JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – Missouri Lottery officials said the person who bought a winning $202.6 million Powerball ticket has yet to come forward.

The ticket matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing, the fifth largest jackpot ever won in Missouri. The winning numbers were: 9, 19, 33, 38 and 54, and the Powerball number was 15.

Lottery officials said the jackpot winner will have to claim the prize at the Missouri Lottery headquarters in Jefferson City.

Executive Director May Scheve Reardon said in a news release that the winner should take as much time as needed to get proper legal and financial advice before claiming the money.

The winner has until May 7, 2015 to come forward and claim the jackpot.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Springfield police and business owners plan to work together to create a database of security cameras in the city.

Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams says police are asking business owners to register their security camera system with the department. He says when a crime is reported, officers will use the database to see if it could have been caught on camera.

KYTV reports the database will not include video, just the location of security cameras. Williams says officers will still have to get business owners’ permission to view any video from their cameras.

A few businesses have already registered their security cameras and police are urging others to do so.

ALAN FRAM, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Thanks to last Tuesday’s elections, Democrats will only control the Senate for a few more weeks. With lawmakers returning to the Capitol on Wednesday, President Barack Obama and his allies hope to use that time to confirm as many judges, ambassadors and others as possible.

But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., faces limits on how many posts he’ll be able to fill before Republicans take over.

That’s because he also wants to use the lame duck session for important bills dealing with taxes and the use of force against Islamic State radicals in the Middle East.

In addition, Republicans are continuing to force Reid to use time debating nominations. That’s because they are still angry over Democrats’ unilateral weakening of filibuster rules a year ago.

ST. LOUIS – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill today hosted a Purple Heart ceremony honoring Korean War veteran Reverend Leo Hardin, who was awarded a long-overdue Purple Heart with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster, along with three additional awards for his military service.

“We owe the veterans who have sacrificed for our country an unknowable debt of gratitude,” said McCaskill, a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and daughter of a World War II veteran. “One of the best parts of my job is helping honor those sacrifices and making sure we’re keeping our promises to our veterans long after they return from the battlefield.”

Rev. Hardin, a veteran of the 2nd Infantry Division, served in Japan in the late 1940s as well as in Korea from 1950-1953. During his front line service, Private First Class Hardin suffered second-degree frostbite due to the harsh Korean winter and shrapnel wounds to his right leg.

For his service in Korea, he was authorized a Purple Heart with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster—signifying two Purple Hearts—as well as the Combat Infantryman Badge, the National Defense Medal, and the United Nations Service Medal. Unfortunately, Rev. Hardin never received these awards. After McCaskill’s office submitted the necessary documentation, the U.S. Army confirmed they would issue Rev. Hardin’s long-delayed awards.

The awards were presented by Brigadier General James M. Robinson, Assistant Adjutant General-Army of the Missouri Army National Guard.

This is McCaskill’s fourth Purple Heart Ceremony for a Missouri veteran in the past twelve months. She recently helped secure Purple Hearts for Vietnam veteran Patrick Howe, Korean war veteran Dencil Francis, and Vietnam veteran Walter Sitzwohl.

Associated Press

Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets have landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years.

Coma and seizures were among the most serious complications.

That’s according to analysis of poison center data for 2012 and 2013. The results were published online Monday in Pediatrics.

There were over 17,000 poison center calls about the products in those years involving children younger than 6. Most weren’t seriously harmed. But one child died last year and researchers say the risks highlight a need for even safer packaging.

Some manufacturers already have revised packaging and labels.

The products contain concentrated liquid laundry soap and seem to cause more severe problems than regular detergent.

Experts say the products should be stored out of reach and sight of children.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Low-income Missourians now can apply for help to pay their heating bills.
The Missouri Department of Social Services says the application period for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program has opened.
Assistance is available through March, in amounts that vary depending on household size and income.
To apply, applicants must have an income at or below 135 percent of the poverty level, or about $27,000 a year for a family of three. Applicants must also have less than $3,000 in bank or retirement accounts and investments.

LENEXA, Kan. (AP) — Police in northeastern Kansas say a woman has been hospitalized in critical condition after being struck by a train.

Lenexa police say the woman was standing on the tracks Sunday night when the BNSF Railway train hit her. The train’s engineer called 911 to report the accident.

Fire crews had to use all-terrain vehicles to access the area to find the woman. Her identity hasn’t been released.

Railway and local authorities are investigating.

JOHN HANNA, Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas plans to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to preserve its gay-marriage ban while a legal challenge from two lesbian couples is considered by lower federal courts.

Attorney General Derek Schmidt said Friday that he’ll act before a federal judge’s injunction barring the state from enforcing its ban takes effect Tuesday.

Schmidt announced his plans after the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver refused to stay the injunction issued by U.S. District Judge Daniel Crabtree earlier this week. Crabtree delayed his injunction to allow the state to appeal.

Schmidt said he has a duty to exhaust all the state’s options because the state constitution bans gay marriage. Voters approved the constitutional provision in 2005.

He said his request would go to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.