The U.S. Department of Energy has picked at team from Missouri University of Science and Technology to compete in this year’s Solar Decathlon. Twenty schools from throughout the world have been chosen to compete in a contest to build a solar-powered house. The teams will spend the next couple of years developing their entries on their [...]
A Missouri based specialty chemicals company has been sold for almost $3.4 billion dollars. Solutia Incorporated of Town and County is being bought by Eastman Chemical Company of Kingsport, Tenn. Solutia’s products are used in the architectural and automotive industries. Solutia shareholders have to approve the deal. Eastman says its paying a 42 percent premium [...]
Kansas City’s Convention and Visitors Bureau sees another indication that the economy is recovering. The bureau says room demand and revenue for hotels in the metro area has been growing for 22 months in a row. Last year 6.6 million rooms were rented, a new record.
A Columbia man has been arrested after another man died of a fatal heroin overdose last Monday night. A court document says the man found dead had pawned a ring then met another man and bought some heroin that he later injected shortly before he died. Police say they used text messages and cell phone [...]
A trial date has been set for the Kansas City-St. Joseph Catholic Diocese and Bishop Robert Finn on charges they failed to report suspected child sex abuse to authorities. A circuit judge says the trial will be Sept. 24. A grand jury has indicted Finn and the diocese for failing to report that a priest, [...]
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