Tax collections indicate slow economic improvement (AUDIO)
The state budget office sees more signs that Missouri is creeping back into positive economic territory. Budget Director Linda Luebbering says general revenue tax collections have come in eight-tenths of a percent higher than last August's totals..Income tax collections were about four percent higher in August than in August, 2009 and sales tax collections were [...]
The Missouris [no audio]
He was an Army man, dressed in the summer tan uniform. His character hat signified that he was Douglas MacArthur, general of the army, but on this day he stood on the deck of a navy ship moored in Tokyo Bay. This is the day World War II ended; the surrender was signed aboard the [...]
Only one beach closed for Labor Day Weekend
The only Missouri swimming beach closed for the Labor Day weekend is the beach at Watkins Mill State Park northeast of Kansas City. The Department of Natural Resources says E. coli levels there are above standards.
SWP still unable to find teen who jumped from MO River bridge
The Missouri River has gone down enough for the State Water Patrol to use its sonar to look for a Jefferson City teenager who jumped into the river three months ago. But the Patrol has found no trace of 16-year old Robert Nichols, who went off the bridge at Jefferson City after jumping from a [...]
Strip clubs lose another round in court
The strip club industry has lost another court battle to keep a new state law limiting their businesses from going into effect. A state appeals court has rejected an appeal of a Jefferson City judge's ruling that the law should go into effect. A lawyer for the strip clubs says his clients are considering what [...]
Theft of $40 worth of soap leads to fatal wreck
A man trying to elude police after stealing $40 worth of fabric softener and laundry detergent in St. Louis has crashed his car into a light pole, killing the mother of his two children. Police say Anthony Minor had been out of jail about a week and already was facing eleven warrants for his arrest. [...]
Four women recounting tales of horror from years ago
Four women are telling the story again in a southwest Missouri courtroom of a violent night of assaults and rapes when they were girls 13 years ago. They're recounting what the events that later led to two life sentences and three additional 15 year convictions for a man from Licking. A jury in McDonald County [...]
Chiefs-Packers preview
The Chiefs hope to avoid their second consecutive winless preseason under head coach Todd Haley when they host the Green Bay Packers tonight at the new Arrowhead Stadium at 7 p.m. Two things I'll be looking for tonight. The first is the return of quarterback Brodie Croyle who missed a considerable amount of time with [...]
Lou Michaels
