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Missouri jobless benefits fund going broke, again (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri may soon have to borrow money to pay benefits to the rising number of unemployed people. State labor director ...

Missouri jobless benefits fund going broke — again (The Kansas City Star)

JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri may soon have to borrow money to pay benefits to the rising number of unemployed people. ...

Economy to dominate ’09 Missouri General Assembly session (BizJournals)

Economic issues will take a front seat during this year’s General Assembly session as Missouri lawmakers grapple with a projected $342 million budget shortfall and ...

Missouri jobless benefits fund going broke, again (KSDK St. Louis)

Missouri jobless benefits fund going broke, again ...

Incoming Missouri treasurer selects top aides (KSDK St. Louis)

Incoming Missouri treasurer selects top aides ...

Police: 2 Kids Taken From Missouri City Home Are Safe in Victoria (FOX 26 Houston)

Two children taken by their non-custodial mother from their grandfather's Missouri City home Sunday were found safely in Victoria, police said. ...

Missouri Treasurer Selects Top Aides (KSHB-TV Kansas City)

Angie Heffner Robyn will be the treasurer's general counsel; she graduated from the University of Kansas with a law degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas ...

NEW: Carrollton man dies in Missouri crash (The Telegraph)

A Carrollton man was killed over the weekend and several people injured as the result of a two-car crash along Missouri Route 94. ...

Marijuana found in Missouri prison visitor's shoe, police say (The Kansas City Star)

LICKING, Mo. | Police say a St. Louis woman is jailed after suspected marijuana was found in her shoe while she was visiting an inmate ...

Missouri Highway Patrol reports fewer crashes, more fatalities during New Year's holiday (KSDK St. Louis)

Missouri Highway Patrol reports fewer crashes, more fatalities during New Year's holiday ...

Missouri Foundation for Health names directors, officers (St. Louis Business Journal)

The Missouri Foundation for Health, the area’s largest charitable foundation, named four new members to its board of directors, along with the re-election of two ...

Missouri City search for alleged kidnapping victims (Fort Bend Sun)

According to HCN news affiliate KTRK Channel 13, Missouri City police are searching for two young children, allegedly kidnapped by their biological mother during a ...

Miscues plague Bulldogs in 83-76 loss to Missouri (The Red and Black)

The Georgia men's basketball team started 2009 in frustrating fashion, as turnovers and missed free-throws characterized an 83-76 loss to Missouri Saturday at Stegeman Coliseum. ...

Missouri Foundation for Health expects hit from Madoff (BizJournals)

The Missouri Foundation for Health, the area’s largest charitable foundation, may have an indirect investment exposure to Bernard Madoff’s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Any ...

Missouri City library starts monthly book club (Fort Bend Sun)

Missouri City book lovers will now have the opportunity to meet with other readers who share the same love for literature for an evening of ...

NASCAR star selling ranch in Missouri Heights (The Aspen Times)

ASPEN - NASCAR celebrity Jeff Gordon has sold most of nearly 2,000 acres he owned in the high country above Missouri Heights to a development ...

Distressed Missouri Homeowner to Receive Aid (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks)

Missouri families hurt by the housing crisis could be getting some assistance this year. U.S. Senator Kit Bond has announced more than 43 million dollars ...

Distressed Missouri Homeowners to Receive Aid (KOLR - KSFX Ozarks)

Missouri families hurt by the housing crisis could be getting some assistance this year. ...

Missouri man faces three life sentences (KTVO Kirksville)

A southwest Missouri man faces three back-to-back life sentences for shooting two Neosho police officers and firing at a state trooper who pursued him after ...

Missing Missouri city kids allegedly kidnapped by mother (11 News Houston)

Police are looking for two children who were allegedly kidnapped by their mother. According to the Missouri Police Department, Jadante and Israel Griffin were taken ...

Central Missouri women's basketball team stuns Washburn (The Kansas City Star)

TOPEKA | All the facts piled up with 2 minutes left in overtime and pointed to the Central Missouri women’s basketball team losing at Washburn. ...

Missouri earns rare road victory over Georgia (The Kansas City Star)

ATHENS, Ga. | To note that 18 years had come and gone since the last time Missouri won on Southeastern Conference hardwood — before Saturday's ...

Recap: Georgia vs. Missouri (The Kansas City Star)

DeMarre Carroll and Zaire Taylor each scored 17 points, helping lift the Missouri Tigers to an 83-76 win over the Georgia Bulldogs in a non-conference ...

Missouri Legislature to start its 2009 session this week with hope, fear (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri Legislature will launch its 2009 session this week with a new bipartisan tone that officials hope will help them steer ...

Track upgrades could boost Missouri's rail travel in 2009 (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Rich Eichhorst is president of the American Association of Railroaders in St. Louis. (P-D) Rich Eichhorst can see the light at the end of the ...

SEC MEN : Georgia wilts under Missouri's pressure (NWAnews.com)

ATHENS, Ga. — Mike Anderson was encouraged to see his Missouri team force Georgia to commit 23 turnovers, but he said the best news was ...

Missouri women win 7th straight (Columbia Daily Tribune)

Senior Alyssa Hollins collected 19 points and freshman Christine Flores added a career-high 17 points to lead the Missouri women’s basketball team to a 76-65 ...

Missouri Minimum Wage, Tax Breaks Increasing in 2009 (KSHB-TV Kansas City)

Several new Missouri laws went into effect Jan. 1, including an increase in Missouri's minimum wage. ...

Strong defense gives Missouri win over Georgia (Park Hills Daily Journal)

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Mike Anderson was encouraged to see his Missouri team force Georgia to commit 23 turnovers, but he said the best news ...

Central Missouri women's basketball team stuns Washburn (The Kansas City Star)

TOPEKA | All the facts piled up with 2 minutes left in overtime and pointed to the Central Missouri women’s basketball team losing at Washburn. ...

Missouri's defense too much for Georgia (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Athens — Georgia's Terrance Woodbury scored a career-high 27 points and Trey Thompkins added 18, but Missouri had better athletes and more of them and ...

Missouri beats Georgia 83-76 with strong defense (KOB-TV Albuquerque)

(AP) ATHENS, Ga. - Missouri forced 23 turnovers and the Tigers beat Georgia 83-76 on Saturday for their best start in 10 years. DeMarre Carroll ...

Missouri out plays Georgia 83-76 (AccessNorthGA)

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) Mike Anderson was encouraged to see his Missouri team force Georgia to commit 23 turnovers, but he said the best news was ...

Missouri women win seventh in a row (Columbia Missourian)

Coach Cindy Stein said her starters did not play well against Duquesne on Saturday at A.J. Palumbo Center in Pittsburgh. This turned out ...

Missouri (11-2) at Georgia (9-4) (The Kansas City Star)

Missouri (11-2) at Georgia (9-4) ...

Missouri beats Georgia 83-76 with strong defense (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)

Missouri forced 23 turnovers and the Tigers beat Georgia 83-76 on Saturday for their best start in 10 years. ...

Missouri beats Georgia 83-76 with strong defense (AP via Yahoo! News)

Missouri forced 23 turnovers and the Tigers beat Georgia 83-76 on Saturday for their best start in 10 years. ...

Farmers' Market Garners Preserve Missouri Award (The Missourian)

The Washington Farmers' Market has again earned state recognition - this time from the Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation. ...

Missouri beats Georgia 83-76 with strong defense (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)

By CHARLES ODUM Missouri forced 23 turnovers and the Tigers beat Georgia 83-76 on Saturday for their best start in 10 years. DeMarre Carroll ...

Missouri off to best start in 10 years (AP) (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

Missouri forced 23 turnovers and the Tigers beat Georgia 83-76 on Saturday for their best start in 10 years. DeMarre Carroll and Zaire Taylor each ...

Missouri beats Georgia 83-76 with strong defense (The Post-Standard)

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Missouri forced 23 turnovers and the Tigers beat Georgia 83-76 on Saturday for their best start in 10 years. DeMarre Carroll ...

Preview Cap: Bradley vs. Missouri State (Peoria Journal Star)

Bradley at Missouri State capsule ...

Theft at Missouri football game leads to 3 arrests (Jefferson City News Tribune)

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Three Fulton teens have been arrested in the year-old theft of four bags of parking money collected during a Missouri football ...

Missouri City library starts monthly book club (Fort Bend Sun)

Missouri City book lovers will now have the opportunity to meet with other readers who share the same love for literature for an evening of ...

Missouri women focus on offensive execution (Columbia Daily Tribune)

Missouri women’s basketball Coach Cindy Stein welcomed the new year by declaring Thursday morning’s practice to be "Offensive Execution Day." ...

Missouri Braces For Deep Budget Cuts (KMBC-TV Kansas City)

Missouri lawmakers prepare for deep spending cuts as they try to balance the budget in the upcoming General Assembly. ...

Preview Cap: Bradley vs. Missouri State (Peoria Journal Star)

Bradley at Missouri State capsule ...

Georgia doesn't expect to be startled by Missouri (Athens Banner-Herald)

There will be no surprises today when Missouri comes to call on Georgia at Stegeman Coliseum. ...

Missouri hopes for a satisfying win at Georgia (The Kansas City Star)

COLUMBIA | Missouri's current two-game winning streak has been gratifying, therapeutic even. But satisfying? Not totally. ...

Missouri Southern women look to slow Gorillas’ pace (The Joplin Globe)

Coming off one of its worst shooting games, Missouri Southern’s field-goal shooting can help the Lions slow down Pittsburg State’s offense tonight at the Leggett ...

Missouri law wants homeowners to go green (WGEM Quincy)

(WGEM) -- A new law wants Missouri homeowners to go green! Homeowners will now be able to deduct from their taxes the full cost of ...

Layoffs at Mid-Missouri Company (KMIZ-TV Columbia-Jefferson City)

Hayes Lemmerz lays off more than 100 employees. Just two days into 2009 and the economy continues its downward spiral. Now a Mid-Missouri company informs ...

Hoops: UGA hosts former Marietta star, Missouri (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Athens — Normally college athletes choose a school close to home because they want to remain near their mothers. J.T. Tiller of Marietta chose to ...

Officials search Missouri River after motorist sees a body (KRCG Jefferson City)

The motorist made the call just before 10 a.m. after seeing what appeared to be a body as he drove on the Missouri River bridge ...

Manufacturing drops in Missouri, Kansas (The Kansas City Star)

Manufacturing activity throughout the nation, and specifically in Missouri and Kansas, fell further into recessionary ground in December, according to surveys of purchasing managers. ...

Economic index falls for Missouri (BizJournals)

The business conditions index for Missouri decreased for the third-straight month in December as the Mid-America index hit a record low, Creighton University said Friday. ...

Late senator's influence reached to Northwest Missouri (St. Joseph News-Press)

Claiborne Pell died on Thursday. It's hard to know if the 90-year-old former U.S. senator from Rhode Island ever stepped foot on Northwest Missouri soil. ...

Survey: Recession will worsen in the months ahead in Missouri (KSDK St. Louis)

Survey: Recession will worsen in the months ahead in Missouri ...

Economic indexes fall for Missouri, Kansas (BizJournals)

The business conditions indexes for Missouri and Kansas decreased for the third-straight month in December as the Mid-America index hit a record low, Creighton University ...

Missouri state senator expected to challenge Mayor Slay (KSDK St. Louis)

Missouri state senator expected to challenge Mayor Slay ...

Missouri lawmakers looking to redirect new casino tax money from ballot measure (Canadian Business)

Just weeks after voters approved a casino ballot measure, Missouri lawmakers are looking to redirect the money that had been earmarked for the ...

Change is in season for Missouri football (The Springfield News-Leader)

The Chase Daniel era ended at Missouri with an overtime victory in the Alamo Bowl. It likely was the finale for sophomore Jeremy Maclin, too. ...

Fire in Missouri kills father, his 2 children (Deseret Morning News)

An early-morning fire in an eastern Missouri home has claimed the lives of two children and their father, who initially escaped but ran back inside ...

Change is in season for Missouri football (The Springfield News-Leader)

The Chase Daniel era ended at Missouri with an overtime victory in the Alamo Bowl. It likely was the finale for sophomore Jeremy Maclin, too. ...

Ron Richard plans 'to do what's best' for Missouri (The Springfield News-Leader)

Rep. Ron Richard, the man who will take charge of the Missouri House of Representatives next week, has met incoming Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon twice. ...

Polar Bears take plunge into icy Missouri (Great Falls Tribune)

CRAIG — Jerry Shinaver must be a glutton for punishment or just a little bit crazy, because not many people are willing to jump into ...

Theft at Missouri football game leads to 3 arrests (The Kansas City Star)

COLUMBIA | Three Fulton teens have been arrested in the year-old theft of four bags of parking money collected during a Missouri football game. ...

Missouri's minimum wage up (KRCG Jefferson City)

Minimum wage workers in Missouri are ringing in the New Year with a pay raise. ...

Missouri court rules against Quik Cash payday lender (Jefferson City News Tribune)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri appeals court has ruled that a Kansas-based payday lender can't prevent customers from filing class-action lawsuits over its ...

Missouri judge questions ban funding stem cell research (Jefferson City News Tribune)

A Missouri trial judge said Tuesday that a state constitutional amendment endorsing stem cell research likely creates problems for a law set up to award ...

Missouri lawmakers looking to redirect new casino tax money from ballot measure (Canadian Business)

Just weeks after voters approved a casino ballot measure, Missouri lawmakers are looking to redirect the money that had been earmarked for the ...

Missouri court rules against Quik Cash payday lender (Jefferson City News Tribune)

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri appeals court has ruled that a Kansas-based payday lender can't prevent customers from filing class-action lawsuits over its ...

Pickup star makes Missouri roster (Jefferson City News Tribune)

COLUMBIA (AP) - Lunchtime pickup games are hardly the place where top college basketball programs scout for talent. Try telling that to Missouri sophomore Jarrett ...

Missouri judge questions ban funding stem cell research (Jefferson City News Tribune)

A Missouri trial judge said Tuesday that a state constitutional amendment endorsing stem cell research likely creates problems for a law set up to award ...

2008 is Missouri's wettest year ever (Columbia Missourian)

KANSAS CITY — This time Missouri's drought really is over. Following nearly three years of sparse rainfall, 2008 is poised to go into ...

Southeast Missouri State releases coach Edgar (Sports Illustrated)

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Southeast Missouri State University has fired men's basketball coach Scott Edgar. ...

UMKC women beat Central Missouri 67-53 (The Kansas City Star)

The UMKC women's basketball team beat Central Missouri in the first six minutes of the game. ...

Missouri gulls shouldn't be called sea gulls (The Springfield News-Leader)

You will never see sea gulls in Missouri. Nor will you see them anywhere else, because there is no such bird as a "sea" gull. ...

Missouri attorney general reports results of mediation (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Mediations offered by the Missouri attorney general's office helped recover $15.5 million for consumers during 2008, the office said. Of that amount, informal mediations by ...

New illegal alien laws take effect in Missouri (NWAnews.com)

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri businesses are about to get a shove toward a federal database for screening newly hired employees for illegal aliens. And ...

A look at new Missouri laws for 2009 (Park Hills Daily Journal)

Several new Missouri laws take effect Thursday. Here’s a look at some of them: ...

SE Missouri State fires coach Edgar (AP) (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

Southeast Missouri State University has fired men's basketball coach Scott Edgar. The school said it terminated its contract with Edgar on Tuesday. He had been ...

SE Missouri fires coach Edgar (Sports Illustrated)

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Southeast Missouri State University has fired men's basketball coach Scott Edgar. ...

SE Missouri makes basketball coach's leave permanent (USA Today)

Southeast Missouri State announced Wednesday that it had fired men's basketball coach Scott Edgar, who has been on administrative leave since the fall because of ...

SE Missouri fires basketball coach (AP via Yahoo! News)

Southeast Missouri State fired basketball coach Scott Edgar, who has been on administrative leave since the fall because of possible NCAA violations. ...

SE Missouri State fires coach Edgar (AP) (Yahoo! Canada Sports)

Southeast Missouri State fired basketball coach Scott Edgar, who has been on administrative leave since the fall because of possible NCAA violations. Edgar was 23-39 ...

Cox paces Drake over Missouri St. 67-49 (WOI-TV Des Moines)

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Senior forward Jonathan Cox scored 23 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Drake past Missouri State 67-49 on Wednesday. ...

Southeast Missouri terminates contract of hoops coach Edgar (The Sports Network)

Southeast Missouri terminates contract of hoops coach Edgar ...

New Year Brings New Laws To Missouri & Illinois (FOX 2 News St. Louis)

With a new year comes new laws. In Missouri, the minimum wage will jump 40 cents to $7.05 an hour; public employers must begin using ...

A Look at Missouri's New Laws (KSPR Springfield)

Several new Missouri laws take effect Thursday. Here's a look at some of them. ...

2008 one of wettest years ever in Missouri (KSDK St. Louis)

2008 one of wettest years ever in Missouri ...

2008 may be wettest year on record in Missouri (The Springfield News-Leader)

Kansas City — This time Missouri's drought really is over. ...

2008 One Of Wettest Years Ever In Missouri (KMBC-TV Kansas City)

Missouri's state climatologist says 2008 likely will go into the record books as the wettest ever, eclipsing even the Great Flood year of 1993. ...

SE Missouri State fires coach in wake of violations (CBS Sportsline)

Southeast Missouri State University has fired men's basketball coach Scott Edgar. ...

Missouri Guard aids Afghan farmers (Fort Leavenworth Lamp)

WASHINGTON, D.C. - One of the biggest hurdles to self-sustainment in Afghanistan is slowly being overcome by Missouri National Guard members, said the state's Sen. ...

Is 24/7 casino gambling coming to Missouri? (The Kansas City Star)

According to Missouri Gaming Commission director Gene McNary, 24/7 gambling in Missouri is quietly being discussed in some circles, but not publicly -- yet. ...

Missouri man charged with careless driving after injuring trooper in Vail (Rocky Mountain News)

Authorities say a Missouri man faces a careless driving charge after he rear-ended a Colorado state trooper's vehicle on Vail Pass. ...

Beyond the Arc: Breaking down the Missouri Valley Conference (The Des Moines Register)

The preliminaries are over for Missouri Valley Conference teams. ...

Lawrence sparks Missouri to victory (Belleville News-Democrat)

Matt Lawrence scored 18 points and DeMarre Carroll added 15 as Missouri beat Centenary 80-52 on Tuesday night. ...

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