State News

Missouri's congressional delegation is opposing an effort to establish a World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C.

According to information from the Boone County Clerk's office, 22 percent fewer voters have registered in the county this year than at the same period in 2004.

The FBI is looking at potential fraud by mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and insurer American International Group Inc., two officials said Tuesday.

Financial strains have caused Missouri's student loan agency to again fall behind on its payments to Gov. Matt Blunt's college construction program.

The Republican candidate for governor said Missouri's selection process leaves too much room for political influence.

Lance Shockley's trial was rescheduled for March 23, 2009, after he was appointed a new attorney.

Election officials are working overtime to process new voter registrations by the state's deadline.

The relief includes money for home repairs and temporary housing.

In a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a 67-year-old optician alleges that she was fired by the Wal-Mart in De Soto because she was too old and made too much money.

The museum's owner set a minimum starting bid of $15,000 on the listing, which ends Friday.

State Auditor Susan Montee agreed last week to look into the towing records, but Gov. Blunt said Sunday he is seeking a full audit of police department finances.

Images and expletives were splayed across the green tin wall, the large white stadium doors and several signs at Capaha Park baseball stadium sometime after Friday night.

The owners of Wesa-A-Geh-Ya animal park in Warren County, Kenneth and Sandra Smith, and a board member, Roy Elder, allegedly told officials at first that a pit bull, not a tiger, had attacked volunteer Jacob Barr.

The group says about one in four St. Charles County students surveyed in sixth through 12th grades reported using alcohol in the past month.

Documents filed in Newton County Circuit Court show that a panel of jurors from Greene County is set to be selected on July 13, 2009, the Neosho Daily News reported Sunday. The jurors will likely be sequestered for a trial to start next summer, according to the Daily News.

Flooding on the Mississippi River has forced the casino to temporarily close on Sept. 14.

Although three models all point to change in the forest, each predicts a different outcome.  One model says that the Ozarks could change from forest to grassland, while another says that the types of trees found in the forest would change.

Adam Bridgewater, 21, has been sentenced to 15 years in federal prison on a charge of illegally possessing firearms. The Neosho man also faces charges in two other Missouri counties.

A pair of monkeys reported stolen almost a year ago from a Kansas City man were found late Thursday while deputies investigated the call at a residence in rural Agency.

Authorities in southwest Missouri have charged 16 people who were at a party last weekend where an underaged Drury University student suffered alcohol poisoning.