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Health bill gains ground
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s sweeping health care legislation won precious support from a longtime liberal holdout in the House on Wednesday and from Catholic nuns representing dozens of religious orders, gaining fresh traction in the run-up to a climactic weekend vote. “It’s a good sign,” said Obama, two weeks after taking personal command of a campaign to enact legislation in what has become a virtual vote of confidence in his still-young presidency. After days of secretive meetings, Democratic officials said they hoped to release the wording of the final legislation within hours, pending final cost and deficit-reduction estimates from the Congressional Budget Office.
Hollister property searched again
Members of Patricia Kimmi’s family, sitting in pickups on a road overlooking the Roger and Rebecca Hollister property Wednesday afternoon, watched solemnly as law enforcement officials searched near a pond and wooded area in what could be a new development in the case of their missing mother. When asked if they had any comments on the new developments in the case of the 58-year-old mother and grandmother, son Tony Kimmi declined comment. “Not yet,” he stated.
Summer school faces funding cuts
Some St. Joseph School District children might have a longer summer vacation this year. That depends on whether the Missouri Legislature passes a bill to cut all state funding for summer school programs throughout the state. Janet Pullen, chief financial officer for the district, said she doesn’t know the status of the bill, nor its likelihood of passage. Nevertheless, the district will continue to make plans for summer school until further notice. “If we find out there is not funding, then we won’t have it,” Ms. Pullen said. “When we’re talking to teachers about signing up to teach summer school, we’re telling them that.”
Officials work to overhaul program
A much-debated scholarship for college and university students was the focus of attention again Tuesday, this time with an agreement to equalize the maximum amounts awarded to those in private and public schools. The Missouri Access Scholarship, a need-based program that funds up to $2,150 a year for qualified public students and up to $4,600 a year for qualified students attending private schools, was overhauled during a four-hour meeting between 10 private and public college presidents.
Longtime bus driver bids fond farewell
The driver of city bus 0435 has a proposition for her passengers: “I’m willing to sell this cold if anyone wants to buy it.”
Appellate court overrules Kellogg
Jeffrey Cornelius believed his stay in prison would last 120 days back in 2004, when the Missouri Department of Corrections took him into custody.
Grass-roots groups take aim at Shields
JEFFERSON CITY — While the U.S. Congress has been ensnared in debate over a bill to reform the national health care system, Missouri Republicans told supporters at a state sovereignty rally that they will advance legislation that asserts Missouri’s resistance to the federal plan for reform.
Country comes to Northwest
MARYVILLE, Mo. — This spring, Northwest Missouri State University will once again take the country road.
Parkway Elementary students turn the page for good cause
Reading does pay. Just ask Candace Claycomb’s fifth-grade students at Parkway Elementary School.
Krug Park log cabin destroyed by fire
A historic log cabin relocated from the French Bottoms to Krug Park burned to the ground Wednesday night.
Local school goes into brief lockdown
A school was put on lockdown for a short time Wednesday following a domestic incident between a couple.
Shearin will run
Ken Shearin hasn’t given up on serving the citizens of St. Joseph. He just wants a new office. Mr. Shearin filed Tuesday to run as a Democrat in the August primary for the District 29 House seat. The district covers the South Side and extends into northern Platte County.
Follow that DREAM
SAVANNAH, Mo. — A process for improvements and a long-range community plan took its first step Tuesday as the DREAM initiative held an organizational meeting. Last year, the state selected Savannah to participate in the Downtown Revitalization & Economic Assistance for Missouri program, or DREAM.
Northwest to honor 8 women
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Eight women were picked from a pool of 43 nominations as the 2010 Indispensable Women of Northwest Missouri State University.
Northwest raises room, board rates
MARYVILLE, Mo. — Northwest Missouri State University students living on campus will pay approximately $500 more per year after room and board rates were increased Tuesday. New rates will take effect in August.
139th Airlift Wing returns from Chile
From Chile to chilly Missouri, members of the Missouri Air National Guard rushed home Tuesday after bringing aid to those affected by a deadly earthquake and tsunami.
Man pleads guilty to statutory sodomy
A Dearborn, Mo., man received a 12-year sentence Tuesday in Buchanan County Circuit Court for sodomizing a 6-year-old girl.
Driver hurt when SUV flips
One person was injured Tuesday night when the SUV he was driving flipped over on U.S. Highway 36, near the intersection with Interstate 29.
War of words precedes procedural maneuvers on health care bill
Before the war of process on federal health care legislation, a war of words erupted Tuesday on the U.S. House floor. In a flurry of one-minute speeches, dozens of representatives, including those from the region, spoke to colleagues and cameras about the reform measure. “Americans know that the answer to our health care system is not bigger government and more bureaucrats,” Northwest Missouri Congressman Sam Graves said in his speech. “The answer is more competition and better choices.”
Phil Welch improvements planned
The St. Joseph Mustangs provided the feel-good hit of the summer last year at a rejuvenated Phil Welch Stadium.
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