Story Published:
Dec 10, 2008 at 8:48 AM CDT
Story Updated:
Dec 10, 2008 at 11:05 AM CDT
A number of schools closed on Wednesday due to a brush with winter weather. You can find the latest school closings and road conditions here:
See school closing list
See Missouri Road conditions
See Arkansas Road conditions
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SPRINGFIELD -- Icy roads contributed to a traffic death near the Springfield-Branson National airport. Police say Richard Williams, 20, of Nixa died Tuesday evening when his SUV was hit by a semi that could not stop on the slick pavement caused by an ice storm. The SUV spun in the road before the truck hit it. Continuing weather problems forced several area school districts to close on Wednesday.
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SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Franklin Electric says it will cut 200 jobs from its plant here. The company says the jobs will move to a plant in Linares, Mexico. The Bluffton, Ind.,-based company says it will keep 50 employees at the plant here, which makes submersible electric pumps.
Franklin Electric says the move will save money and make the
company more efficient. About 200 workers at the Siloam Springs plant lost their jobs to the same facility in Mexico in March 2007.
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ELDON, Mo. -- The largest employer here will close in June. The Lake Sun Leader reports Fasco Industries will close its plant, which makes small motors, leaving 300 workers without jobs. The company notified employees of the closing on Tuesday.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- A former colonel in the Arizona National Guard receive a four-year federal prison sentence after pleading guilty for using the Internet to try to have sex with someone whom he thought was a teenage girl.
Police say Donald Wodash Jr., 47, believed he was communicating with a 14-year-old girl when he had a sexually explicit chat, exposed himself by using a Web cam and tried to set up a meeting with the child at a convenience store.
The "girl" was actually a North Little Rock police officer, and Wodash was arrested after going briefly to the convenience store and then returning to his hotel room.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Michael Jackson's famous jeweled glove is
going on the auction block. Julien's Auctions says Jackson is also unloading the grandiose gates that once led to his Neverland Ranch, along with more than 2,000 other personal items, during a five-day auction next year.
The King of Pop's possessions will be on display before the auction begins on April 21, 2009. Bids will be accepted in person and online. The sale will be broadcast live on Auction Network.
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