Latest Missouri (MO) News

Missouri dominates Coppin State
Baltimore Sun, United States -
DeMarre Carroll added 16 points, seven rebounds and three assists to help Missouri, 10-0 at home this season and with a 37-game winning streak at home --
Missouri notebook Kansas City Star
Lawrence lights up Coppin State Columbia Daily Tribune
MU aces its final warm-up act St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kansas City Star - Kansas City Star

Nixon nominates St. Louis lawyer as Missouri economic development --
Kansas City Star, MO -
elect Jay Nixon’s nominee for director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development. Linda Martinez has worked for 26 years advising businesses about --
Nixon to move into Missouri Governor's Mansion Columbia Missourian
Nixon will name Martinez to lead Department of Economic Development Bizjournals.com
No potluck dishes allowed at Jay Nixon's "potluck" inaugural St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Kansas City Star - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri ended 2008 with the fewest highway deaths in 25 years
Kansas City Star, MO -
Missouri recorded 941 highway fatalities last year, according to preliminary numbers released Tuesday by the state Highway Patrol. --
Missouri traffic deaths continue decline with 5 percent drop in 2008 News-Leader.com
Traffic deaths down to new low St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Missouri traffic fatalities reach 25-year low Kansas City Star

Missouri women get out to fast start in easy win over Chicago State
Kansas City Star, MO -
Incredibly, those were the Cougars’ first points in a 63-42 Missouri victory that began with a 22-0 run by the Tigers. It wasn’t until Courtney Waldon --
MU women use early run to beat Chicago State Columbia Missourian
Stein's Tigers prepare for Big 12 play Columbia Missourian

Missing Missouri City boys recovered in Victoria
Houston Chronicle, United States -
Two children missing since their non-custodial mother took them from their Missouri City home on Friday have been found unharmed and are on their way back --
Missing Missouri City kids found safe KHOU
Grandfather Reunited With Allegedly Kidnapped Children MSNBC
Children abducted in Missouri City thought to be safe Houston Chronicle
MSNBC - Houston Chronicle

Missouri Lottery breaks $1 billion in sales
Kansas City Star, MO -
Lottery officials now want to surpass the billion dollar mark for the fiscal year that ends June 30 and is the measuring stick used by the Missouri General --
Missouri Lottery hit record $1 billion Kansas City Star

Meet Missouri's newest congressman
Kansas City Star, MO -
COLUMBIA (AP) — Being in the minority is nothing new for Blaine Luetkemeyer, Missouri’s newest congressman. The conservative Republican businessman from --
New Congress includes wealthy Missouri businessman Examiner.com
Luetkemeyer says proposed stimulus package must benefit Missourians Hannibal.net

Judge OKs legal settlement for Missouri governor’s e-mails
Kansas City Star, MO - Jan 5, 2009
AP JEFFERSON CITY | A judge has approved a legal settlement requiring Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt’s office to turn over thousands of e-mails to investigators --
AP Top Missouri News at 3:58 am CST Hays Daily News
E-mail settlement shows the need for a tougher Sunshine Law St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Blunt email settlement approved by Cole County judge Marshall -- KWMU
News-Leader.com - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Human remains found on farmland in central Missouri
Kansas City Star, MO -
Law officers are investigating the discovery of human remains on farmland in central Missouri, north of Lake of the Ozarks. Miller County Sheriff Bill --
Human Remains Found in Miller County Ozarks First
Human bones found near Eldon Lake Sun Leader
Dog walker finds human remains near Eldon KY3
KOMU-TV - KOMU-TV

Kansas may not lose congressional seat, but Missouri could
Kansas City Star, MO -
Dennis Johnson, the regional director for the US Census, said Monday that the latest data did not show Kansas losing a seat, but he said that Missouri could --
Kansas post appears safe Topeka Capital Journal
Kansas may not lose Congressional seat; Missouri might NTV
Kansas may not lose Congressional seat NTV