Local News in Franklin County, MO
New Franklin Elementary teacher dies after head-on collision, report states (Boonville Daily News)
A fifth-grade teacher at New Franklin Elementary School was fatally injured Monday morning in a car accident on Missouri Highway 87 .Missouri to get anti-meth database (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) ST. LOUIS — Missouri, which in 2008 passed a law limiting purchases of a decongestant that doubles as methamphetamine's main ingredient, will soon have a way to better enforce it.
FRANKLIN COUNTY Man is killed in crash on Highway AC (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) A man from Rosebud, Mo., was killed early Saturday in a two-car accident in Franklin County, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Nicholas Helton, 21, was eastbound on Highway AC when he skidded into the rear of a pickup, also eastbound, the patrol said.
Database in works to track cold medicine purchases in Missouri (The Springfield News-Leader) Jefferson City -- Missouri selected a company Monday to develop a database for tracking purchases of cold medicine that can be used to make methamphetamine.
Position battles highlight spring ball (Rivals.com via Yahoo! Sports) Missouri kicks off spring practice 2010 this afternoon. Spring drills offer young players a chance to break into...
Bill would assert power for Missouri utility regulators (Jefferson City News Tribune) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Missouri lawmakers are moving quickly to reassert the right of state utility regulators to get involved in federal cases after a judge recently barred regulators from advocating on behalf of natural gas customers.
County Can't Ban Synthetic Marijuana (The Missourian) Franklin County officials Tuesday said they likely won't consider banning a legal, synthetic marijuana substitute garnering national and statewide attention.
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Village Appeal (The Missourian) The Missouri Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal by a Washington real estate developer who sought to incorporate property off of Holtgrewe Road as a village.
Drug industry to develop and pay for state cold medicine database (Jefferson City News Tribune) Missouri selected a company Monday to develop a database for tracking purchases of cold medicine that can be used to make methamphetamine. Since 2005, Missouri has kept a paper log that law officers can check later to track purchases of cold medications containing pseudoephedrine.
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