Governor Nixon Says We’re In an Emergency

 Posted on February 3, 2011  |  The Editor

Governor Jay Nixon asked President Obama if he can officially call an emergency for all 114 Missouri counties so we can all get some federal money. Nixon’s office says the governor submitted the request to President Barack Obama on Wednesday as Missouri began digging out from the blizzard and severe winter storm. Nixon says the record or near-record snowfall that hit much of Missouri has burdened local jurisdictions and the state with “tremendous” costs. [Read More]
blizzard  emergency  jay nixon  missouri  snow 

The United States of Shame Featuring Your Poor Ass

 Posted on January 26, 2011  |  The Editor

Pleated Jeans.com recently put together this map of our United States with each state decorated by one state that it is worst in the nation in. What better day to post this than on the day after our President’s State of the Union address? Oh, I know what you’re thinking, guy with knife lodged in his belly, but Missouri isn’t the nation’s worst place for crime, that’s just St. Louis. The wise map picked bankruptcy as Missouri’s “best” worst ranking. [Read More]
bankruptcy  map  missouri  weird 

Area Man Makes Mustang Ugly for the Troops

 Posted on November 3, 2010  |  The Editor

War is hell and now some guy’s Mustang looks the part. Dubbed the American Spirit, the muscle car is covered with 255 pictures depicting the history of American war veterans. The photos are grouped in chronological order, starting with the American Revolution on the back bumper and ending with Operation Iraqi Freedom on the front. The car sports the vanity license plates “LVNFRE,” and across the front fender in 14 karat gold are the words “A Tribute To The American Soldier. [Read More]
car  design  missouri  ofallon  social issues  usa 

Mizzou Beats Oklahoma, Sam Bradford Loses Bet

 Posted on October 25, 2010  |  The Editor

The day before his current team was dealt an heartbreaking loss, Sam Bradford’s alma mater, Oklahoma, lost to Mizzou and in turn, Sam Bradford lost the bet he had in place with Rams wide receiver Danario Alexander. Quite a crappy weekend for Rams Quarterback Sam Bradford, but he seems to be enjoying himself all the same: Our Photoshopping (perfectly suitable for sending a photo link to your friends at Oklahoma) of a happy Sam Bradford rocking Mizzou gear is only a preview of reality, as the loser of the bet had to wear their collegate rival’s colors during practice the next week. [Read More]
college  football  missouri  mizzou  oklahoma 

You Know that Giant Missouri Sex Offender List? That’s Not All of Them

 Posted on August 19, 2010  |  The Editor

After an audit of Missouri’s sex offenders database, it was found that 7 percent of convicted pervs hadn’t registered despite the legal mandate. Montee released her audit of the sex offender registration program Wednesday. Generally, it found improvement from a review eight years ago. But the audit said Missouri — like most states — has not yet complied with federal sex offender requirements. Missouri’s deadline is July 2011. 7 percent is probably a lot more people than you would think, guess and hope. [Read More]
missouri  registry  sex offenders 

Random Gunfire Moves to St. Charles County

 Posted on July 26, 2010  |  The Editor

Last night at around 7p a 16-year-old lifeguard at O’Fallon, MO’s Twin Chimneys Subdivision Pool was caught in the leg by a stray bullet. O’Fallon, Missouri police said the teen was hit in her upper leg while she was on the pool deck at Twin Chimneys Subdivision Pool on Sunday around 6:45 p.m. She was treated for minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital. Police do not know where the bullet came from, but said it could have been fired “a significant distance away” from the subdivision. [Read More]
missouri  ofallon  shooting 

Me, Myself, Some Guy and Wang: Exploring Chat Roulette’s Missouri Section

 Posted on July 19, 2010  |  The Editor

We’ve related Chat Roulette, the (in)famous site where you video chat with someone randomly, to our local area before when someone figured a way to grab screenshots of people and post them according to their geographic location. That was fun, but we wanted Chat Roulette to do the real thing: Make “local” channels to find random chat buddies. Recently they did just that. (Here’s the TechCrunch article about the new local channels) [Read More]
chat roulette  missouri  social media 

Missouri Spent $110,000 on Boring Welcome Signs

 Posted on May 20, 2010  |  The Editor

You know those signs states put up on their borders that you normally don’t pay attention to until the end of a really long road trip? (“Yea! Kentucky!”) Hold on to your butt because Missouri is revealing their all-new welcome signs! …and here they are! There it is! All $110,000 dollars worth. At this point we aren’t sure if making it part of it look like a Billy Joel cover was extra. [Read More]
missouri  roads  signs  welcome 

This is How the Nation Thinks of Missourians

 Posted on April 26, 2010  |  The Editor

Dammit. Why can’t we ever get in the news with a nice, regular looking, non-hoosier for once?! Just once. That’s all we want. Just once to say to the rest of the nation “Hey look. I know you think we are back water hicks that live in a place where you make movies about fancy California getting sent here as some sort of punishment that ends of setting them straight, and by and large, that’s pretty close for the large majority of us, but I think it’s good for you to know that we aren’t all like this. [Read More]
chris shaw  lottery  missouri  powerball  rich 

Missouri and Illinois Have “Un-Fair” Judges

 Posted on March 26, 2010  |  The Editor

This according to a survey done by some fancy something or other. Missouri ranked 37th among the 50 states for the perceived fairness of its litigation environment. This is down from its 2008 ranking of 31 as well as from its rank of 34 in 2007. Illinois came in at No. 45 for the perceived fairness of its litigation environment. It ranked 46th in both 2007 and 2008. So according to this survey of lawyers Missouri and Illinois judges rank low in “perceived fairness” which is baffling to us as we were pretty sure the way to always be fair was just to cut everything in half. [Read More]
courts  illinois  judges  missouri  social issues  unfair