MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a person of interest after a man was found dead near the southwest Missouri town of Mountain Grove.
Wright County Sheriff Glenn Adler says a 33-year-old man was found dead Monday afternoon about 10 miles north of Mountain Grove .
Ozark Radio News reports Adler says investigators are looking for a person of interest who might be driving a black 2008 F250 Ford extended cab truck.
Adler did not release the name of the victim or provide other details of his death.
You have to break some eggs to make an omelet and, according to a lawsuit from the maker of Hellmann’s, the same goes for mayonnaise.
The food company Unilever is suing a California company that uses the word “Mayo” in its sandwich spread name, saying that federal regulators and dictionaries define mayonnaise as a spread that contains eggs.
The suit claims false advertising by the company Hampton Creek for labeling its egg-free product “Just Mayo.”
Unilever holds the biggest share of the U.S. mayonnaise market, which is estimated to be worth $2 billion annually, according to market-research firm Euromonitor.
Euromonitor says that’s more than twice the size of the ketchup market.
Hampton Creek did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment early Tuesday.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield residents will be able to hunt deer inside city limits, with several restrictions.
The city council voted Monday night to allow hunting with bows and arrows on private property at least two acres in size, with consent of the property owners.
The bill also includes a 450-foot buffer zone near churches, schools and outdoor playgrounds.
The Springfield News-Leader reports Councilman Craig Fishel pushed the hunt, saying his constituents had complained about damage from deer. The Missouri Department of Conservation says the deer population in southern Springfield is four times larger than desirable.
The council rejected several amendments that would have added more restrictions to the hunt.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s plan to regulate the Internet by calling on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use Title II of the Communications Act of 1934 to craft additional net neutrality regulations:
“The rapid expansion and evolution of broadband networks have been continuous drivers of growth and have added to the efficiencies and competitiveness of every sector of our nation’s economy. Today, unfortunately, President Obama chose to ignore the record of a successful bipartisan policy enacted by Congress and signed into law by former President Clinton.
“The president’s call for Internet regulation hurts innovation, hampers job growth, and is bad for consumers. Instead of circumventing Congress in favor of action by the executive branch, the president should listen to the American people who just spoke on November 4th and demanded that the Administration work with Congress to enact policies that will get our country back on track. It’s time for the president to call on Members of Congress to work together to ensure we have a 21st century telecommunications policy – not unelected bureaucrats at the FCC who will hold America back with policies that belong in the 19th century.”
Background:
In 1996, Congress intentionally separated information services, which include broadband, from heavily regulated services in order to spur private sector investment. Since then, this industry has invested roughly $1.3 trillion to expand broadband availability.
Today, President Obama has called on the Federal Communications Commission – an independent agency that answers to Congress and not the White House – to reclassify broadband as a public utility. The FCC previously tried this approach, and it was rejected by the Courts.
In May 2014, Blunt joined his fellow Senate Republican Leaders and sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler saying, “Rather than attempting further legal contortions to encumber modern communications networks with last century’s rules, the Commission should work with the Congress to develop clear statutory authority and direction for the agency so that it can be a productive regulator for the 21st century marketplace.”
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -State Sen. Sen. Scott Sifton says he will seek the Democratic nomination for attorney general in 2016.
The announcement Monday by the suburban St. Louis senator makes him the first Democrat to declare his candidacy to succeed Democratic Attorney General Chris Koster. The incumbent is not seeking re-election because he is instead running for governor.
Republican state Sen. Kurt Schaefer, of Columbia, has already entered the attorney general’s race.
Sifton is a lawyer and a former Affton School Board member who was elected to represent a south St. Louis County district in the Missouri House in 2010. He won election to the Senate in 2012.
Sifton said he would focus on consumer protection and the defense of criminal appeals, if elected as attorney general.
ST. JOESPH, Mo. – The Griffon Women’s basketball team will begin its season this week when the team travels to Columbia, Mo for an exhibition game against the University of Missouri.
The Griffons are coming off a 10-16 overall record and a 5-14 MIAA record. This season the Griffons roster includes five returners and welcomes seven newcomers to the roster.
Missouri Western’s key returners will include Kyrsten Crawford, Tiara Hall, and Ariana Novak this season. Ariana Novak started six games last season before a season ending injury occurred. Novak averaged 10.7 points per game and 2.7 rebounds per game in her six games played. At forward, senior Tiara Hall started 20 games last season and averaged just over 20 minutes per game. She produced six points and six rebounds per game last season for the Griffons. Also, look for Kyrsten Crawford and Alex Saxen to have an increased workload this season after each averaged over 14 minutes a game last year.
Newcomers Miliakere Koyamainavure, LaQuinta Jefferson, and Sarafina Handy all transfer in with the ability to score the basketball. Each averaged over 15 points per game last season before coming to Missouri Western State University.
The Tigers are coming off of back-to-back postseason appearances as head coach Robin Pingeton begins her fifth season at the helm of Mizzou Women’s Basketball. The Tigers look to continue laying the foundations of success at Mizzou. The team returns 10 players from the 2013-14 season including star three-point shooter, Morgan Eye, and adds three newcomers in freshmen Bri Porter and Carrie Shephard and junior transfer Juanita Robinson.
Morgan Eye returns as the Tiger’s leading scorer from last season. She averaged 12.9 points per game shooting 43-percent from the field. Eye has a chance to set the NCAA career three-pointers record as she is just 109 threes away from tying the current record. Eye has knocked down over 100 threes in two-consecutive seasons at Mizzou.
The Griffons regular season game will begin this weekend when they travel to Quincy, Illinois to take on Robert Morris Friday at 5:00 p.m. and Quincy University Saturday at 4:00 p.m.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is in line to serve as a leader of the Governors’ Biofuels Coalition.
Nixon’s office said Monday that he will become vice chairman of the organization in 2015 and then could become chairman in 2016 when Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad’s term ends.
The coalition supports fuels such as ethanol made from corn.
The membership of the biofuels coalition includes 33 states, plus the Canadian province of Quebec, the Australian state of Queensland and the countries of Brazil, Mexico, Sweden and Thailand.
Former Missouri Govs. Mel Carnahan and Bob Holden also served as chairmen of the biofuels group.
LAWRENCE- No. 5 Kansas continues 2014-15 exhibition play when it hosts Emporia State Nov. 11. The game will be televised on Jayhawk IMG TV and can also be seen via the internet by fans outside of Kansas by visiting KUAthletics.com/ESPN3.com. For more information on accessing Kansas video content, visit KUAthletics.com/TV.
Kansas is 64-9 in exhibition contests, including 32-2 under head coach Bill Self after its 85-53 win versus Washburn Nov. 3. The Kansas contest will be the first exhibition game for Emporia State this season.
Led by freshman F Cliff Alexander and sophomore G Frank Mason III, Kansas opened exhibition play with an 85-53 victory versus Washburn before a sellout crowd in Allen Fieldhouse Nov. 3. Alexander was one rebound shy of a double-double as he scored a team-high 14 points with nine boards. Mason was the only other Jayhawk in double figures with 13 points and he had a game-high seven assists. KU used a stifling defense holding Washburn to 13 first-half points. All 11 Jayhawks who played in the first half reached the scoring column.
KANSAS CITY- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just after 8 p.m. on Monday in Wyandotte County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Buick Avenger driven by Bonnie K. Jones, 51, Kansas City, was westbound on Interstate 70 at the railroad yard, when a 1998 Buick LeSabre sideswiped it.
The driver of the LeSabre lost control of the vehicle. It crossed all lanes and struck the inside barrier wall and continued on without stopping. The vehicle was later recovered.
A passenger in the Avenger Jessica Deanna K. Wilson, 21, Kansas City, was transported to KU Medical Center. Jones and another passenger were not injured.
The KHP reported all were properly restrained at the time of the accident.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Department of Conservation has named a new tree as the largest in the state.
The department said Monday an eastern cottonwood tree in Kansas City’s Kessler Park has grown larger than the former champ from the St. Louis area.
The Kansas City cottonwood is more than 9 feet wide through the middle of the trunk and about 125 feet high. Urban forester Chuck Conner measured the tree and says it’s more than 70 years old.
The towering tree’s only potential competition for the title is another cottonwood. Those trees can grow large in a matter of decades.
Only native or naturalized trees are eligible for the honor of being named Missouri’s largest.
MOUNTAIN GROVE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are looking for a person of interest after a man was found dead near the southwest Missouri town of Mountain Grove.
