Stories from Thursday, May 30, 2013

O'FALLON, Mo. -- Forget the curse, the bad luck, the near misses, the errors and that gaping hole in the resume of a coach and his program. The Oran baseball team is the Class 1 state baseball champion. At last. It took 12 trips to the final four for the school, 10 for Mitch Wood as coach and four -- in two sports -- for many of the players on the field, but an 8-4 victory over defending champion Santa Fe on Wednesday at T.R. ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A northwest Missouri man who intentionally rammed into one car and swerved into a second car whose driver had witnessed the first collision has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. Bradley W. Ise, 39, of Platte City, was convicted in February of second-degree assault, leaving the scene of an accident, two counts of first-degree property damage and driving while revoked. ...

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. -- More than 60 veterans and their spouses turned out for the Hiring Our Heroes job fair Wednesday at the Osage Centre. This is the first time the program has been hosted in Cape Girardeau. More than 40 employers, both local and out-of-state, had booths ready. Resumes were shuffled, applications were filled out, cards were exchanged and a few on-site interviews were conducted...

Brad Locke, a resident of Houston, Texas, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died on May 26, 2013, at his residence at the age of 58. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Brendan Wallis of Parma, Mo., was born May 28, 2002, and died at his home in Parma, Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at the age of 11. Watkins and Sons Funeral Service of Parma is in charge of all arrangements

KENNETT, Mo. -- After a jury selection process that took all morning Wednesday, three men and nine women were selected and opening statements were presented in the case against Moses Grayson, 35, began just shortly after 1:30 p.m. Grayson has been charged with Class A felony of forcible rape, the Class A felony of armed criminal action and the Class B felony of first-degree burglary...

ROCKVIEW, Mo. -- Rebuilding efforts for the Route M overpass in Scott County that partially collapsed after a cargo train collision could begin as early as July. The overpass collapsed Saturday after a Union Pacific train struck a Burlington Northern Santa Fe train, derailing several rail cars and knocking down one of the bridge's support pillars in the process, the National Transportation Safety Board reported...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. - The Stoddard County Commission added another bridge to the list of those to be replaced at their regular meeting Tuesday. Robert Morris with Pike Township asked the commission to add a bridge on County Road 307 to those being rebuilt using off-system bridges (BRO) program funds...