Associated Press

JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri-based electric company has announced that the Arkansas Public Service Commission has approved a 13.5 percent rate increase for its Arkansas customers. Empire District Electric Company of Joplin says the increase will raise rates of a residential customer who uses 1,000 kilowatt hours by about $14

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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — The suburban St. Louis County police officer who fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old has enlisted a police union attorney who has spent decades representing members of law enforcement in court

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — The mayor of the St. Louis County town of Pine Lawn has pleaded not guilty to federal extortion charges. Fifty-four-year-old Sylvester Caldwell entered was arrested Thursday and accused of demanding bribes from a towing company in exchange for city business

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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — The city of Ferguson is giving a second chance to a public relations consultant fired after officials learned of his 2006 reckless homicide conviction in Tennessee. A regional economic development agency terminated its contract with Devin James last week over what it called a "lack of transparency

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CHICAGO (AP) — As the Kansas City Royals celebrated in the clubhouse, George Brett watched from a distance.

The Hall of Famer stood near the entrance, doing his best not to get soaked.

"This stuff burns your eyes really bad," he

BERTRAND, Mo. (AP) — Troopers say a woman and seven children have been injured after a vehicle rear-ended a school bus in Bertrand. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a woman hit the bus as it came to a stop to pick up students along Highway 62

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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged two men in the robbery of a Columbia credit union. Police say Vicente Soto and Joshua Harrington robbed the Missouri Credit Union on Wednesday. They say the men were unarmed and wore bandanas over their heads

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CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County's top health official is joining in the call for further investigation of health concerns possibly linked to nuclear waste contamination in Coldwater Creek. The Post-Dispatch reports that Doctor Dolores Gunn says a state report released Tuesday raised additional questions about the creek that runs from St

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A grand jury is expected to get the case of a 34-year-old man accused of fatally shooting three Kansas City residents and brutally beating two others who later died. Assistant Jackson County prosecutor Ted Hunt yesterday asked Associate Judge Mary Weir to set a November 24th arraignment for Brandon Howell, but said he first will submit the case to a grand jury

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OZARK, Mo. (AP) — A southwest Missouri man accused of beating and killing his wife has waived his preliminary hearing. Aaron Clemons waived the preliminary hearing during a brief court appearance yesterday in Christian County

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