Month: May 2019
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Oregon father arrested, charged with murder in disappearance of 3-year-old, child’s mom: Police
Salem Police Department(SALEM, Oregon) — Police in Oregon have arrested a 52-year-old man and charged him with murder after he was named a person of interest in the disappearance of his 3-year-old son and the [Read More…]
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San Francisco police chief calls for probe of his own force, as reporter whose home was raided seeks an apology
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SAN FRANCISCO) — In an extraordinary move that capped two weeks of growing outrage sparked by the court-sanctioned San Francisco police raid of a reporter’s home, the city’s police chief William Scott on [Read More…]
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Beloved mailman’s retirement GoFundMe goal surpassed after Twitter thread chronicling last day goes viral
Jennifer Brett/The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (MARIETTA, Ga.) — A Twitter thread chronicling the story of mailman Floyd Martin’s last day on the job in Marietta, Georgia, after 35 years of service, has gone viral reaching thousands [Read More…]
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Hurst on stalled disaster bill
Missouri Farm Bureau President Blake Hurst says the stalled disaster bill in the House should not have been held up Friday for a lack of border security funding, “No, I mean it’s a disaster bill. [Read More…]
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Struggles remain in mixed bag for Missouri farmers
Corn prices have gone up because of the weather but struggles remain for Missouri farmers. Gary Marshall is CEO of Missouri Corn Growers Association, “Such a difficult time. I think, nationwide, this is perhaps the [Read More…]
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Chinn with Trump at reveal of trade aid package
Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn stood by President Trump with other ag leaders at the White House Thursday when he announced $16 Billion dollars in more trade mitigation aid for farmers. Chinn says she’s satisfied [Read More…]
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Artist places Harriet Tubman on $20 bills, despite Trump’s ambivalence
CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — There’s a familiar face in town and it’s covering America’s seventh president’s face on a number of $20 bills: Harriet Tubman. New York artist Dano Wall said he has decided [Read More…]
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911 calls, body-cam footage released in fatal shooting of Australian woman by police
iStock/bizoo_n(MINNEAPOLIS) — The 911 calls and some of the body-camera footage, capturing the scene after a Minneapolis police officer shot a woman who had called 911 repeatedly to report a possible sexual assault behind her [Read More…]
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Lake Mitchell declared “No Wake Zone” by GF&P
The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department, has declared Lake Mitchell a “No Wake Zone”. Mayor Bob Everson requested it. “I got some calls from residents around the lake,” said Everson. “The waters had [Read More…]
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‘I took back my freedom’: Jayme Closs’ powerful statement read as her kidnapper faces sentencing
DNY59/iStock(GORDON, Wis.) — Jayme Closs vowed to never let her kidnapper take her freedom or her spirit from her in a powerful statement read at the sentencing hearing of Jake Patterson, the 21-year-old Wisconsin man [Read More…]
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More severe weather coming to Corn Belt
There’s more severe weather coming for parts of the Corn Belt this weekend. Brownfield meteorologist Greg Soulje (soul-yay) says it’s a similar system that brought tornadoes and thunderstorms into Missouri and Illinois, “Another weather system [Read More…]
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Another round of weather support
Soybeans were higher on short covering and technical buying, cementing a week to week gain. Beans went back to watching the weather, expecting more planting delays, but also anticipating at least some switch from corn [Read More…]
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Hog futures down on cash pressure
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly lower on profit taking and technical selling, along with spread trade and position squaring ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed report. June was up $.37 at [Read More…]
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Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: May 24, 2019
Jul. corn closed at $4.04 and 1/4, up 14 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at 8.29 and 3/4, up 8 and 1/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $300.50, up $3.30Jul. soybean oil closed at 27.01, [Read More…]
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Wet, stormy continues for most of the Heartland
A barrage of storm systems will continue to emerge from the western U.S., maintaining the likelihood of showers and locally severe thunderstorms across a broad area of the nation’s mid-section. Five-day rainfall totals of 1 [Read More…]
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Trump admin bypassing Congress with $7 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
iStock/MicroStockHub(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration on Friday said it would sell $7 billion-worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates with getting congressional approval, citing Iran as an urgent threat. The move [Read More…]
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Police release names of individuals found dead in a Mitchell motel room
Mitchell Police have released the names of a man and woman who apparently hanged themselves early this week in a Mitchell motel room. They are 51 year old John Paul Renquin and 54 year old [Read More…]
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Rolling Thunder set to take final ride this Memorial Day weekend
Jeffrey Greenberg/UIG via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — “Ride for Freedom”, comes to a close this Memorial Day weekend, bringing to an end a 31-year tradition of Rolling Thunder veterans riding motorcycles through the streets of [Read More…]
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More ‘Varsity Blues’ parents plead guilty as one parent who previously pleaded guilty in college admissions scandal assaulted by son
iStock/Graffizone(NEW YORK) — A few days before beverage magnate Gregory Abbott pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in connection with the college admissions cheating scam, police say he was beaten up by one of his [Read More…]
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Hedge fund manager owes college friend of Trump Jr. millions of dollars, jury finds
iStock/Pattanaphong Khuankaew(NEW YORK) — Hedge fund star Paul Touradji bilked a pair of employees, including a fundraiser for the Trump campaign, out of nearly $50 million, a Manhattan jury decided late Thursday. Touradji had refused [Read More…]