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Feb 26
Amtrak train with 183 passengers stranded in Oregon since Sunday
Rebekah Dodson(OAKRIDGE, Ore.) — An Amtrak train with 183 passengers aboard has been stranded in Oregon since Sunday evening. The Coast Starlight Train 11, traveling from Seattle to Los Angeles, came to a standstill near the tiny town of Oakridge on Sunday evening after hitting a tree that had fallen on the snow-covered tracks, according …
Feb 26
Five relatives found dead in suspected killing spree; mother, daughter arrested
WPVI-TV(MORRISVILLE, Pa.) — A mother and daughter were arrested on Monday for allegedly killing five family members in their Pennsylvania apartment. Shana Decree, 45, and her 19-year-old daughter, Dominique Decree, carried out a killing spree in their two-bedroom apartment in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, about 30 miles northeast of Philadelphia, police said. The victims were identified as …
Feb 26
Maduro accuses US government of fabricating crisis to start war in South America
ABC News(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the U.S. government of trying to fabricate a crisis to start a war in South America in his first interview with an American television network in years. “Everything that the United States government has done has been doomed to failure,” Maduro told ABC News’ Tom …
Feb 26
Kane Brown invites fans inside his relationship with wife Katelyn Jae in latest top-20 hit
ABC/Image Group LAFor the inspiration behind his latest top-20 hit, Kane Brown admits he didn’t have to look far. It’s about his bride, Katelyn Jae. “The story behind ‘Good as You’ is basically just writing about my wife,” he tells ABC Radio, “and just how sweet she is, and the little things she does to make people feel …
Feb 25
R. Kelly released from jail after posting bail
Chicago Police Department(CHICAGO) — R&B singer R. Kelly was released from a Chicago jail after $100,000 bail was posted on Monday. Kelly, who has pleaded not guilty to multiple sexual assault counts, including charges he preyed on underage girls, surrendered to police last Friday. Kelly was instructed by Judge Lawrence Flood of the Circuit Court …
Feb 25
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro accuses US government of fabricating a crisis to start war in South America
ABC News(CARACAS, Venezuela) — Embattled Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused the U.S. government of trying to fabricate a crisis to start a war in South America in his first interview with an American television network in years. “Everything that the United States government has done has been doomed to failure,” Maduro told ABC News’ Tom …
Feb 25
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Vietnam ahead of 2nd summit with President Donald Trump
Linh Pham/Getty Images(HANOI, Vietnam) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Vietnam Monday ahead of a second summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi. Trump, who departed the U.S. Monday afternoon for the long flight, will meet with Kim on Feb. 27 and 28. Trump will arrive in the Vietnamese capital on …
Feb 25
Seeking applications for Leopold Award
Missouri Farmers Care is looking for farmers to apply for the 2019 Leopold Conservation Award. Tom Steever spoke with Ashley McCarty, Executive Director, Missouri Farmers Care, who says the award highlights best practices of farmers, ranchers and foresters. To find out more, visit mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean farmers and their checkoff. Continue reading …
Feb 25
Farmer has had enough winter
The most common answer to questions about winter is that its welcome is wearing thin. Platte County, Missouri farmer Hal Swaney, who farms near the Kansas City Airport, tells Brownfield his cattle have problems with the big swings in temperature. “One day it’s muddy and the next day it’s frozen, the cows are having trouble …
Feb 25
Dunning: Missouri broadband money will help
Eleven providers are the successful bidders that will share 255-Million-dollars from the federal government to improve broadband access in rural Missouri. Janie Dunning, broadband consultant for the Missouri Farm Bureau, says two-thirds of the state does not have adequate broadband and this money will help, “Any time that much money comes to the state of …