball (18-31, 10-20) dropped its regular season final by a 5-1 final score Saturday afternoon at Taylor Stadium. Freshman Griffin Goodrich started the (More)

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    Thomas Blanks Hofstra in Mizzou Win

    Thomas Blanks Hofstra in Mizzou Win

    Posted 7:05 PM 5/18/2013

    COLUMBIA - Senior pitcher Chelsea Thomas out-dueled Hofstra's Olivia Galati, the nation's wins and strikeouts leader, to advance the sixth-seeded Mizzou softball team to the NCAA Columbia Regional championship game with a 1-0 victory over the Pride on Saturday at University Field. The Tigers (More)

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    Missouri Southern Approves $76.4 Million Budget

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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