Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:22 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:22:39 GMT
A Missouri Senate committee plans to study the state's construction needs while the House will create two panels to focus on the Medicaid program for the poor.
A Missouri Senate committee plans to study the state's construction needs while the House will create two panels to focus on the Medicaid program for the poor.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 10:12 AM EDT2013-06-19 14:12:57 GMT
A transportation advocacy group says about 1 in 12 Illinois bridges are "structurally deficient" and need serious maintenance and rehabilitation or should be replaced entirely.
A transportation advocacy group says about 1 in 12 Illinois bridges are "structurally deficient" and need serious maintenance and rehabilitation or should be replaced entirely.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 8:31 AM EDT2013-06-19 12:31:08 GMT
State education officials are investigating allegations of cheating on annual state testing given to students at Camdenton Middle School.
State education officials are investigating allegations of cheating on annual state testing given to students at Camdenton Middle School.
A pastor in St. Louis says his church is wanting to "buyback" kids' toy guns.
According to MSN Now, Pastor Rodney Francis of Washington Tabernacle Baptist Church says parents can bring their children's toy weapons, such as swords and guns, to the church and trade it in for a toy that isn't violent.
Francis hopes that doing this will help stop the culture of violence that he says children are exposed to.
The pastor worries that children are exposed to violence at younger ages and that parents should do what they can to ensure kids don't get exposed too early.
Francis also adds that society should make "wholesome" toys more available to children.
A mentally disabled woman and her young child were enslaved for more than a year, denied food and threatened with a pet python and pit bills, and the woman was beaten and forced to get pain medication for her...
A mentally disabled woman charged with shoplifting a candy bar asked to be jailed because three people "had been mean to her" - then went on to tell authorities about her time spent in unfathomably cruel servitude, along...
Tuesday, June 18 2013 8:22 PM EDT2013-06-19 00:22:22 GMT
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local grocery stores. Beaverton police were called out to the WinCo Foods store on Cedar Hills Boulevard the
Police have identified two men accused of stealing thousands of pounds of watermelons from local WinCo Foods stores.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 9:23 AM EDT2013-06-18 13:23:30 GMT
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her. Jayden Sink raised nearly $200 on Friday while she sold lemonade
A 5-year-old girl set up a lemonade stand across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church compound, and now the group is targeting her.
Tuesday, June 18 2013 4:20 PM EDT2013-06-18 20:20:32 GMT
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan.
An 11 year old Columbus girl wanted to do something special to support our troops fighting overseas, so she wrote a letter to a soldier in Afghanistan. On Father's Day, she found out just how much that simple gesture meant to the sergeant who received it.