Yesterday in the ongoing R. Kelly child pornography case, Kelly's lawyers pushed to have several of the prosecution's witnesses charged with crimes. Visit SOHH.com for the complete story.
Johnson County commissioners have asked for a $22,531 reimbursement from the Indianapolis engineering and consulting firm R.W. Armstrong for unexpected additional work the county says it had to undertake on a road project.
The Wire Road Wranglers 4-H Club from Crane is hosting a multi-family garage sale starting at 8 a.m. on both Friday, May 30 and Saturday, May 31 at Town and Country R.V., 3250 W. Sunshine, Springfield, Mo. Proceeds from the garage sale will be used to help 4-H families near Neosho that had damage from the May 10 tornadoes. Lesa King, the University of Missouri Extension youth program associate
Bruce Whetten / The Daily Dispatch Dr. Mariscal’s Yulissa Ybarra makes a neck tag on Sheyla Ballesteros of the R.G. and S. Home S.W.A.T. in local DGASA play Wednesday. The two teams were unbeaten going into the game. R.G. and S. Homes won the game 7-0.
Republican presidential candidate John McCain sought on Monday to distance himself from President George W. Bush's handling of the Iraq war, telling veterans on Memorial Day he was "sick at heart" at mistakes made in the conflict now in its sixth year.
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) announced that its Board of Directors has voted to increase the cash dividend to the annual rate of 24 cents per share, representing a 20 percent increase from the present rate. The first quarterly dividend at the new rate of 6 cents per share will be paid on July 2, 2008 to stockholders of record at the close of business on June 13, 2008.
Hostess House Euchre Club, noon, 723 W. Fourth St. C.A.R.E., support group for grieving spouses, 2:30 p.m., Tree of Life, 3700 S. Western Ave. Call 677-0684.
Ann Louise Duncan and Patrick Alexander Covington were married May 24, 2008 in the First Baptist Church of Conway. The Rev. John R. Riddle conducted the double-ring ceremony. Music was provided by the Long Bay Symphony String Quartet. The bride's sisters played flutes and sang. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Jennings Duncan of Conway. She is a graduate of Furman University and
The Lake Village Beavers won first place in the J. W. Hall Invitational Holiday Basketball Tournament in Hamburg this past weekend with the Hamburg Lions placing second and the Drew Central Pirates third.