http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/mo-news/ en-us Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:25:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383297/posts Some believe the proverbial “deck” is stacked against Kenneth Gladney receiving justice. And who could blame them. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383297/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383061/posts JEFFERSON CITY - Portions of downtown Jefferson City are shut down due to a possible hostage situation in a government building. State employees in the building say police officers are outside patroling the area with assault rifles. The area is locked down. Follow KOMU online and on Twitter for updates. A viewer called KOMU to say a hostage situation took place in the Governor's Building on Madison Street. Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder is sending accounts from his Twitter account saying snipers are on the roof of the Jefferson Building and negotiators are on the scene to speak with a suspect... KOMU-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383061/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:51:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383025/posts On Aug. 6, the same day the White House told its supporters to “punch back twice as hard,” black conservative Kenneth Gladney found himself at the receiving end of several of those punches. He was beaten by a group of thugs from the Service Employees International Union after they found him selling conservative memorabilia outside Bernard Middle School, the site of of a South St. Louis County health care town hall meeting hosted by ultra-liberal Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.). Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2383025/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:08:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382757/posts Vincent Mosby signed a marriage contract and paid a dowry in a religious ceremony in August, police said. Mosby, 23, of Kansas City didn’t legally wed his 14-year-old bride, however, because Missouri law won’t allow it without a judge’s order. Police said she was pressured into the union because her mother and stepfather thought she was going to be sexually active with a boy her age. ***** Police said the girl’s stepfather and mother became concerned that she was going to become sexually active, so the stepfather allegedly approached Mosby about marrying the girl. The girl was “strongly encouraged” to... The Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2382757/posts#comment Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:04:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381267/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Nov. 7, 2009) — American society may be less religious than it was a few generations ago, but its religious diversity has greatly increased. That change has dramatically impacted the Army, which must now offer religious services not only for Roman Catholics and mainline Protestants but also for a wide variety of different Christian denominations and minority faiths. That’s far different from what Lt. Col. John Bjarnason, Fort Leonard Wood’s family life chaplain, saw when he joined the Army in 1969. “We have a wide range of all kinds of different choices for our trainees to... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381267/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:19:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381266/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Nov. 7, 2009) — Shortly before Army personnel nationwide conducted a moment of silence for the 13 soldiers and others killed by an Army psychiatrist Friday afternoon at Fort Hood in Texas, an Army chaplain assigned to family life issues at Fort Leonard Wood explained how the Army tries to help soldiers and families. “Our military is grieving now this great loss at Fort Hood,” said Lt. Col. John Bjarnason. “We feel very sad for the families that have lost a dear one there.” Bjarnason, 64, entered the Army during the Vietnam era, returned to active... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2381266/posts#comment Sun, 8 Nov 2009 03:17:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380941/posts BUCKHORN, Mo. (Nov. 7, 2009) — A Halloween alternative party at Grace Covenant Church of Buckhorn, near Fort Leonard Wood, has raised $2,300 for bullet-resistant vests and other equipment in the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff J.B. King, who is a Southern Baptist, said he and his deputies greatly appreciate the help from the independent charismatic church. “It’s been a godsend,” King said. “During the past four years, this has amounted to a very healthy amount of money. We placed this donation into our equipment fund and it has helped us buy all kinds of equipment for our vehicles; for... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2380941/posts#comment Sat, 7 Nov 2009 17:10:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379997/posts While roaming the grounds of the US Capitol yesterday, Kristinn Taylor obtained a list of possible democrat defectors of the now infamous “Healthcare” bill. Kristinn was asked to post this list of wobbly democrats on FreeRepublic in an effort to mobilize our forces and overwhelm these members with phone calls and e-mails asking them to vote NO on the socialization of our healthcare. We also learned that Nancy Pelosi had just scheduled the vote for tomorrow; Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 6:00 PM. For all those who were unable to answer the call to surround the Capitol yesterday, here is... First Hand http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379997/posts#comment Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:00:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376455/posts During an appearance Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” program with host John King, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) demonstrated that he just doesn’t understand what happened in New York’s 23rd Congressional District over the weekend. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2376455/posts#comment Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375841/posts An estimated 200 anti-socialism protesters carried signs and waved at passing motorists for more than two hours yesterday afternoon as they have almost every Saturday for six months at the intersection of Highways K and N in O’Fallon, Mo. Among those participating were three first-generation Americans who took time to share powerful messages every freedom-loving American should hear. Those messages appear in this video. Bob McCarty Writes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375841/posts#comment Sun, 1 Nov 2009 14:25:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375106/posts This column is in answer to the linked NAACP objection to my column(s.) I have linked to the column in question and the letter. Please read both before perusing my response. My initial reaction to this communiqué and that of my liberal-leaning friend, webmaster and former editor of the Rolla Daily News, Martin Schwartz, was: “You (Weinbaum) made an opinion in the op-ed section of the RDN. They (NAACP) disagreed with it. So the NAACP wants to stop this and other opinions like it from being published in the paper.” In other words, until Weinbaum conforms to NAACP opinion, he... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375106/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:14:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374988/posts Contact: Dr. Gregory Thompson, Personhood Missouri, 417-894-5768, 417-754-8774; Keith Mason, Personhood USA, 202-595-3500 ext. 3 ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 30 /Christian Newswire/ -- Planned Parenthood sued the State of Missouri this week to challenge two pro-life ballot initiatives, in an apparent effort to stifle the people's constitutional right to the ballot process. One of the ballot initiatives, submitted by Personhood Missouri, states, "Section 35, Person defined. As used in sections 2, 10, and 14 of Article I of the state constitution, the term "person" shall apply to every human being from the beginning of the biological development of that human being." The personhood... Christian Newswire http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374988/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:51:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372988/posts Unemployment in the St. Louis region topped ten percent in September — the first time in over 26 years that joblessness in the area has reached into double figures. St. Louis Post Disgrace http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372988/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:37:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372947/posts Join us Wednesday, October 28th at 7:30 p.m. as Southeast Missouri State University and KMOX welcome Newt Gingrich and Governor Howard Dean for a discussion about health care today. Tickets are on sale now and are $8 for the general public. Tickets can be purchased at the Show Me Center Box Office and Ticketmaster outlets. Click here to purchase tickets online at Ticketmaster.com. Admission is free for university students, staff and faculty with Redhawks ID. NEWT GINGRICH is well-known as the architect of the “Contract with America” that led the Republican Party to a majority in the U.S. House for... Center for Health Transformation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372947/posts#comment Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:42:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372209/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Oct. 27, 2009) — Teamed with several military organizations, the 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team from Fort Leonard Wood participated in confined space training on Oct. 20 and 21 as part of Operation Joint Eagle in Camp Gruber, Okla. The exercise was conducted by Response International Group, an organization composed of several of the firefighters who responded to the Oklahoma City bombing. The unit worked with the Illinois National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package. “Working side by side with the CERFP helped each team understand its roles... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372209/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:15:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372162/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Oct. 16, 2009) — The Missouri National Guard’s 35th Engineer Brigade welcomed its new top non-commissioned officer, Command Sgt. Maj. Will Pierce, of Camdenton, in a recent change of responsibility ceremony. Pierce took over from Command Sgt. Maj. Ray Harding, of Saint Robert, who is retiring this month after 37 years in the Guard. “Command Sgt. Maj. Pierce has several qualities that will make him an excellent command sergeant major,” said Brig. Gen. David Irwin, brigade commander. “He has deployed multiple times with both an engineer battalion and the engineer brigade. He knows what it feels... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372162/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:19:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372072/posts FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. (Oct. 16, 2009) — While training with civilian agencies in Columbia to clean up a mock terrorist lab producing chlorine gas, the Missouri National Guard’s 7th Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team had to handle serious injuries sustained by one of its members. The injuries were only simulated but weren’t expected by those participating in the training of the Fort Leonard Wood unit with Columbia-area civilian firefighters, police, members of HAZMAT and SWAT teams, and FBI and bomb squad members. “There were a couple of hiccups, but that’s to be expected when you get that... Pulaski County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2372072/posts#comment Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:42:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371297/posts After claiming for more than a year that it could not do so, the Missouri Department of Social Services finally has obeyed a state law and published a list of employers whose workers get government-funded Medicaid health care coverage. Yet compliance with the Medicaid reporting law may be only an experiment. Although the list is supposed to be published quarterly, the department says there's no telling when it will produce the report again. As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., debate a national health-care overhaul, Missouri's experience shows how slow and difficult it can be for bureaucracies to implement even incremental changes... KDTV 5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2371297/posts#comment Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:14:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370450/posts A Cape Girardeau man was arrested for flag desecration Friday, a case that was dismissed within hours because of a 1989 U.S. Supreme Court decision that declared flag burning was protected speech under the First Amendment. Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney Morley Swingle said that he was unaware of the case, Texas v. Johnson, that invalidated the laws of 48 states, when he filed misdemeanor charges against Frank L. Snider III. Missouri's law was passed in 1980. When asked whether the state law could be enforced, Swingle said he needed to research the issue. After reviewing the court's opinion, he... Southeast Missourian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370450/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:49:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370297/posts Juvenile authorities said Saturday that a 15-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder for the killing of a 9-year-old central Missouri girl found in the woods two days after she went missing. Police did not disclose the teen’s gender or name and provided few other details about the person suspected of killing Elizabeth Olten. Cole County Sheriff Greg White has said the teenage suspect is not related to Elizabeth but was acquainted with her and is from the same area just west of Jefferson City. Several hundred people braved soaking rain and cold weather to search a heavily wooded area... St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370297/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:32:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369571/posts Bond Speaks Out Against Cap-and-Trade Senator Bond continues to fight against cap-and-trade legislation that threatens Missouri families and farmers with higher energy prices and job losses. The bill proposed by Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and John Kerry (D-MA) sets even stricter emissions targets than the House-passed Waxman-Markey bill. The Senate bill also removes provisions that require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to be fair to ethanol producers and to protect energy-intensive manufacturing jobs in the United States that are exposed to unfair competition in China, an unsettling fact as experts say that the Waxman-Markey bill alone will eliminate 2.4 million... Email news letter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2369571/posts#comment Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:17:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368255/posts A parole absconder from St. Louis is believed to have shot another man in a Tuesday night robbery near downtown Jefferson City, then was shot by one of his victims who acted in self-defense. Patrick Evans, 37, who was released from prison two weeks ago, was found hiding in a small room in an upstairs apartment at 611 E. Capitol Ave. just after 7 a.m. Wednesday, more than 8 hours after the shooting incident downstairs at the same address, according to police reports. "Officers were ready to re-canvass the area as daylight broke when they found a new blood trail... newstribune.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2368255/posts#comment Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:01:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367801/posts Felonious behavior is becoming more dangerous, if two recent incidents are any indication.During a home invasion on Oct. 5, one of the intruders was shot and killed by one of the occupants of the mobile home.And an armed assailant is recovering from wounds after he was shot Oct. 13 by one of the people he was attempting to herd into a building housing law offices on East Capitol Avenue.In the first case, the weapon was kept in the home, which always has been allowed to defend people and property.In the second incident, the assailant was shot by someone who qualifies... Jefferson City, MO News Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367801/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:23:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367320/posts College of the Ozarks news release: Tickets to attend the Sarah Palin Convocation at College of the Ozarks on December 2, are no longer available. The ticket line quickly filled, consuming all tickets available to the public. Due to limited seating, there was a cap on available tickets. “As a charismatic speaker and highly-interesting political figure, Sarah Palin attracts much public interest,” said Sue Head, Executive Director of The Keeter Center for Character Education. “Because of this, the College anticipated that tickets would go quickly.” Governor Palin is slated to speak at College of the Ozarks December 2, as part... KSPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2367320/posts#comment Wed, 21 Oct 2009 10:33:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366447/posts PINEVILLE, Mo. — A 39-year-old man, who reportedly shot and killed another man in self-defense Sunday night in Anderson, has been turned over to U.S. marshals in anticipation of a federal weapon charge. McDonald County Sheriff Robert Evenson said Matthew D. Robertson, 32, died of a single shotgun blast during an altercation with Michael J. Smith at the Wallain Court apartment complex in Anderson, where both men lived in separate units. Authorities received a call at 8:30 p.m. reporting the shooting at the apartments and found Robertson dead, the sheriff said. Evenson said deputies determined that Robertson was in the... Joplin Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2366447/posts#comment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:43:40 GMT