Mizzou adds another recruit for 2012 class
The Missouri football program has added Brandon Holifield of Tallahassee, Fla., to the 2012 recruiting, as announced today by Head Coach Gary Pinkel. Holifield is a 6-foot-5 inch, 215-pound tight end from Godby High School, where he has been a standout in both track and basketball. He?s only played football during his senior year at Godby, and [...]
Legislators look at several bills that expand gun rights (AUDIO)
The House General Laws Committee is looking at a bill that would protect businesses from getting sued if criminal activity against the business resulted in killing or injuring a patron. Sponsor Stanley Cox (R-Sedalia) is sponsoring the measure, which also lets patrons keep guns in their cars. Missourians for Personal Safety says the bill just [...]
Mizzou women lose at Iowa State
The Missouri Women's Basketball team dropped an overtime contest at Iowa State 66-59. Three Tigers scored in the double figures as Mizzou held the Cyclones to just 29.3 percent from the field. Three Tigers also fouled out. In a game where Mizzou was whistled for fouls 30 times compared to just 14 for Iowa State, [...]
La Russa talking with MLB about work
Former Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has talked to Major League Baseball's Commissioner Bud Selig about working in the league. While La Russa didn't give details, he will not be taking over Joe Torre's job as executive VP of baseball operations. Details are still being worked out. La Russa couldn't stay away from the field [...]
House committee hears update from State Budget Director
The Nixon Administration has laid out its ideas for filling in the $460 million dollar hole in the fiscal year 2013 budget to the House Budget Committee. The gap in the budget had been $500 million but a recent mortgage settlement secured by the Attorney General's Office has knocked that number down by $40 [...]
Religious freedom or reproductive rights? (AUDIO)
A proposed law described as one protecting religious beliefs and moral convictions runs into critics who charge it's dangerously vague and is more interested in this year's elections than in protecting religions. The bill would let employers refuse to provide health insurance coverage for sterilization, abortion, and contraception. He filed the bill in reaction to [...]
Mizzou swept by K-State (AUDIO)
The third ranked Missouri Tigers shot just 38% for the game, including just 8 of 26 from long range as the Kansas State Wildcats come into Mizzou Arena and win 78-68. Missouri, down by as many as 16, cut it to 4 after two free throws by Michael Dixon with 2:21 left, but Jordan Henriquez [...]
California-state man pleads guilty to distributing altered chemotherapy drugs
A man from the state of California admits he has been part of a conspiracy to distributed adulterated chemotherapy drugs throughout the United States. The federal prosecutor in St. Louis says James Newcomb will forfeit $1.4 million dollars he earned in the enterprise. Some of the adulterated drugs went to oncologist Abid Nisar in Town and [...]
House rejects recommended hike on farmland values (AUDIO)
The House of Representatives has voted to reject the State Tax Commission's recommendation that tax assessment values on the top four grades of farm land in the state be raised. The Commission considers changes to those values every two years. This year it had suggested that those four categories' values go up eight percent. Representative [...]
Dallas County dog breeder fined for lack of proper animal care
The state has shut down a Dallas County dog breeder accused of violating the state animal care facilities act. The Attorney General has gotten an injunction against Conway kennel operator Lori Goss and her A-Lick-A Hope Kennels. The state agriculture department says Goss didn't provide proper care for its animals. The court has told Goss to [...]
