02/09/2012 - Mortgage deal provides limited relief to foreclosed homeowners
About 20,000 Missourians who lost their homes to foreclosure could be eligible for checks of roughly $2,000 under a nationwide settlement between five giant banks and attorneys general for 49 states, including Missouri and Illinois.
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02/07/2012 - Mortgage processor DocX indicted in Missouri on forgery charges
Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster is leading one of the nation’s most aggressive prosecutions against DocX LLC, an alleged “robo-signer” of mortgage documents. A Boone County grand jury has handed up a 136-count indictment against DocX LLC and its founder, Lorraine Brown.
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02/07/2012 - Missouri files charges against mortgage processor
Add Missouri to the growing list of states going after banks and other companies on behalf of consumers apparently caught in a widespread fraud involving forged signatures on phony home loan documents.
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02/07/2012 - Missouri's Top Two Youth Volunteers Selected in 17th Annual National Awards Program
Kelby Czerwonka, 17, of West Plains and Taylor Black, 13, of Warrensburg today were named Missouri's top two youth volunteers for 2012 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstanding acts of volunteerism.
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02/03/2012 - Andersohn joins Midwest BankCentre Southeast Missouri Regional Board
Robert W. Andersohn, chairman of R. W. Andersohn Enterprises Inc. and managing member of Andersohn Development LLC, has been appointed to the Midwest BankCentre Southeast Missouri Regional Board.
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02/07/2012 - Family of Missouri Real Estate Agents Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud Scheme
Three members of a Monett, Missouri, family who were all involved in a Springfield, Mo., real estate company were sentenced in federal court today for their roles in a nearly $11 million mortgage fraud scheme that involved more than two dozen residential properties and earned the family more than $1.3 million in illicit profits.
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02/03/2012 - A follow-up to Missouri bus safety investigation
A NewsChannel 5 investigation shows because of the issues the National Transportation Safety Board says it found with the way the Missouri Highway Patrol run bus inspections, it's recommending the state to audit the program.
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02/01/2012 - Missouri sheriff tries flashing signs to fight crime
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Short on deputies, a Missouri sheriff's office has turned to electronic stand-ins to combat a surge in crime. Officials in rural Greene County, in the southwest part of the state, are using flashing signs to alert residents to recent burglaries in their neighborhoods and to urge people to report suspicious activity. "We want to let the bad guys know that ...
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01/25/2012 - Missouri, Stifel agree to $1.1 million settlement
Stifel Nicolaus & Co. will pay $1.1 million to settle allegations by the state of Missouri that the St. Louis-based investment brokerage inadequately supervised a stockbroker who defrauded clients through a pyramid scheme.
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01/25/2012 - New Plans For Foreclosed Downtown Skyscraper
A Missouri real estate company reportedly has big plans for a downtown skyscraper that went into foreclosure a couple years ago.
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01/24/2012 - Stifel to pay $1.1 million to settle allegation
Investment brokerage firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. will pay $1.1 million to settle a Missouri regulator's allegation that the firm failed to reasonably supervise a former employee who ran a pyramid scheme.
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01/13/2012 - Missouri meat company Alma Meats expands recall
A western Missouri meat company has expanded its recall to include 137 pounds of cooked head sausage.
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12/24/2011 - Broker tapped for SEMO board
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri real estate broker has been named to the governing board for Southeast Missouri State University. Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday appointed Thomas M. Meyer to the Cape...
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12/20/2011 - Jack Frost/ Big Boulder ski resorts are sold
A Missouri firm has purchased Jack Frost/Big Boulder ski resorts, Blakeslee, from Blue Ridge Real Estate Company for $9 million. Peak Resorts Inc., of Wildwood, Mo. has operated the resorts since 2005.
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12/18/2011 - Goodwill keeps growing in St. Louis area under charismatic leader
The nonprofit has grown under Lewis Chartock, the highest-paid directer in his field in Missouri.
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12/09/2011 - 3 Things You Should Know About Small Business: Dec. 9
NEW YORK (MainStreet) -- What's happening in small business today? 1. Commercial real estate bust hits small businesses. STLToday.com reports on how a group of small businesses in one Missouri town is being hit by the commercial real estate bust. The businesses are being forced to relocate to make way for a CVS pharmacy after the landlord's bank foreclosed. Providence Bank President Brett Burri ...
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12/04/2011 - Support grows for amendment
Area chamber of commerce boards of directors have banned together in their endorsement of an amendment filed by US Senators Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, and Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri.
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11/24/2011 - Missouri orders halt to investment deal
Missouri securities officials ordered a Missouri resident to stop an investment scheme that he marketed to members of his church.
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11/21/2011 - O'Fallon man accused in $4 million investment case
Missouri securities regulators have accused an O'Fallon, Mo., man of "fraudulently" raising $4 million from investors, some of them members of his church.
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11/19/2011 - New Cardinals manager Mike Matheny lost his dreamhouse, faces lawsuit
As it turns out, Mike Matheny needed the Cardinals managerial job a lot more than Terry Francona did. St. Louis’s new hire lost his 17-room house in Missouri and may yet owe more than $4 million due to bad real estate deals, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Saturday. Jack Wagman presents a very well researched…
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11/10/2011 - Lake of the Ozarks houses no longer face removal
Federal regulators backtracked Thursday from an earlier threat to force the removal of about 1,200 homes at Lake of the Ozarks because they encroach on land set aside for Ameren Missouri's 80-year-old hydroelectric project.
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11/08/2011 - Voters fill two vacancies in Missouri House
Kansas City voters selected Tuesday night new representatives for the Missouri General Assembly.
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11/03/2011 - GM says new Colorado pickup line will add 1,260 jobs at Wentzville
Missouri approves $36.8 million in incentives to help the automaker
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10/28/2011 - Imagine Schools executive named in contractor's bank payments
The records, on file at the Missouri Department of Economic Development, show payments to "Sam Howard" in three different months.
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10/28/2011 - Hartzler introduces bill to protect lake homeowners
The property owners are threatened by a dispute involving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or “FERC” and electric utility Ameren Missouri.
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10/28/2011 - Missouri to the SEC: What Do the Tigers Offer the SEC That's so Appealing?
From all the reports we’ve been hearing the past few weeks, it appears Missouri is close to joining Texas A&M as it departs the Big 12 for the SEC. The potential move is certainly sensible and one that would benefit both parties. After bringing in the Aggies, the SEC is now in need of a 14th team to balance out the league and keep the two divisions even. Missouri looks like one of the best ...
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10/28/2011 - St. Louis pulls permit from sadomasochism club following neighbor complaints
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The first legal sadomasochism club in Missouri has lost its permit.
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10/27/2011 - Missouri's Congressional Delegation Backs Bill to Help Lake of the Ozark Homeowners
Legislation Would Prohibit Federal Energy Regulatory Commission From Tearing Down Structures Missouri's nine members of Congress are sponsoring legislation to help property owners at the Lake of the Ozarks.
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10/26/2011 - Mo. Court Allows Lawsuit Against Landlord License
JEFFERSON CITY - A St. Louis association of real estate agents has won approval from the Missouri Supreme Court to proceed with a lawsuit challenging a licensing ordinance in the suburb of Ferguson.
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10/26/2011 - Missouri's Big River Broadband Selects Alcatel-Lucent to Help Build New 4G Regional LTE Network
ST. LOUIS and PARIS, Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The US regional service provider Big River Broadband is taking a big step toward bringing mobile broadband to previously underserved residents of southeast Missouri by launching a 4G LTE service in seven Missouri counties in the first...
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10/26/2011 - MO court allows lawsuit against landlord license
A St. Louis association of real estate agents has won approval from the Missouri Supreme Court to proceed with a lawsuit challenging a licensing ordinance in the suburb of Ferguson.
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10/25/2011 - Bill could save more than 1,000 lake area homes
The freshman congresswoman for the lake area is introducing legislation that mirrors an effort by Missouri's two senators, aimed at protecting the rights of thousands of homeowners and lakefront property owners who's homes and other structures could be subject to removal under a rule issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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10/20/2011 - The Food Bank receives tax credits
The Missouri Department of Economic Development Thursday announced that a not-for-profit organization has been approved for state tax credits under the Neighborhood Assistance Program.
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10/11/2011 - Golf Big Business In Missouri
(AP) - A new study concludes that golf is an $889 million industry in Missouri. The study released Tuesday says most of that money comes from Missouri's 352 golf courses, 40 driving ranges and 30 miniature golf courses.
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10/11/2011 - Study: Golf is an $889 million industry in Missouri
A new study concludes that golf is an $889 million industry in Missouri.
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10/10/2011 - EDA grant will help grow Missouri Innovation Park
Missouri Innovation Park, Inc. in Blue Springs received a $95,000 Economic Development Administration Planning Grant, which will be matched by the Economic Development Corporation.
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10/08/2011 - Sun Security Bank closed by FDIC and sold
Sun Security Bank, which has two branches in St. Charles County, was closed Friday by the Missouri Division of Finance and sold to Great Southern Bank, a subsidiary of Great Southern Bancorp Inc., based in Springfield, Mo.
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09/29/2011 - Kinder speaks to area business leaders
FARMINGTON — The second in command of the state of Missouri reminded business leaders Wednesday morning that “the engine of growth and employment is small business.” Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder , R-Cape Girardeau, was the guest speaker at the Daily Journal’s Business Owner Speaker Series.
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09/23/2011 - Lt. Governor to speak on issues facing the Parkland
Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder , R-Cape Girardeau, will take the stage in the next Business Owner Speaker Series, or BOSS, event sponsored by the Daily Journal.
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09/16/2011 - Audit report questions MSSU payment to Julio Leon
A report issued by Missouri State Auditor Tom Schweich questions Missouri Southern State University’s $168,518 severance payment to Julio Leon when he retired as university president in 2007.
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09/12/2011 - Austin softball team wins national title
Wrapping up the summer season in grand fashion, the Steichen Real Estate softball team from Austin won the E National Tournament earlier this month. The tournament was held in Springfield, Missouri, on
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09/01/2011 - Many Hamburg Residents May Leave After Missouri River Flooding
HAMBURG, Iowa (AP) — The rising number of homes on the market in Hamburg indicate the southwest Iowa town may lose many of its roughly 1,100 residents following a summer of flooding from the Missouri River.
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08/30/2011 - FEMA puts long-term rebuilding on hold after Irene
The federal government has frozen some aid to tornado- and flood-ravaged Missouri and the South to focus on immediate help for victims of Hurricane Irene, disappointing residents and officials who said Monday they still need help.
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08/31/2011 - Pensmore: The Mega Mansion You've Probably Never Heard Of
Steven Huff is building a 72,000-square foot mansion in Missouri that promises to eco-friendly and natural disaster-resistant.
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08/29/2011 - Missouri high, Illinois low in pro business ranking
Missouri ranks eighth in the nation on the 2011 list of pro-business states, according to an analysis published by real estate broker and consultant Ronald Pollina.
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08/26/2011 - St. Charles County Republicans to select candidate for special election
A Republican candidate is expected to be chosen Tuesday night to run in the Nov. 8 special election for the 15th District seat in the Missouri House of Representatives.
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08/24/2011 - Sale of Champions at State Fair
The Youth in Agriculture Day at the Missouri State Fair was held Saturday, Aug. 20. The annual Sale of Champions auction was the highlight of the day, raising $114,050 for youth programs. Marlena Long, 10, of Paris, daughter of Greg and Laura Long, sold the Reserve Grand Champion Barrow for $15,500 to Wheeler Auctions and Real Estate, MU Independent Aggies along with Youth in Agriculture and ...
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08/25/2011 - Developers of “Siena at Branson Hills” Our Bullish On the Branson Real Estate Market
Siena at Branson Hills, located in the Branson Hills subdivision of Branson, Missouri, announced today the reorganization of its sales and marketing efforts to highlight the active adult lifestyle image and create a more personal sales environment for its upscale Tuscan-style real estate development. Branson Hills Land Development, LLC (“BHLD”), owners of the development, have assembled a team ...
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08/16/2011 - MU’s Haith denies ‘acknowledging’ payment to Miami recruit
Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith denies an allegation that he “acknowledged” a $10,000 payment made to then-University of Miami recruit DeQuan Jones while Haith was the coach of that school’s basketball program.
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08/16/2011 - MU’s Frank Haith named in report on alleged NCAA violations at Miami
Missouri basketball coach Frank Haith denies an allegation that he “acknowledged” a $10,000 payment made to then-University of Miami recruit DeQuan Jones while Haith was the coach of that school’s basketball program.
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