Missouri Police Find Kidnapped Toddler Harmony Blue Safe
Amberalert.com(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) — Police in Springfield, Mo., said Saturday night 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 in the day.Harmony Blue and he…
Former Notre Dame LB Manti Te’o Runs At NFL Scouting Combine
George Gojkovich/Getty Images(INDIANAPOLIS) — Former Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te’o ran the 40-yard dash in 4.82 seconds during the NFL scouting combine at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday. He finished 20th out of 26 linebackers who participated in…
TSA Apologizes for Traumatizing Disabled Toddler
Creatas/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has apologized to a Missouri couple after its agents traumatized the family’s 3-year-old, wheelchair-bound daughter during a screening and told the mother she could n…
More than a Dozen Injured in Kansas City, Mo., Gas Explosion
Ablestock.com/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — More than a dozen people were injured after a natural gas explosion ripped through a popular downtown restaurant in an upscale section of Kansas City, Mo.Witnesses say the huge fireball, which engulfed an e…
Scoreboard Roundup – 1/16/13
Getty Images/Hemera(NEW YORK) — NBA: The Chicago Bulls (22-15) outlasted the Toronto Raptors (14-25) in overtime, 107-105.
The Miami Heat (25-12) burned the Golden State Warriors (23-14), 92-75.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (31-8) rumbled past the Denver…
Rescued Boy Huddled with His Dogs for Warmth
File Photo – iStockphoto/Thinkstock(SENECA, Mo.) — A frantic search for a missing six-year-old boy in Seneca, Mo., ended in relief when deputies discovered the boy huddled under a bush with his two dogs for warmth.As temperatures plunged into the low …
Scoreboard Roundup – 1/8/13
ThinkStock(NEW YORK) — NBA: The Indiana Pacers (21-14) outpaced the Miami Heat (23-10), 87-77.The Houston Rockets (21-14) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers (15-19), 125-112.The Milwaukee Bucks (17-16) scorched the Phoenix Suns (12-24), 108-99.The Minnes…
9/11 ‘Truthers’ Adopt a Highway in Missouri
Medioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstock(ST. LOUIS) — The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has approved a controversial “9/11 truther” group’s application to adopt a highway. The St. Louis 9/11 Questions Meetup Group, which suggests the U.S. gove…
Scoreboard Roundup – 12/4/12
Getty Images/Hemera(NEW YORK) – NBA: The Minnesota Timberwolves (8-8) crushed the Philadelphia 76ers (10-8), 105-88.
The Washington Wizards (2-13) stunned the Miami Heat (12-4), 105-101.
The Oklahoma City Thunder (15-4) struck the Brooklyn…
Missouri Powerball Jackpot Winner to Come Forward
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — One of the two winners of the record $587.5 million Powerball jackpot will be announced at a news conference on Friday, according to Missouri Lottery officials.The Missouri ticket was sold at the only gas station…
Winning Tickets for Powerball Jackpot Sold in Arizona, Missouri
William Thomas Cain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Winning tickets for the record Powerball jackpot worth more than $587 million were purchased in Arizona and Missouri.Missouri Lottery official Susan Goedde confirmed to ABC News Thursday morning that one of…
Missouri Woman Charged in Scheme to Kill Boyfriend’s Ex-Wife
Greene County Sheriff’s Office(SPRINGFIELD, Mo.) — A Missouri woman was arrested in a murder-for-hire scheme after she allegedly paid an undercover police officer $200 and gave him the keys to a Jeep in exchange for killing her boyfriend’s ex-wife, ac…
Missouri Religious Group Investigated in Slaying of Member
KMBC/ABC News(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — A religious community whose members studied at the International House of Prayer University in Kansas City, Mo., is under investigation in connection to the sexual assault and death of its leader’s wife.Bethany Ann De…
Scoreboard Roundup – 11/13/12
Getty Images/Hemera(NEW YORK) — NBA: The New York Knicks (5-0) zapped the Orlando Magic (2-5), 99-89.The Toronto Raptors (2-6) outpaced the Indiana Pacers (3-5), 74-72.The Brooklyn Nets (4-2) defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (2-6), 114-101.The Charlot…
Claire McCaskill Wins Missouri Senate Race
Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call(NEW YORK) — ABC News projects that Sen. Claire McCaskill has won her re-election race, as Republicans have seen another prime pickup opportunity slip away in 2012.The Missouri senator …
Missouri Senate Race: Akin, McCaskill Square Off in Second Debate
Chris Maddaloni/Roll Call/Getty Images | Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call(ST. LOUIS) — The candidates’ agendas were plain in Thursday’s Missouri Senate debate: Sen. Claire McCaskill sought to come off as moderate while her challenger, Rep. Todd Akin, sought …
Missing Baby Lisa’s Room Untouched a Year Later
Family of Lisa Irwin(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The Irwin family home on North Lister in Kansas City, Mo., looks deceptively normal. The father leaves every morning to go to work while the mother stays at home to care for the couple’s two young boys.&n…
Missing Baby Lisa’s Room Untouched a Year Later
Family of Lisa Irwin(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The Irwin family home on North Lister in Kansas City, Mo., looks deceptively normal. The father leaves every morning to go to work while the mother stays at home to care for the couple’s two young boys.&n…
Sen. Blunt: Todd Akin Could Still Win in Missouri
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(WASHINGTON) — Todd Akin’s comments on “legitimate rape” have caused some to question whether he is a legitimate candidate for Senate in Missouri where he is running against Sen. Claire McCaskill. But sev…
Todd Akin at News Conference: I’m Staying in the Race
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(ST. LOUIS, M.O.) — Todd Akin’s message to Missouri: I’m staying in the race.Akin, the sixth-term Republican congressman who is running for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, held his first news conference on Thursday afte…