Tuesday, May 22 2012 9:42 AM EDT2012-05-22 13:42:35 GMT
ST. PETERS, Mo. (AP) - Authorities in St. Charles County say a 3-year-old girl may have been alone in an apartment with her dead mother for up to four days. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/Kb8lIO
Authorities in St. Charles County say a 3-year-old girl may have been alone in an apartment with her dead mother for up to four days.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 5:23 AM EDT2012-05-23 09:23:04 GMT
STEELE, MO (KAIT) – Police have arrested a man they say robbed three women and then barricaded himself inside a home for over 3 hours. According to the Steele Police Department, officers were called to
According to the Steele Police Department, officers were called to the corner of Highway 164 and Main Street on a robbery call. When police arrived three women told officers they were robbed by a man, and that he stole their car.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 2:57 PM EDT2012-05-22 18:57:43 GMT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas state auditor is auctioning off more unclaimed property on eBay. Auditor Charlie Daniels says the state's latest eBay auction will be held Friday at 10 a.m. The auction
Auditor Charlie Daniels says the state's latest eBay auction will be held Friday at 10 a.m. The auction will be open for seven days and is available for any eBay user, except for employees of the auditor's office and their families.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 2:53 PM EDT2012-05-22 18:53:25 GMT
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A St. Louis woman is facing federal indictment for allegedly forcing two other women into prostitution. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 26-year-old Carla Mathews was indicted earlier
Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 26-year-old Carla Mathews was indicted earlier this month on three felony counts of sex trafficking by force, fraud or coercion. Mathews does not yet have a listed attorney.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 2:54 PM EDT2012-05-22 18:54:03 GMT
(RNN) - A U.S. Airways plane from Paris to Charlotte, NC, was diverted to Bangor, ME, because of a security threat.The plane is a Boeing 767. Copyright 2012 Raycom News Network. All rights reserved.
A Cameroon woman was pulled from an American jetliner and arrested after presenting a note to a flight attendant saying she had a "device" surgically implanted inside her.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 5:22 AM EDT2012-05-23 09:22:36 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – Jonesboro Police are investigating a mobile meth lab found in an apartment complex's garbage dumpster. According to Jonesboro Police, around 9:30 this morning a Sanitation Department
According to Jonesboro Police, around 9:30 this morning a Sanitation Department employee found some suspicious items at the dumpster for the University Apartments on Stallings Road and Stone Street.
Tuesday, May 22 2012 10:59 PM EDT2012-05-23 02:59:16 GMT
Candidates for Arkansas' only Democrat-held U.S. House seat are hoping to win their parties' nominations outright as voters cast ballots in the state's primary.
Establishment picks for congressional seats in southern and eastern Arkansas struggled in Tuesday's primary, as underfunded candidates relied on name recognition and grass-roots organization.
Monday, May 21 2012 3:23 PM EDT2012-05-21 19:23:28 GMT
GRUBBS, AR (KAIT) – The Jackson County Sheriff's Department is investigating a body found Monday morning in Grubbs. According to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, a decomposing body was found around
According to the Jackson County Sheriff's Department, a decomposing body was found around 9:45a Monday morning lying in a ditch. Police have identified the body was 46-year-old James Eugene Moore.
Democratic candidates for two congressional seats in Arkansas are quickly pivoting to an extended fight for their party's nomination, with one hopeful branding his rival as a "professional politician."
The Tennessee Valley Authority is investigating who hung a noose at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Athens, Ala.
NAYLOR, MO (KAIT) - Superintendent Sherry Burns says the high school has been battling a water leak under the building for a couple of weeks.
Burns, "It actually didn't flood the building. The water ran underneath the building and actually didn't ever surface."
The leak was discovered because of huge water meter readings. 41 Thousand gallons were used in a 10 day period, when they would normally use around 21 Thousand. Cost wise that means a normal bill of $231 dollars to a whopping $783 dollars for a month. They had to isolate the problem from the Ag building, the library and the High School.
Once the leak was located they first tried stop gap measures.
Burns, "We would shut the meter off at night and turn it back on in the morning to try and save the water from running underneath the building." Burns said Saturday activities were moved to other buildings.
Superintendent Burns said they then looked at a couple ways of fixing the leak. The first option was to tear out the floors and repair the existing pipes.
Burns, "This building was built in 1956 which makes it a 55 year old structure. We did seek a bid to do that and that bid was in excess of 125 Thousand dollars."
Instead of digging up the floors and causing possible structural damage. What they did was cut those pipes off and run new overhead pipes to the bathrooms and the kitchens.
And while they were in the middle of this plumbing project. They put in new potties.
Burns, "Commodes that were in there were at least 40 years old and several of them had bad flush valves."
All told, school has been out about two weeks. But in that time there were vacation days.
Burns, "We've missed five days in addition to the days that were already scheduled and today and our hopes are to be back in session tomorrow." The school runs long days and was scheduled to let out on May 7th. Now they will add these missed days onto the end of the year.
The new plastic pipes called Aquapex are not to be considered a stop-gap measure.
Burns, "I would say that a new high school would be in the plans for the next 10-15 years."
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Wednesday, May 23 2012 5:44 PM EDT2012-05-23 21:44:41 GMT
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) - A fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia is removing a Republican campaign banner after concerns were raised by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's communications director. Republican
A fraternity at the University of Missouri-Columbia is removing a Republican campaign banner after concerns were raised by Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon's communications director.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 5:16 PM EDT2012-05-23 21:16:10 GMT
JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – The three men accused in the shooting death of Marc Despain appeared before a Craighead County Judge Wednesday afternoon. According to the Craighead County Prosecutor's Office,
NEW INFORMATION: According to Prosecuting Attorney Scott Ellington, Michelle Despain was arrested and charged with capital murder in the shooting death of her husband Marc Despain. She was taken into custody around 1:30 Wednesday afternoon.
Wednesday, May 23 2012 4:35 PM EDT2012-05-23 20:35:41 GMT
GREENE COUNTY, AR (KAIT) – Emergency crews are working to find the location of an airplane collision in Greene County. According to the Craighead County Sheriff's Department, two planes have collided
NEW INFORMATION: Two crop-dusting planes collided in mid-air in southwest Greene County around 11:15 Wednesday morning, killing one pilot and injuring another. Sheriff Langston tells Region 8 News that both pilots are local and were operating out of landing strips in Greene and Craighead Counties.
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