http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mo-news/ en-us Sun, 3 Jan 2010 03:23:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419809/posts WASHINGTON — Sen. Claire McCaskill had questions for the five Pentagon and State Department officials at a table in front of her about why the United States spent $250 million on a power plant in Afghanistan that doesn't work and costs $1 million a month to guard. "What's the problem here? Have the contractors been held accountable?" McCaskill asked in a recent hearing, a note of impatience in her voice. She was told that the plant was operating now but that security remained a problem. Still, McCaskill was dissatisfied, much like her view toward the Senate these days. Midway through... St. Louis Post Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419809/posts#comment Sun, 3 Jan 2010 03:23:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419231/posts After a stormy summer in which the Kansas City School District shed more than 500 employees, its remade human resources department faces another huge task. With about 3,300 employees, the district still has about 1,000 more people than most districts with enrollments of about 17,000 students, said Steve Harris, the new assistant superintendent for human resources. “We’re way out of sync,” Harris said. “We want to try to get as close as we can for the next school year.” Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2419231/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:42:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418922/posts > Angela Harvey, 34, told investigators she was among those who held James William Boyd McNeely at gunpoint in the basement of her Laddonia home on Dec. 17, and that she took part in beating him, investigators said in a probable cause statement. She said she told her husband, 38-year-old Chester Harvey Jr., that he should kill McNeely by suffocating him, then watched as he wrapped a black trash bag around the victim's face until he died, they said. > Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418922/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 14:09:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418006/posts “I guess the best way to describe this race is I’m more like Sarah Palin and he’s more like John McCain." ~Cynthia Davis, on how she's different from Scott Rupp, who she wants to replace in the State Senate. Fired Up Missouri http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418006/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:01:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414699/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Dec. 24, 2009) — Many family members have already gathered at Nutter Field House awaiting the Christmas Eve return of more that 150 soldiers from the 50th Multirole Bridge Company, which deployed to Iraq last December. The unit’s military mission was “full spectrum bridging operations in support of the 555th Engineer Brigade and Central Command Forces,” according to Fort Leonard Wood spokesmen. The company is part of the 5th Engineer Battalion, most of which returned from a 15-month Iraq deployment earlier this summer. Military personnel do not routinely announce the precise arrival time of returning units... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414699/posts#comment Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:16:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413372/posts TEA PARTY OPPORTUNITY TOMORROW IN MISSOURI --Saw this on gateway, did a McCaskill search and didn't find it here on FR. Hope some Freepers can go show off your Joker Poster. gateway pundit http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413372/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:45:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412844/posts HATTIESBURG, MS (WDAM) - A stabbing in Hattiesburg Thursday left one man dead and the accused claiming self-defense. Zachary Doughtery, 20, was arrested Thursday afternoon for allegedly stabbing and killing Tony Lee Ducksworth, 46, of Taylorville. Police said Ducksworth drove himself to Forrest General Hospital where he collapsed and died. Doughtery claims he killed the man in self defense. "I mean that dude was giving me a brutal ass beating," said Doughtery. "If I didn't stab him, I was going to be hospitalized." Doughtery claims Ducksworth tried to force him to give oral sex, which led to a fight. wdam.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412844/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:44:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412567/posts Democrat Robin Carnahan and Republican Roy Blunt remain locked in a tight race to become the next U.S. senator from Missouri. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey in the state finds that Carnahan attracts 46% of the vote while Blunt earns 44%. In September, both candidates were at 46%. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and six percent (6%) are undecided. Forty percent (40%) of Missouri voters favor the health care legislation being considered by Congress while 57% are opposed. Those figures include 25% who Strongly Favor the legislation and 47% who are Strongly Opposed. Overall, the Missouri numbers... Rasmussen Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412567/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:29:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412557/posts Time to get rid of Senators who support obamacare and other programs that will destroy USA. Attached is some info on who Roy Blunt is. Also I am not asking you to donate to his cause. Roy Blunt: A Missouri Childhood and a Missouri Life Teacher, Elected Official, University President, Lawmaker Growing Up A fifth generation Missourian, Roy was born on January 10,1950, at the doctor's office in Niangua, Missouri. His parents took him home to an 80-acre dairy fram and a 100-year-old house without insulation or running water. Roy Blunt's father supported their family with a job as a... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412557/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:14:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411975/posts Hah! This Obama’s Joker was seen in the St Louis region tonight: Thanks Doug! No, Claire, we won’t forget your Obamacare vote! If you see any more of these posted please send me a photo! Gateway Pundit Things http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2411975/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:21:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408377/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Dec. 14, 2009) — The post commander of Fort Leonard Wood helped wish the National Guard a happy 373rd birthday Friday during a cake-cutting ceremony at the Engineer Hall of Flags in the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence. Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin called the Guard a national treasure. “It’s the foundation of our nation’s defense,” Martin said. “The thing that really strikes me about the Guard is that it’s all about great people who are excellent citizens of our country. There’s the tradition of citizen-soldier embedded all the way from the top of the government down... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408377/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:58:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408162/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Dec. 10, 2009) — More than 300 pillows were donated by the residents and businesses in the Eagle 93.9 FM listening area and delivered by the Missouri National Guard on Wednesday to the Warrior Transition Unit on post. The Columbia radio station received the donations after their program, “The Drive,” hosted by Gary Nolan, spoke live with a Missouri National Guardsmen from Afghanistan on Veterans’ Day. On Nov. 11, Veterans’ Day, Nolan had Staff Sgt. Norman Robert Proctor of the 1140th Military Police Company as a call-in guest from Afghanistan on his program, which runs from... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408162/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:27:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407028/posts Amid a national push to make health care cheaper and simpler, Missouri is considering legislation that intentionally makes it more cumbersome. State lawmakers have filed bills that would require a doctor's prescription to get certain cold and allergy medications that currently can be bought over the counter. The idea is to make it harder to produce methamphetamine by restricting the key ingredient pseudoephedrine. Missouri's efforts to further limit access to the medicine come as officials are trying to expand access to health care across the country. KSPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407028/posts#comment Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406568/posts Our out-of-touch and out-of-control federal government generates most of our political grumblings. Washington is the government furthest away, and takes the biggest bite out of our wallets — to simultaneously wreak the most economic havoc through their complex matrix of subsidies, regulations and mandates. Yet, the sort of arrogance, corruption and political bullying weÂ’ve come to expect in national politics, has now reached Everytown, USA. St. Louis, Missouri, to be specific. Last week, Gustavo Rendon was arrested in broad daylight — right in front of his two boys. One St. Louis policeman threatened that his sons would be sent into... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406568/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:39:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406454/posts GROTON, Conn. (Dec. 5, 2009) – Congressman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) spoke at the Dec. 5 christening of the USS Missouri (SSN 780), a Virginia class attack submarine and the fifth warship in American history to be named after the “Show-Me” State. “We in Missouri are proud of this ship, proud of this crew, and proud of the shipbuilders that are making her,” said Skelton. The last ship to bear the name USS Missouri, now a floating museum in Pearl Harbor, was commissioned in 1944 and earned the nickname “Mighty Mo” for the tremendous firepower of her 16-inch guns and her... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2406454/posts#comment Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:23:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405730/posts Missouri may be joining the coalition of states standing up for the 2nd and 10th Amendments Related Articles * Gun fight with the feds in Big Sky Country * Montana throws down the federal gun-control gauntlet * Montana's stand for 2nd and 10th Amendments * Medical marijuana and guns: The Obama administration's split personality on state sovereignty * The Brady Campaign against state sovereignty Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis (R-19th District) has pre-filed (introduced for the 2010 session, in other words) Missouri House Bill 1230, the "Firearms Freedom Act." Here's the summary: This bill establishes the Missouri Firearms Freedom Act.... St Louis Gun Rights Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405730/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:12:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405178/posts The woman who claimed she was raped on the side of a Ladue roadway now says she made the whole story up. Virginia Burns, 50, of Overland, Missouri says she was not raped like she told police nearly two weeks ago. Burns is also not disabled. Burns claimed she was driving on McKnight Road on November 30 when she ran out of gas. She said she got into her wheelchair and began heading down the road when two white males pulled her into a wooded area and raped her. Burns went on to say that she crawled back to her... KTVI http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2405178/posts#comment Fri, 11 Dec 2009 05:19:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404544/posts The affidavit attached to the probable cause statement alleges Jetton went to the home of the victim Nov. 15, where he and the victim drank wine and watched a football game. The victim claims Jetton hit her on the face and choked her, leaving bruises that the police department photographed...Jetton served as Speaker of the House from 2005-2008, and was first elected to represent the 156th House District (Bollinger, Madison and Wayne counties) in 2000. Fired Up! Missouri http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404544/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:24:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403479/posts Missouri State Representative Cynthia Davis has introduced the “Firearms Freedom Act” (HB1230) – prefiled for the 2010 legislative session. The bill “Asserts the right of the State of Missouri to regulate the intrastate use and acquisition of certain firearms pursuant to the reserved powers of the state over intrastate commerce and the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.” While the bill’s title focuses solely federal gun regulations, it has far more to do with the 10th Amendment’s mandate that powers not delegated to the federal government are “reserved to the states, respectively, or to the people.” It states:... Tenth Amendment Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403479/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 04:35:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403620/posts Former Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton will close his consulting firm , according to Jetton's lawyer. He ran a consulting firm since the 2008 legislative session. His firm worked for some high profile Missouri Lawmakers including Senate Appropriations Chair Rob Mayer and House Majority Floor Leader Steven Tilley. Former House Speaker Rod Jetton was issued an arrest warrant on Monday for second-degree felony assault. With a kiss and the parting words of "You should have said green balloons," Jetton exited the residence of a woman accusing him of hitting and choking her, according to a complaint cited in the Sikeston... KMOX http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2403620/posts#comment Wed, 9 Dec 2009 13:12:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402537/posts Mo. schools complain over supplies with Obama logoOriginally published Monday, December 7, 2009 at 12:46 PM The Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. - Several Missouri schools are complaining about notebooks and pencils with designs similar to the logos from President Barack Obama's campaign. The Columbia Daily Tribune reported that complaints from unhappy officials at three Missouri schools have prompted the supply company responsible for the materials to travel across the state recalling notebooks and pencils. The design at issue includes a picture of pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters. Above the coins is the phrase: "CHANGE" and underneath it reads: "WE CAN... Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402537/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 02:33:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402117/posts Pencils and notebooks resembling President Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign ads have been sold in at least one Columbia school and other public schools, causing the company that distributes the materials to travel around the state yanking the supplies out of machines. “Don’t be mad at us,” said Greg Jones, a sales representative with Pencil Wholesale. “It was a total accident.” Pencil Wholesale distributes supplies to six Columbia schools: Parkade Elementary, Cedar Ridge Elementary, Paxton Keeley Elementary, Mill Creek Elementary, Smithton Middle School and Hickman High School, said Linda Quinley, the district’s chief financial officer. At Mill Creek, at least one... ColumbiaTribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402117/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 17:24:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400871/posts The 8th Virginia Class nuclear attack submarine is getting commissioned today. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2400871/posts#comment Sat, 5 Dec 2009 12:23:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399376/posts snip~RAYMORE, MO - Weapons are not allowed in Raymore's city hall, but if a city council member has his way anybody who walks through the front doors could be packing heat.snip~ snip~Raymore City Council member Jeff Cox is sponsoring an ordinance that would allow people with concealed carry permits to bring their weapons inside city owned and operated buildings.snip~ Fox4kc.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399376/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 16:07:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399061/posts Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin spoke at College of the Ozarks Tuesday night. In her 50-minute speech before a crowd of several thousand people at the Point Lookout, Mo., campus, Palin stressed the importance of people speaking out, even if it's not popular. Quoting former Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, Palin said standing up for "what's right when it's unpopular is a true moral test." She said the United States is in a "crisis of confidence" and spoke of "economic, military and values-oriented battles" ahead. Palin was at College of the Ozarks to speak on patriotism, citizenship and civic engagement. Earlier... Self http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399061/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:05:43 GMT