Cadet News

Phillip Emily continues to elude police as the search for the wanted Cadet man is now over a week and a half long.

Two people were fatally injured in a two-vehicle accident on Highway 47, just north of Route FF, on Friday at 6:35 a.m. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol, the accident occurred when Matthew Darby, 25, ... via Sullivan Independent News

“The middle class is being fleeced by the party that said it wanted less government”

Missouri Senate Democrats today voted unanimously against an amendment sponsored by Sen. via The Joplin Independent

The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park has hired its first employee, architecture and archaeology expert Laura Meyer. via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“He's usually there to keep track of the runs and how many hits they get”

For Army National Guard Maj. Matt Bacon's two young sons, this tour of duty in Iraq has been a lot tougher than the last. via Columbia Daily Tribune

“If they're here illegally, they've just gotten 90 days of services from your constituents. I don't expect mine to pay for it”

To get public benefits such as food stamps or housing assistance in Missouri, people would have to prove they are U.S. citizens or legally in the country under a bill endorsed by the House. via Columbia Daily Tribune

“Whatever name they want to give to it, it is a recognition of same-sex unions”

Gay couples had to struggle mightily to win the right to marry or form civil unions. via Southeast Missourian

“Having the practice here helped a lot at basic”

Sunday, April 13, 2008 :: Michelle Key Army basic training can be intimidating to new Soldiers, but with the help of the Missouri Army National Guard's Recruit Sustainment Program, Soldiers are prepared to ... via Kansas City InfoZine

“If the state brings in less, it spends less. Her record shows Sarah won't tax and spend the way they do in Washington.”

The three leading candidates for governor - Democrat Jay Nixon and Republicans Kenny Hulshof and Sarah Steelman - promise they won't raise taxes if elected. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

“If you have information about another member who's done something that's unethical, do not make accusations that are baseless in nature”

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A House leader declared legislation to raise teacher salaries dead Thursday and had to be physically separated from a political opponent during a brief but tense confrontation on the House ... via Joplin Globe

“Question 10 (of the application) asks, what do you expect the DREAM program to accomplish in your community?”

What is to become of Lebanon's city center? The city/county economic development organization wants to put a prettier face on the area around Commercial Street with help from the Missouri Downtown ... via Lebanon Daily Record

A bone-marrow drive in honor of Lillie Inks, a second-grader diagnosed in January with aplastic anemia, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Babler Elementary School, 1955 Shepard Road, in the ... via St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“We need to make sure that good jobs and our state's services are available to honest, legal residents.”

Immigrants will have to provide proof of citizenship in order to receive public benefits. via Suntimes News

The Missouri Deptartment of Transportation is closing Highway 40 in Chesterfield for three days, beginning Friday. via CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV News

“The reason why my parents brought me to the U.S. was to get a good education.”

A Missouri student who has spent years fighting her deportation to Costa Rica has received another extension of her stay in the United States. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

“When I am getting several updates a day on our response to mother nature's flood, man-made flooding makes about as much sense as fighting a forest fire with gasoline”

Gov. Matt Blunt Monday blasted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who have decided to proceed with a man-made flood at a time when Missouri is experiencing a flooding disaster that has impacted 70 of the state's ... via Suntimes News

District 8 Congresswoman Joann Emerson is in the area on a break from Washington until next Monday. via KZIM-AM Cape Girardeau

“The overall objective is to explore how we might have stronger trade and economic development relationships between this region and arguably the fastest growing economy in the world in China”

Washington -- Some of Missouri's leading elected officials are traveling to China next week to promote economic development for the state. via Springfield News Leader

“Anyway, the right thing happened. So I'm just tickled, tickled to death.”

The Scripps National Spelling Bee announced Tuesday it would allow northwest Missouri's top speller to participate in the national competition even though she was disqualified last week. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis

A Branson man was seriously injured Saturday afternoon when he was thrown from the motorcycle he was driving. via Springfield News Leader