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May 7th 2010 Posted at Uncategorized
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COLUMBIA, Mo. – 35 homes. Seven teams. One mission. That was the message Gov. Jay Nixon shared in Columbia on Saturday as he launched the 2012 Governor’s Joplin Habitat Challenge. The challenge, in partnership with Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity and Missouri’s major athletic organizations, aims to build 35 new homes in the heart of
On Wednesday, February 1st, 2012, Deputies from the Stone County Sheriff’s Office and Members of the COMET Drug Task Force executed a total of 7 warrants in and around Stone County on a warrant round up. The warrants stemmed from 15 different cases and up to two and a half years of investigation by the
Update for Week of Feb. 6-10, 2012 Work scheduled: Grading rock and dirt along shoulders in Kimberling City Installing traffic signal equipment at Route OO Grading rock for relocated portion of Route 13 west of Stoneridge Pouring concrete for bridge components for new bridge at south edge of Bridge girders delayed until mid-to-late February for
By Kathee Baird Authorities have now named their “person of interest” in their investigation into the December murder of police dispatcher Dawna Natzke. Natzke’s boyfriend, and the last person seen with her, Kevin Duck, 28, was arrested by the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana yesterday (02-01-12) on a no bond Arkansas Warrant for probation violation. Dawna
On Monday, January 30th, 2012, an observant citizen noticed a red truck parked behind a residence which seemed out of place. The citizen knew the owner of the residence and decided to stop and inquire who was in the truck. As they pulled into the drive, they noticed two males leaving an outbuilding behind the
January 31, 2012 at approximately 4:13 pm, the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call on Cochran Drive, just East of Mountain Home. 911 Dispatchers advised they had an open line and could hear yelling in the background with what sounded like a female occasionally asking for help. When Sgt. Ken Grayham and
By Kathee Baird Taney County’s largest health care facility is looking for a “Strategic Parnter” in the ever changing landscape in healthcare. Skaggs Regional Medical Center recently changed the way patients who visit their ER gain prescriptions upon release. You have to pay your deductible, or co-pay, before receiving the prescriptions the doctor has ordered.
By Kathee Baird A longtime foster father from Republic is facing multiple sex charges related to two boys were placed in his home. Mark Daniel Obrien, 40, was charged yesterday (01-30-12) with three counts of deviate statutory sodomy with a child under the age of 14, 1 count of felony child abuse, 1 count of child
By Kathee Baird Authorities in Barry County are investigating the “suspicious death” of a woman whose decomposing body was found in her father’s house. Sheriff Mick Epperly says Charity Coscia, 28, was dead for at least two months when her brother found her dead on an air mattress in a bedroom in her father Peter’s, 64, home at 28805 Walker
Last Monday night, the Shell Knob Lion’s Club dinner meeting recognized the efforts of a group of volunteers that worked on the Community Building renovation. Over 80 volunteer hours were spent in applying new sheetrock and painting the interior of the 40 year old building. The new look makes the building appear modern, cleaner and
