Jefferson City (Missouri)

Teen murder suspect said hobby was 'killing people'

By Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - On an Internet site, 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante listed her hobbies as "killing people" and "cutting." It may have sounded like a teenage exaggeration, but authorities say she...

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Prosecutors as well as defenders overloaded, Missouri Bar told

JEFFERSON CITY — Prosecutors told leaders in Missouri's legal community Friday that huge caseloads and other problems plaguing public defenders also burden those seeking convictions. Get the breaking news from our St. Louis...

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Mo. governor: Community colleges to freeze tuition

By CHRIS BLANK Associated Press Writer JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Community colleges have joined Missouri's four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials promise to nick...

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Attorney seeks psychiatric care for US teen facing murder charge in death of 9-year-old girl

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - A teenager accused of killing a 9-year-old neighbour should be sent to a psychiatric hospital because she shows signs of severe depression and anxiety, her attorney said. A ju...

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Library renovation tax credits OK'd

JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri has approved $3 million in tax credits to jump-start a fundraising drive for renovations at the St. Louis Public Library. The aid was approved this week by the Missouri Development Finance Board. It's...

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7 emergency responders given Missouri Medal of Valor

JEFFERSON CITY | Seven emergency responders, including two from the Kansas City area, have been given the Missouri Medal of Valor for savings lives in 2008. Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon presented the medals Thursday during a...

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Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans

In a Friday, Nov. 6, 2009 photo, Linda Bax, owner of Classic Travel Tours & Tanning, does the office bookwork on her compute, in Jefferson City, Mo. Bax said she has had some great workers leave for other jobs because, with...

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Cop: U.S. teen wanted to know what it was like to kill

A police officer testified Wednesday that a 15-year-old girl told investigators she killed a 9-year-old neighbor because she wanted to know what it felt like to kill someone, and a judge ruled the teen should stand trial as an...

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Small firms scrapping, scaling back health plans

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Faced with high health insurance costs, a North Carolina brokerage passed the buck on to its employees, a Texas public relations firm switched from group insurance to stipends, and a Missouri travel...

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Missouri colleges agree to cut $42 million and freeze tuition

By JASON NOBLE and MARÁ ROSE WILLIAMS JEFFERSON CITY | Missouri colleges and universities agreed Tuesday to accept $42 million in budget cuts and pledged to hold tuition steady for most students in the next academic year. Gov....

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