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Wlady, thanks for standing up against "accentism," of which I am a victim. Jeff Foxworthy says the minute a Southerner opens his mouth, people deduct 15 points from his IQ score, and since coming to Washington ...

Sarah Palin's penchant for perfect tans, as evidenced by her quick installment of a tanning bed in the Alaska Governor's Mansion upon taking it over in 2007.

An Edwards, Missouri man will spend 30 years in prison for using a 13 year old girl to produce child pornography.

A 9-year-old boy was injured Friday in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Benton County.

Virgil Ted Brown, 70, died Sunday evening, June 29, 2008, at the Lincoln Community Nursing Home.

A Benton County man has agree to repay investors $99,947 in a golf club and retirement community through a consent agreement made with the Missouri Attorney General.

Junie Spry Dodd, 79, of Edwards, died Saturday evening, June 14, 2008, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.

M aximum sentence handed down in shooting of Missouri trooper A Jackson County jury recommended that Tommy Ray Rollins, Jr., 28, be sentenced to two life terms plus an extra 22 years in prison for the ... via Dos Mundos

“I'll do my best to assist in regaining trust in the public and to open things up as wide as we can get them.”

After just one day in her new position, Columbia Board of Education President Michelle Gadbois already has begun efforts to improve communication between the beleaguered school district and the community. via Columbia Daily Tribune

“I did what I did, there's nothing that I can do to change that, but I told them, and your lawyer, the truth”

Joshua Kezer's mugshot that was used in a police lineup. The witness who identified Kezer had earlier named someone else, according to a police report. via Southeast Missourian

The Columbia Board of Education held its regular meeting last night at the District Administration Building. via Columbia Daily Tribune

“I just like it to be a clean Earth, and that's why I did it”

Missouri Stream Team member Veronica Clare, left, signs in with fellow member Sarah Wolken before volunteering at Lions-Stephens Park in Columbia. via The Missourian

“Every day is a new day out there”

Of the 700 peach trees in Mike Leible's eight-acre orchard, only one peach was edible last year. via Southeast Missourian

“Everyone in the neighborhood has a certain affection for the park.”

' At 8:30 this Saturday morning, Benton-Stephens resident Kristen Heitkamp will be in Lions-Stephens Park, armed with a trash bag and ready to work. via Missourian

The Southeast Missouri Chapter of the Red Cross received donations from unusually young donors. via KZIM-AM Cape Girardeau

Two people were found dead inside an Independence home on fire Monday morning. A passerby spotted the fire near East Strode Road and Missouri Highway 7 around 5:30 a.m. and went to a neighbor's house to call ... via KCTV5

A locally produced documentary about internationally-known artist Thomas Hart Benton airs at 8 p.m. April 10 on Ozark Public Television . via Springfield News Leader

A 65-year-old Beaufort Mo., man was arrested today for the murder of a 21-year-old Salem, Mo., woman more than two decades ago, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. via STLtoday

A man from Edwards, Missouri pleads guilty in federal court to sexually exploiting a child to produce child pornography. via OzarksFIRST.com

Police are on the scene of what they're calling a "very serious" accident in southern Franklin County. via KMOV-TV Saint Louis