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Springfield City Council hears comment on Wal-Mart and marijuana ordinances
mpettit@kspr.comTwo hot topics drew plenty of interest at Springfield's city council meeting Monday night. It was standing room only in the meeting. About 15 people spoke about the Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market rezoning issue. It would go in at Grand and Campbell... -
Rogersville man guilty of distributing cocaine
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson announces that on February 11, 2013, Travis A. Dibben, 31, of Rogersville, Missouri entered a guilty plea to distributing a controlled substance. Travis A. Dibben entered a guilty plea...
Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Defendants, Trials, Court Preliminary
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Chiefs Pro Bowl linebacker Tamba Hali suspended
mscott@schurz.comKANSAS CITY, MO - Chiefs All-Pro linebacker has been suspended for 1 game without pay for violationg the NFL's substance abuse policy. Hali will miss the September 9th opener, hosting Atlanta. He is expected to return week 2 at Buffalo. Hali record...Tags: Sports, NFL Pro Bowl, National Football League, Kansas City Chiefs, Football
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Police Chief and Sheriff Support 'Wet Shelter' For Intoxicated Individuals, People with a Mental Illness who are Otherwise Booked in Jail for Petty Crimes
Reporter, PhotographerTop law enforcement officials say a type of shelter known as a "wet shelter” is needed to create space in the overcrowded Greene County Jail for serious, violent offenders. They want to open a secure facility to hold people who are homeless,...Tags: Symptoms, Health and Medical Professionals, Heart Attack, Police Arrests, Psychologists
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Sheriff: Prescription drug abuse increasing among junior high, younger students
Reporter, PhotographerIn Arkansas, two arrests at two schools are shedding light on what the sheriff calls a growing drug problem. The Baxter County Sheriff says an increasing number of students are abusing prescription pills at younger ages. Sheriff John Montgomery says...Tags: Prescription Drugs, Chemical Industry, Hospitals and Clinics, Clonazepam (drug), Health
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Neighbors of Possible Murder, Suicide: `Terrible Smell Made Us Call Cops, Couple had History of Domestic Violence'
Reporter, Reporter, Photographer, PhotographerNeighbors say a terrible smell made them call police to the scene of a possible murder suicide. Police found a man and a woman dead inside a duplex bedroom in the 1400 block of west Mt. Vernon. “The stench just came up through the basement and went...Tags: Suicide, Crime, Law and Justice, Arts and Culture, History, Crimes
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San Diego Padres - PlayerWatch
ReutersC Yasmani Grandal, serving a 50-game suspension for violating major league baseball's substance abuse program, is eligible to return Monday. LHP Tommy Layne was recalled from Triple-A Tucson. Layne was 1-3 with a 4.00 ERA in 19 relief appearances with...Tags: Chase Field, Andrew Cashner, San Diego Padres, Nick Hundley, Bud Black
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More truths on TV
Legendary broadcaster Walter Cronkite once characterized the role of journalism by saying, "Our job is only to hold up the mirror -- to tell and show the public what has happened." That's an oversimplification, of course. All journalism is processed...Tags: Abortion, Politics, Personal Weapon Control, Journalism, Interior Policy
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San Diego Padres - TeamReport
ReutersMLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Add left knee to Carlos Quentin's list of problems. Quentin, who has been nursing his twice-surgically repaired right knee all year and has already served an eight-game suspension for charging Dodgers...Tags: Chase Field, Plantar Fasciitis, John Baker, Andrew Cashner, Minor League Baseball
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Jewel stars as June Carter Cash in Lifetime’s Ring of Fire
Channel Guide MagazineThe life story of Johnny Cash’s long-suffering, steel magnolia wife June Carter takes the spotlight in Monday night’s Lifetime original movie, Ring of Fire. Culled from a biography written by the couple’s son John Carter Cash and named... -
Eastern Panhandle Juvenile Drug Court receiving $6,500 donation from nonprofit organization
A ceremony will be held next week to celebrate a $6,500 donation the Eastern Panhandle Juvenile Drug Court is receiving from a nonprofit organization that is dissolving, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals announced Friday. The check...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency
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JCC offers free course for emergency prep
Every week we're reminded how it's important to be ready for a weather crisis or other emergency situation. In Virginia, hurricane season begins June 1 and the state wants you to be ready. Go to http://www.ReadyVirginia.gov to learn how. You can also...
Tags: Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Cardiologists, Alcohol Addiction, Rosalynn Carter
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