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1. Come on down! Bob Barker headed to Missouri

   Tuesday Apr 30 | Joplin

   SPRINGFIELD, Mo. a Former game show host Bob Barker is giving several of the awards he's received throughout his career to Drury University.

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2. Two teens charged with murder in Missouri cabin deaths

   Wednesday Apr 24 | Joplin

   SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Two teenagers who escaped from a juvenile rehabilitation camp will be tried as adults in the fatal beating and stabbing of an elderly Michigan couple in a botched robbery at a vacation cabin in southwest Missouri, a judge said Tuesday.

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3. Missouri twins sentenced for stolen check scheme

   Apr 5, 2013 | Joplin

   April 5. The Associated Press. SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- A pair of twin brothers who prosecutors say altered stolen checks using glue and a hammer have been sentenced in Missouri to seven years in prison.

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4. Illinois murder suspect spotted in southwest Missouri

   Mar 28, 2013 | Joplin

   SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Police in the southwest Missouri are asking residents to be on the lookout for a suspect in an Illinois homicide.

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5. Parents sue southwest Missouri city over son's death after cops used Taser

   Mar 28, 2013 | Joplin

   SPRINGFIELD, Mo. a A southwest Missouri couple is suing the city of Springfield, claiming their son died because police used a Taser on him during an arrest.

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6. Springfield girl found safe

   Mar 2, 2013 | Joplin

   Updated at 11:05 PM CST: Authorities have confirmed that Harmony Blue, who had been reported missing earlier today, in Springfield, Missouri has been found safe.

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7. Missouri Police Find Kidnapped Toddler Harmony Blue Safe

   Mar 2, 2013 | Joplin

   Police in Springfield, Mo., said tonight they have found a 13-month-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert after she was abducted from a grocery store parking lot earlier today.

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8. Missouri Police Searching for Kidnapped Toddler Harmony Blue

   Mar 2, 2013 | Joplin

   Police in Springfield, Mo., have issued an Amber Alert for a 13-month-old girl who was abducted from a grocery store parking lot.

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9. Michelle Obama highlights her 'Let's Move' program

   Feb 28, 2013 | Joplin

   SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Michelle Obama visited Springfield on Thursday to highlight the third anniversary of her "Let's Move" program, touting potential business positives of an expanded healthy food section.

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10. Michelle Obama visits Missouri to promote anti-obesity campaign

    Feb 28, 2013 | Joplin

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Michelle Obama visited a Wal-Mart in southwest Missouri on Thursday to promote her campaign against childhood obesity and highlight "the groundbreaking steps" the retailer has taken to make healthy food more affordable.

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11. Willard ousts Joplin in district semifinal game

    Feb 27, 2013 | Joplin

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Entering Tuesday's Class 5 District 12 semifinal, Joplin Eagles coach Jeff Williams had concerns about how his team would handle the defensive pressure of the second-seeded Willard Tigers.

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12. MSSU Show-Me Gold's helicopter tours a way to say thanks

    Feb 20, 2013 | Joplin

    JOPLIN, Mo. -- Nearly 30 leaders from Missouri Southern State University and the city of Joplin took an aerial tour of Joplin in a Black Hawk helicopter on Wednesday morning, courtesy of the Missouri Army National Guard aviation wing from Springfield.

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13. In Missouri, illegal immigrants used to smuggle drugs

    Feb 10, 2013 | Joplin

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- For at least the last two years, court documents and federal drug agents say, illegal immigrants have been funneled to the Springfield, Mo., area and, at times, used as unwilling participants in the local distribution of Mexican ...

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14. Inmate charged in Missouri couple's murder

    Feb 7, 2013 | Joplin

    Authorities in southwest Missouri have charged a prison inmate with the April 25, 2011, murders of a Springfield, Mo., couple whose daughter lives in Springfield, Ill.

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15. Southwest Missouri man guilty of using machete in robbery

    Feb 7, 2013 | Joplin

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. a A Greene County jury found a Springfield man guilty of a robbery in which he threatened the victim with a machete.

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16. Minimum wage increase in Missouri comes at cost to businesses

    Jan 3, 2013 | Joplin

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Missouri workers making minimum wage will now be getting a bigger paycheck.

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17. Area Colleges: Bulldogs fall to Missouri S&T

    Jan 2, 2013 | Joplin

    ROLLA, Mo. -- Benedictine University Springfield placed four scorers in double figures, but it wasn't enough on Monday as the Bulldogs fell to Missouri S&T 89-61 in an exhibition game.

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18. Abuse case announced in Missouri Catholic diocese

    Jan 1, 2013 | Joplin

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau says it has received a credible complaint of sexual abuse against a minor that allegedly occurred in the early to mid-1960s. The diocese says the accused priest, the Rev.

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19. Missouri minimum wage increasing in 2013

    Dec 31, 2012 | Joplin

    SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-- If you're a minimum wage worker in Missouri, you'll be getting a raise in the new year.

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20. Friend says 6 from Missouri killed in N. Dakota crash were looking for work

    Dec 28, 2012 | Joplin

    Six Missouri men killed in a crash on an icy North Dakota interstate were looking for work in the area, a family friend said.

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