Missouri NewsLocal, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.New guidelines aim to reduce childhood obesity- July 8, 2008 A statewide health organization is asking for public input on newly revised guidelines to help schools provide healthier foods to students in Missouri.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/new-guidelines-aim-to-reduce-childhood-obesity?fromr... Homeland Secretary chief visits flooded Missouri- July 8, 2008 U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff got a firsthand look at damage from recent Missouri flooding and an update about how recovery is going.Chertoff said he wanted to visit Winfield, 45 miles northwest of St. Louis, because he had been impressed by efforts to shore up a levee to try to save part of the town.'I remember watching pictures of the heroic effort of the National Guard and the citizens furiously working to pile sandbags in order to try to save this town,' he said during a.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/homeland-secretary-chief-visits-flooded-missouri?fro... Water safety bills are signed into law- July 8, 2008 Gov. Matt Blunt today signed legislation aimed at promoting safer boating on all waters throughout Missouri.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/water-safety-bills-are-signed-into-law?fromrss=1 New Missouri law goes after illegal immigrants- July 7, 2008 Gov. Matt Blunt was signing legislation Monday that creates new restrictions on illegal immigrants and new requirements for businesses that employ them.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/new-missouri-law-goes-after-illegal-immigrants?fromr... Service back on two Amtrak routes affected by floods- July 7, 2008 CHICAGO - Normal service has resumed on two of three Amtrak routes between the West Coast and Chicago disrupted by flooding in the Midwest.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/service-back-on-two-amtrak-routes-affected-by-floods... Teens charged in fire at historic Missouri school- July 7, 2008 Three southeast Missouri teenagers face arson and burglary charges in connection with an April fire that destroyed the Head School, a one-room Scott County schoolhouse that dated to the mid-19th century.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/teens-charged-in-fire-at-historic-missouri-school?fr... Wet weather threatens delays for I-64 work- July 6, 2008 Construction on one of the largest highway repair projects in Missouri history is struggling to stay on schedule as workers have had to battle one of the wettest springs in recent memory.A 5-mile stretch of ...http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/wet-weather-threatens-delays-for-i-64-work?fromrss=1 NewsTrack Health and Science News- July 6, 2008 A U.S. physics professor is scoffing at claims the Large Hadron Collider being built in Europe might create a black hole, producing a planetary catastrophe.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/newstrack-health-and-science-news?fromrss=1 First Arrest from Wiretapping in Southeast Missouri- July 6, 2008 Investigators score a hit in southeast Missouri after they use a new weapon in the war on drugs.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/first-arrest-from-wiretapping-in-southeast-missouri?... 2 men charged in fire that burned northwest Missouri newspaper building- July 6, 2008 Two men are charged with arson for a fire that burned down a northwest Missouri newspaper building.http://www.topix.net/state/mo/2008/07/2-men-charged-in-fire-that-burned-northwest-missouri... |