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The final day for the Oakland Athletics arrives ahead of next season’s move away from the Bay
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — When manager Mark Kotsay removed his Oakland jersey for the final time Sunday, it was bound for the Baseball Hall of Fame.Brent Rooker? His final jersey with the name Oakland across the front will be preserved in a frame and displayed on his wall at...
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEWS
Farmington Regional Chamber of Commerce announces two ribbon cutting ceremonies
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - Two multi-chamber of commerce ribbon cuttings are coming up soon in St. Francois County. One is for a business and the other is for a new public recreational area....
Phelps County sex offender sentenced
ROLLA, Mo. (News First) - U.S. District Judge Henry Autrey on Wednesday sentenced a sex offender from Phelps County who sent child sexual abuse material to others to 190 months in prison....
VFW Essay Contest underway
CENTERVILLE, Mo. (News First) - An important deadline is approaching for high school and middle school students. Veterans of Foreign Wars offers significant college scholarship opportunities from...
City of Viburnum gets first full-time pro daycare center
VIBURNUM (News First) - The City of Viburnum has never had a full-time professional daycare center since the town was first incorporated in 1967. That has finally changed this week because We Care...
Flu season is underway
VIBURNUM (News First) - Flu season has arrived once again. The best defense against getting the flu is getting a simple flu shot. Amber Dotson is an R.N. and the Vaccine Clinic Coordinator at...
Bonne Terre man injured in motorcycle accident
ST. FRANCOIS COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - A man from Bonne Terre was injured in a motorcycle accident early Sunday morning in St. Francois County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash...
Two teens injured in Madison County accident
MADISON COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - Two teenagers from Poplar Bluff were injured in a one-car crash early Sunday morning in Madison County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the...
Deer causes two-vehicle accident in Perry County
PERRY COUNTY, Mo. (News First) - A man from Benton, Missouri was injured Monday morning in a two-vehicle accident in Perry County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident took place on...
Car plows through Golden Corral restaurant in St. Louis
ST LOUIS (News First) - A white SUV plowed through Golden Corral restaurant on Lindbergh Blvd in St. Louis while patrons ate around 10:45 this morning (Sat, Oct 12th). Eyewitnesses report that an...
SB I-55 in New Madrid County Reduced for Pavement Repairs
SIKESTON— Southbound Interstate 55 in New Madrid County will be reduced to one lane with a 10-foot width restriction as contractor crews perform pavement repairs. This section of roadway is...
NEWS FROM AROUND MISSOURI
Campaign For Lake of Ozarks Casino
A campaign to bring a casino to the Lake of the Ozarks is suing to bring the proposal before voters. The secretary of state's office last week said the campaign did not collect enough voter signatures for the constitutional amendment to go on November's ballot. But...
MO Governor to host Dolly Parton
Missouri Governor Mike Parson and First Lady Teresa Parson, in partnership with the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, will host an event with Dolly Parton and her Imagination Library team on Tuesday, August 27th at 11 a.m. in Kansas City. The statewide...
Missouri updates laws for changing gender on IDs
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo (News First) - Missouri residents now will need proof of surgery or a court order to change their gender on their driver's licenses. Missouri previously required approval from a doctor to update gender on state-issued identification. The change...
Jay Ashcroft approves four statewide amendments
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft today (Mon, Aug 19) issued certificates regarding four initiative petitions filed with his office. To receive a Certificate of Sufficiency, a minimum number of valid signatures must be obtained in six of the eight congressional...
Woman charged in brazen plot to extort Elvis Presley’s family and auction off Graceland
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri woman has been arrested on charges she orchestrated a brazen scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale, the...
Michael Brown’s death transformed a nation and sparked a decade of American reckoning on race
Kayla Reed was born in a predominantly African American section of St. Louis where, like her own kin, many Black families had been transplanted out of the Deep South. After the death of her grandmother, Reed moved with her father from the city to a St. Louis County...
Governor Mike Parson will visit SEMO this week
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (News First) - Governor Mike Parson will visit the area this week. Wednesday morning at 11:15, Governor Parson will be in Rolla at Brown Veterinary Clinic for a ceremonial bill signing of Senate Bill 1453, which designates the Dr. Dan Brown Memorial...
Injured Ferguson officer shows ‘small but significant’ signs of progress in Missouri
FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer who was critically injured during a protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown’s death is showing “small but significant signs of progress” from a severe brain injury, according to a post on a GoFundMe...
Man arrested at Ferguson protest withdraws as alternate delegate to DNC
ST. LOUIS (AP) — One of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has withdrawn as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention, the Missouri Democratic Party...
NATIONAL NEWS
Missouri governor says new public aid plan in the works for Chiefs, Royals stadiums
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said...
Tesla sales fall for second straight quarter despite price cuts, but decline not as bad as expected
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla's global sales fell for the second straight...
Attorney General Coleman Achieves Another Victory Over Biden Administration’s Illegal Attempt to Redefine Sex Discrimination
FRANKFORT Ky. (July 3, 2024) – Attorney General Russell Coleman announced today a federal...
Houston Rockets add elite shooter by taking Kentucky’s Reed Sheppard at No. 3 overall in NBA draft
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets selected Reed Sheppard...
Celebrations honor Willie Mays and Negro League players ahead of MLB game at Rickwood Field
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — As Ajay Stone strolled around historic...
Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry,...