waynesvilledailyguide.com http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/section/State News waynesvilledailyguide.com delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest top stories, weather, entertainment, politics and more. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:03 +0000 Mo. gas prices: week of June 10 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619799/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:13:02 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130611/NEWS/130619799/1006/NEWS Average retail gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 4.9 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.51/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 3,940 gas outlets in Missouri. This compares with the national average that has not moved in the last week to $3.64/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Including the change in gas prices in Missouri during the past week, prices yesterday were 19.9 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago [...]]]> MSHP: Five traffic crash deaths, one boating fatality, no drownings over weekend http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130528/NEWS/130528992/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 28 May 2013 11:29:37 Staff Reports http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130528/NEWS/130528992/1006/NEWS Five people died in traffic crashes over the 2013 Memorial Day weekend.
Last year, nine people were killed during the three-day weekend. During the
counting period of 6 p.m., Friday, May 24 through 11:59 p.m. Monday, May
27, 2013, the Missouri State Highway Patrol investigated 274 traffic
crashes which included 119 injuries and the five fatalities. Troopers also
arrested 129 [...]]]> Mo. bill would let sheriffs collect jail fees http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130518936/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 17 May 2013 13:07:27 +0000 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130517/NEWS/130518936/1006/NEWS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have passed a measure that would allow county sheriffs to divert income tax refunds and lottery winnings to pay jail debts.
The House voted 122-31 on Friday to send the bill to Gov. Jay Nixon. It cleared the Senate 33-0 on Thursday.
State law requires people confined in county jails for state crimes to reimburse those counties for the cost of incarceration. [...]]]> More rain expected for swollen Midwest rivers http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130423/NEWS/130429601/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:43:28 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130423/NEWS/130429601/1006/NEWS Blunt meets with Army official to discuss future of FLW http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130404/NEWS/130409354/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:58:24 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130404/NEWS/130409354/1006/NEWS Feral hog hunters contract trichinellosis http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130403/NEWS/130409575/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Wed, 3 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Submitted http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130403/NEWS/130409575/1006/NEWS Department of Public Health (IDPH) regarding several Illinois residents that had killed and/or consumed meat from feral hogs taken in Crawford County Missouri.]]> Mo. to observe first Vietnam Veterans Day http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130329/NEWS/130328608/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 29 Mar 2013 11:44:08 http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130329/NEWS/130328608/1006/NEWS JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials have scheduled a Statehouse ceremony on Saturday to observe the state's first Vietnam Veterans Day.
Four veterans — one each from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines — will receive special medals from Gov. Jay Nixon and Maj. Gen. Stephen Danner, the state's adjutant general, during an event in the governor's office.
Missouri lawmakers [...]]]> Brown to be remembered during memorial service http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130321/NEWS/130329676/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:54:09 +0000 Staff Reports http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130321/NEWS/130329676/1006/NEWS A memorial service to honor the memory of Kaitlin D. Brown will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, at the Southwestern Bell Cultural Center, 1207 N. Elm St., on the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus in Rolla.
A candlelight vigil will follow at the Puck on campus.
Missouri S&T students, faculty and staff are welcome to attend both events. Brown, 19, was from Mission, Kan., and was a [...]]]> Mo. golfer survives fall into Ill. course sinkhole http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130312/NEWS/130319678/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:32:43 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130312/NEWS/130319678/1006/NEWS Recent storms ease the drought in middle of US http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319815/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:04:53 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319815/1006/NEWS Mo. license officials assure security of documents http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319816/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:59:49 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130311/NEWS/130319816/1006/NEWS 'Smart thing to do, right thing,' Nixon says of Medicaid growth http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130309/NEWS/130308897/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Sat, 9 Mar 2013 9:00:00 +0000 R.D. Hohenfeldt http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130309/NEWS/130308897/1006/NEWS Opening Medicaid to 300,000 more Missourians would bring $5.7 billion in federal funds to the state government over the next three years, Gov. Jay Nixon said in Rolla Friday afternoon.
"Will we bring the tax dollars we send to Washington back home to Missouri?" Nixon asked. House Republicans have voted not to participate in the Medicaid expansion called for in the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
Nixon [...]]]> UM president opens statewide tour in Moberly http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130308/NEWS/130309010/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 8 Mar 2013 14:00:00 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130308/NEWS/130309010/1006/NEWS Officials mull using $1.7M for Highway Patrol pool http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130308/NEWS/130309030/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 8 Mar 2013 9:01:11 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130308/NEWS/130309030/1006/NEWS Q & A: Vicky Hartzler on sequestration http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130307/NEWS/130309169/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 7 Mar 2013 11:15:17 Mandy Matney editor@waynesvilledailyguide.com http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130307/NEWS/130309169/1006/NEWS 2nd winter storm in days blasts central US http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130226/NEWS/130229052/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:32:37 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130226/NEWS/130229052/1006/NEWS Mo. school board member faces child porn charge http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130222/NEWS/130229436/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:15:00 +0000 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130222/NEWS/130229436/1006/NEWS Man tied to extortion case ordered back to prison http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130221/NEWS/130229658/1006/NEWS?rssfeed=true Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:13:24 The Associated Press http://www.waynesvilledailyguide.com/article/20130221/NEWS/130229658/1006/NEWS