Heroin use is rising across Missouri report says
With street prices of some opiates, such as Oxycontin, hitting $80 for a single pill, a growing number of illicit users in Missouri are looking to economize — with ...
View ArticleLawsuit filed over concealed weapon permit in Missouri
JEFFERSON CITY - A lawsuit challenging a new system that makes a digital record of driver's license applicants' birth certificates and other documents has the backing Missouri's ...
View ArticleProposed Missouri law aimed at saving lives after drug overdoses
EAST ST. LOUIS o The heroin overdose death of a 23-year-old man in Alton in August has resulted in federal drug charges against two Alton ...
View ArticleChavez holds fast to life
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is fighting a new infection, and his breathing problems have worsened, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas said late ...
View ArticleTODAY JoCo ramp closes until October
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - The Kansas Department of Transportation says Johnson County drivers should expect delays for the next seven months as a major highway ramp is closed for construction. KDOT crews ...
View ArticleCardinals meet for second day in Vatican
More cardinals are arriving Tuesday morning so there should be fewer than eight cardinal-electors still to come, according to Vatican spokesman the Rev. Thomas ...
View ArticleViolent past for suspect in NY crash family dies
(AP) NEW YORK - Authorities were looking for a man with a history of violence and a prior drunken driving arrest who came barreling down a residential street at twice the speed limit in a car he ...
View ArticleMissouri to hold statewide tornado drill
When severe weather hits, do you have a plan to keep you and your family safe? The state of Missouri and the National Weather Service is giving you a chance to practice Tuesday as part of Severe ...
View ArticleMo. man sues over conceal carry docs
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A southeastern Missouri man has sued after being told by a license office that it would make digital copies of documents needed for a permit to carry a concealed weapon. ...
View ArticleKansans set record for February concealed carry permit applications
For two months now, Kansans have set records for the amount of concealed carry permits applied for in the state, the Lawrence Journal-World reports. February applications hit 3,573, topping ...
View ArticleKDOT warns Johnson County drivers to expect delays
The Kansas Department of Transportation is telling Johnson County drivers to expect delays as it closes down a portion of Interstate 435 until October. The eastbound I-435 to northbound U.S. Highway ...
View ArticleLafayette prepares for trio of craft brewers to open
The city of Lafayette will get its first craft beer brewer -- three of them, actually -- this summer, the Daily Camera reports. Front Range Brewing Co. is expected to be the first to open. The ...
View ArticleLoophole Property owners can sue for Missouri River flood losses
A loophole in the law about flood damages and a December U.S. Supreme Court decision are paving the way for those affected by Missouri River flooding to file suit against the U.S. Army Corps of ...
View ArticleWhite House pushes wireless carriers to unlock cellphones Video
March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Sara Eisen reports on today's "Top Headlines." She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg Surveillance." The White House said ...
View ArticleColumbia billionaire makes offer for Outdoor Channel
Stan Kroenke Stan Kroenke, billionaire Denver Nuggets and St. Louis Rams owner from Columbia, made an offer yesterday to buy Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc, the Denver Business Journal reports. Kroenke ...
View ArticleKansas Bioscience Authority awarding $375000 investment
The Kansas Bioscience Authority's executive committee has approved making a $375,000 investment in Novita Therapeutics, an Olathe company that develops medical devices. The Kansas Bioscience ...
View ArticleResolution would offer Defense relief prevent federal shutdown
The U.S. House is set to vote on an appropriations bill this week that, if passed, would provide $10.4 billion to the Department of Defense and prevent a March 27 government shutdown, The Business ...
View ArticleEpiq Systems revenue profits boosted by record tech growth
Tom Olofson Record growth in electronic discovery services helped Epiq Systems Inc. notch 30 percent revenue growth and a 104 percent jump in profits in the fourth quarter. The technology company ...
View ArticleNorth Korea vows to cancel Korean War cease-fire- US China agree on N. Korea...
Feb. 13, 2013: A South Korean protester shouts slogans near an effigy of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an anti-North Korea rally to denounce North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul, South ...
View ArticleReport North Korea threatens to end armistice
North Korea has threatened to nullify the Korean War truce, South Korean media say The 1950-53 civil war ended in a truce rather than a peace treaty The U.N. Security Council is to mull a ...
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