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Pulaski County Man Faces Sex Charges Involving Underaged Girl

KRMS News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:49:21 +0000

A Pulaski County man's facing child sex crimes. 36-year-old Kevin Williams was charged this week with statutory sodomy and sexual misconduct with a girl under the age of 15. Pulaski County Deputies were informed by family services workers about the alleged crimes in December. Williams posted a quarter million dollar bail and is set to appear in court next Wednesday. Authorities say there were two alleged incidents of sexual assault involving a 13-year old girl at a Pulaski County home.

State Judge Upholds New Congressional Maps

KRMS News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:33:16 +0000

A state trial judge's upheld the state's new congressional map as constitutional, rejecting arguments the redrawn districts don't meet the requirements of the state constitution. The new eight-district U.S. House map was challenged in two lawsuits that claim the districts were not sufficiently compact. Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green rejected the argument in a ruling today after a three-day hearing this week. Attorneys for the plaintiffs say they're likely to appeal next week to the Missouri Supreme Court, which ordered the legal review of the new map.

Ameren Asks for Rate Hike

KRMS News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:16:33 +0000

Ameren wants a rate hike. Ameren is asking Missouri regulators to raise electric rates by $376 million, or 14.6 percent, calling the increase is necessary for reimbursement of infrastructure upgrades, higher fuel costs and environmental improvements. The average residential customer would see their monthly billsrise about $14. says customers have repeatedly called reliability their top priority, and infrastructure improvements have reduced the frequency of outages by 27 percent since 2006. The Missouri Public Service Commission approved a seven percent rate increase for Ameren about six months ago.

Contrails Mystery Solved

KRMS News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:03:24 +0000

Mystery solved. According to a spokesman at Whiteman Air Force Base, two B-2 bomber pilots were performing a training mission yesterday over the Lake of the Ozarks. Normally, their contrails are not visible. But due to a cold front moving in from the Rockies, pushing the humidity downward, weather conditions were just right to make the contrails visible.

Buffalo Man Among New Indictments in ATM Solutions Robbery

KRMS News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:23:47 +0000

A Buffalo man and two relatives have been indicted by a federal grand jury as accessories after the fact in the ATM solutions robbery of 2010, the biggest robbery in St. Louis history. The three are 59-year old Robert Oliphant of Buffalo, his 43-year old brother Eddie Oliphant, and their nephew, 26-year old Jacobi Oliphant. $6.6-million was stolen by 4-armed men in August of 2010. A woman was supposed to hide just over $2-million of the take in a storage locker, but she; testified someone stole more than half of it. 15-people have been charged, and some of the cash is still missing.

Revised Project Boundry Plan Submitted to FERC

KRMS News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:52:55 +0000

After months of confusion and controversy, Ameren Missouri has submitted its plan to redraw the project boundry for the Lake of the Ozarks shoreline managenment plan, excluding nearly 1,600 homes and other structures threatened with removal. Ameren's Jeff Green says the revised project boundry plan was formally filed on Tuesday with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission:

The proposed plan, which calls for a lake-wide project boundry of 662 feet elevation, would remove more than 28,000 acres of land around the lake from FERC's jurisdiction, ensuring the homes, businesses, docks, gazebos and other strructures can remain in place.

FERC has an unspecified amount of time to make a final decision on the plan. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer has sent a letter to the chairman of FERC, seeking an expedited review of Ameren's proposal.

Sidewalks Coming to US 54 in Camdenton

KRMS News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:39:10 +0000

MoDOT's awarded a contract to APAC-Missouri to build a 6-foot wide sidewalk on the U.S. 54 interchange bridge that crosses over Missouri 5. The work calls for 2100 feet of sidewalk, which will connect to existing city sidewalks on the west side of the interchange and extend to a location near a shopping area to the east of the intersection. The low bid for work to the interchange area is $500,535.21, and that includes widening the northbound Missouri 5 off ramp to eastbound U.S. 54 in Camdenton to allow for dual right-turn lanes.

Story Blogged at 02-01-12 19:38 by djennings

Luetkemeyer Calls for Expedient Review of Ameren’s Shoreline Plan

KRMS News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:13:46 +0000

Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer is calling on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to quickly review Ameren’s shoreline plan proposal for the Lake of the Ozarks that was submitted yesterday. In a letter sent to FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff, Luetkemeyer is seeking an expedited review of the proposal. Ameren’s proposed project boundary changes must be approved by FERC before they can take effect.

“I am pleased to see that Ameren understood the importance of this situation, and that they have worked quickly to remedy the shoreline management plan issue. It is my hope that FERC will do everything they can to ensure a speedy and appropriate response to Ameren’s shoreline plan so that our property owners will have some resolution to this issue,” Luetkemeyer says. “As a lifelong resident of Miller County, I have a unique understanding of what folks are going through right now, and that is why I continue to closely monitor the progress of the proposed management plan.”

Ameren Files New Project Boundry Plan to FERC

KRMS News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:09:06 +0000

Ameren Missouri has filed an amended version of its Project Boundry Plan that the utility says will ensure that most of the 1,600 homes along the Lake of the Ozarks shoreline are not threatened with removal. Ameren says the plan was filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission yesterday. FERC must still approve the plan. It calls for a lake-wide project boundry of 662 feet elevation, lower in some cases to allow for existing structures.

This is the statement released today by Ameren:

As promised, Ameren Missouri officials have filed a plan with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to resolve the issue of encroachments within the Project Boundary at the Lake of the Ozarks. Ameren Missouri’s proposal, filed January 31, months ahead of FERC’s deadline of June 2012, would revise the boundary so more than 1,500 homes are no longer within the federally regulated boundary along the shoreline of the Lake.

The plan is available at AmerenMissouri.com/Lake.

“We want to thank Lake of the Ozarks stakeholders, community leaders and the public for working with us in our development of this plan,” says Jeff Green, supervisor, Shoreline Management. “We value everyone’s opinion and appreciate those who gave us input in drafting this document. We collected, responded to and included more than 400 comments in our final plan.”

Key points of the plan include:

A comprehensive lowering of the boundary to 662’ plus carving out below 662’ for existing dwellings. This resolves more than 1500 residential dwellings that are currently located on Ameren Missouri owned lands and within the Project Boundary.
Currently, the Project Boundary is located at 662’ or higher. The proposal does not raise the Project Boundary in any areas.
The proposal does not change the way we have handled permits for docks, seawalls, ramps and similar permitted facilities for years.
Ameren Missouri’s proposal retains current guidelines for public access to shoreline areas.
Current property ownership is unchanged under Ameren Missouri’s plan. Property rights as they currently exist remain the same as before.
The plan retains land within the Project Boundary that is needed to maintain and preserve the environment, such as wetlands, cultural properties, riparian habitat and public recreational areas.

D-G-B Picks Missouri

KRMS News — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:57:22 +0000

Dorial Green-Beckham will be going to Mizzou. The country's most sought-after high school football player made the announcement this morning before a packed gymnasium at Hillcrest High School in Springfield:

He said 'University of Missouri' as he reached below the podium and put on a black and gold Mizzou hat. He says Missouri's decision to join the SEC was a major factor in hias decision.