Stories from Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Beef cow owners who calve in the winter-spring season may now enter a sampling of their steer calves in the next Missouri Steer Feedout. Eldon Cole, University of Missouri Extension livestock specialist says feeding out cattle may not return great profits but participants benefit from the data provided by feedlot and carcass results...

Mark Muller, owner of Max Motors in Butler, has a knack for self-promotion and freely admits it. Saturday Muller was promoting something in the public interest, a wide-open townhall for anyone who wished to participate. "I shamelessly promote Max Motors however I can," Muller said. "I've had more than 200 interviews since my AK-47 promotion began and the idea for the townhall came to me."...

An event geared toward outdoorsmen, women, and youth will be hosted by the El Dorado Springs Church of God (Holiness) on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The church is located at 1607 S. Park Street. Activities planned include seminars on trail cameras, food plots, quality deer management, dog training, trapping and much more. ...

A short preliminary hearing for Garrett Mason, who faces charges on two counts of first degree murder in connection with the May 24 stabbing deaths of two Nevada teens, Anne Reed, 18, and Kylie Leyva, 14, was extended when the defense counsel requested that the tape of the hearing be confiscated from the cameraman from Fox 14 news. Judge James Bickel had approved the placement of the camera, with some restrictions. Defense argued the cameraman had violated those restrictions...

A quick thinking deputy stopped an escape attempt in its tracks Monday. According to Vernon County Sheriff Ron Peckman an inmate who was cleaning up outside the jail, Mike Adkins, attempted to escape but a deputy quickly noticed. "We had an inmate we were using to do some clean-up and he decided to take a walk," Peckman said. "It didn't last too long, a minute or two."...

Classes began for students at Crowder College's Nevada campus on Aug. 24, with an enrollment number of nearly 400; and this year's students mean business -- they've enrolled in a record number of credit hours for this campus. "Business has been brisk with new and returning students getting books and getting to classes for the first time this semester. ...