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Missouri Lottery: Someone is holding $1 million ticket

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Lottery says someone purchased a Mega Millions ticket in suburban St. Louis that is worth $1 million.

Lottery officials said Tuesday that the ticket was purchased at a QuikTrip store on Dunn Road in north St. Louis County that matched all five white-ball numbers drawn on Friday. The winning numbers were 4, 13, 31, 50 and 64.

Missouri Lottery executive director May Scheve Reardon says the person holding the ticket should sign the back and keep it in a safe place until claiming the prize at a Lottery office in St. Louis, Jefferson City, Kansas City or Springfield.

The winner has 180 days from the date of the drawing to claim the prize — Feb. 28.

Fire station robbed while crews raise money for charity

Photo via Raytown Fire Protection District Facebook
Photo via Raytown Fire Protection District Facebook

RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City fire department is calling out a burglar who broke into a station while firefighters were raising money for charity.

The Kansas City Star reports that the Raytown Fire Protection District described the burglar as a “special kind of person” in a message posted on Facebook. Police responded around 2:30 p.m. on Labor Day after an employee discovered that his wallet and other items were taken from his bedroom at the station. The theft happened while the employee had been participating in a Muscular Dystrophy Association fundraiser.

A surveillance camera caught an image of a suspect with a thin build and red facial hair wearing a Seattle Seahawks hat, white T-shirt and brown shorts. The fire district is asking anyone with information to call police.

Missouri mom donates breast milk to families in Houston

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri mother has donated nearly eight gallons of breast milk to the victims of flooding in Texas.

KMOV-TV reports that Danielle Palmer, of Owensville, had a freezer full of milk because her youngest son, Truett, was born with a congenital heart defect and was unable to take her milk for much of his life. Most of his nutrition came through an IV.

She was eager to help when her son’s speech therapist approached her about donating her excess supply. She says she “can’t imagine being in a situation where you’re losing everything.”

The donated milk will go to mother who lost their frozen supply when power went out, those whose pumps floated away or ones who aren’t able to produce a sufficient supply of milk now because of stress.

Man injured in explosion at Kansas refinery

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A man is injured with severe burns following an explosion at the HollyFrontier refinery in El Dorado, Kansas.

Media reports say a man in his 50s was taken to a hospital Monday with second-and third-degree burns over 80 percent of his body following the explosion.

The man’s name has not been released and it wasn’t immediately clear if he works at the refinery. HollyFrontier’s corporate office was closed for the Labor Day holiday, and email messages from The Associated Press were not immediately returned.

A Butler County dispatcher says no one else was hurt and the plant was not evacuated.

HollyFrontier’s website says the El Dorado refinery has a crude oil capacity of 135,000 barrels per day.

Some Missouri school districts to pay for ACT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several Missouri school districts are planning to pick up the tab so high school juniors can continue to take the ACT college entrance exam for free after the state announced it would stop covering the cost.

The St. Louis, Kansas City and Columbia districts are among those that will pay. Several others, including Springfield, are considering it.

Missouri began in 2015 paying for juniors to take the test once. Advocates say that encourages students who might not have been considering college to apply. But Missouri education officials said in July that the state would no longer pay.

The move came after Gov. Eric Greitens announced more than $250 million in spending reductions, including $4 million for assessment funding. Greitens blamed lagging state revenues and rising health care costs.

VW plots return to relevance in US following diesel scandal

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen is rolling out its plan for re-selling most of the cars involved in the German automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scandal.

Volkswagen brand head Herbert Diess told reporters after a board meeting Thursday night at Volkswagen’s lone U.S. plant in Tennessee the fallout from the scandal “is something we need to live with” as the company tries to regain relevance and market share in the United States.

It has been more than a year since VW agreed to pay more than $15 billion to settle criminal charges and civil claims related to the company’s sale of nearly 600,000 cars with “defeat devices” designed to beat U.S. emissions tests.

The first batch of retrofitted vehicles includes new 2015 models that went unsold following the cheating revelations. Higher-mileage vehicles will be scrapped.

Survey suggests more economic growth ahead for Midwest

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A monthly survey of business leaders suggests more economic growth lies ahead for nine Midwest and Plains states.

A report released Friday says the Mid-America Business Conditions Index rose to 57.5 in August from 56.1 in July. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss oversees the survey, and he says it “points to solid growth for both manufacturing and nonmanufacturing for the rest of 2017.”

The survey results are compiled into a collection of indexes ranging from zero to 100. Survey organizers say any score above 50 suggests growth in that factor. A score below that suggests decline.

The survey covers Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

Kansas tax collections $8.2M more than expected in August

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas says it collected $8.2 million more in taxes than anticipated in August.

The state Department of Revenue reported Friday that Kansas took in more than $460 million in tax revenues when its official projection was $452 million. The surplus was 1.8 percent.

It’s similar to what happened in July. Since the state’s current budget year began July 1, its total tax collections of $914 million were about $16 million ahead of expectations. That’s also a 1.8 percent surplus over two months.

Tax collections are running more than 7 percent ahead of the previous fiscal year’s collections. Lawmakers enacted an income tax increase over Republican Gov. Sam Brownback’s veto to help balance the budget.

Revenue Secretary Sam Williams said it’s too early to tell whether economic growth is boosting revenues.

Home Depot settles charges that it sold recalled products

NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot has agreed to pay the U.S. government $5.7 million to settle charges that it sold recalled washing machines, fire extinguishers and other faulty products.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the recalled products were sold by the home-improvement retailer between 2012 and 2016.

In agreeing to the settlement, Home Depot did not admit guilt.

Home Depot also agreed to continue a compliance program designed to make sure recalled products are not sold in its stores.

Atlanta-based Home Depot Inc. did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

South Carolina couple sues Amazon over eclipse glasses

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina couple is suing online retailer Amazon over what they claim were faulty pairs of eclipse glasses that resulted in eye injuries, headaches and blurry vision.

Thomas Corey Payne and Kayla Harris say in court papers filed this week they began experiencing the symptoms after viewing the total solar eclipse Aug. 21 using glasses purchased on Seattle-based Amazon.

On Aug. 10, the retailer began notifying customers via email of a recall of potentially hazardous eclipse glasses it couldn’t verify as having been manufactured by reputable companies, but Payne and Harris say they got no such notice.

Payne and Harris accuse Amazon of negligence and unfair trade practices and seek class-action status.

Amazon did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

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