The Case Of The Vanishing Bees
Beekeepers and scientists have a baffling mystery in their hives. Bees in 22 states are disappearing at an alarming rate, John Blackstone reports. How does this affect us? For many crops, bees are the only efficient way to pollinate.
Shelter Needs Spotlighted by Furry Pals
COURT HOUSE — The best thing that can happen to someone who is lost is for Solstice to try and find them. And she probably will, alive or dead. She’s a 5-year-old German shepherd that belongs to John Van Epps, a professional K-9 handler and member of the Upper Township Rescue Squad.
Did fire kill couple?
HAMBURG TOWNSHIP -- An autopsy today could reveal the cause of death of a Hamburg Township couple who may have been dead before a fire swept through their home in a quiet subdivision Monday morning.
True love conquers all for Register family
SENATH, Mo. -- The old saying True love conquers all is believed to be a fact, at least with the Register family. Ron and Loretta Register, owners of SEMO Drug Store at Senath, are a symbol of what true love can do for a family, according to friends of the family.
Winter Is A Mixed Blessing For Gardens
Winters often average themselves out. We had an unusually warm spell until mid-January, then were socked with brutal cold. Average them together and it was about a normal winter. The snow shovel never got out of the garage until Valentines Day, then it worked overtime.
Sentencing Today In Deadly L.I. Wedding Crash Case
One by one they sat in the witness stand Wednesday to tell Martin Heidgen what they had lost: A loving father and husband. A beloved daughter and granddaughter.
Does space alien rest in peace in Aurora, Texas?
On April 16, 1897, six years before the Wright brothers made history at Kitty Hawk, a cigar-shaped object crashed into a windmill in this town. Some say an alien inside the craft survived the crash. Others say it died and the townspeople here gave it a proper Christian burial.
Reeser Manley: In colors that make a garden pop, cornflowers, they are a-changin
Years ago, I designed herbaceous borders for a living, working in Charleston, S.C., steering clients away from large expanses of lawn in favor of mass plantings of ornamental grasses and sturdy perennials, including sedums, rudbeckias, and coneflowers.
Foliage and flowers
Learning why moths fly at night was a painful lesson for a group of excited second-graders. All winter, they kept close watch on a paper-thin cocoon resting in a sunny window.
Idol NV: Male singers move up
Any fears that the Idol NV teen singing contest at the Napa Valley Opera House was becoming a predictable affair were smashed in just two electrifying hours Saturday night.