Colin Jeffery
NEW LONDON, Mo. (AP) - Authorities in the northeast Missouri town of New London are searching for the man who shot a child with a blow gun.
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The Hannibal Courier-Post reports that the incident happened Monday. The boy, who is about 10, had a tetanus shot and is OK.
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Police Chief Brad Sanders says two boys were walking along a street when a pickup truck approached. Someone inside the truck fired a dart, about 3-4 inches long, and it struck one of the boys in the arm.
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The weather was cold and Sanders says the boy's heavy coat prevented more serious injury.
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The boys ran to Casey's General Store where store manager Arlene Hudson tended to the injury until emergency crews arrived.
Cardinals to wear memorial patch for Stan Musial
Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:35 Published in Local News
ST. LOUIS (AP) - The St. Louis Cardinals will wear a patch on their left sleeve this season to honor the memory of Stan Musial.
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The Hall of Famer widely considered the greatest Cardinal player ever died in January.
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To honor his memory, the Cardinals will debut the patch in the season opener Sunday at Arizona.
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The patch is unusual for one honoring a deceased icon: There is no black, a nod to Musial's always-sunny disposition. It features a red border and Musial's number 6, in red, with his signature through the number.
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The background of the patch is the color of the jersey - gray for road games, white for home, and cream-colored when the Cardinals wear their new alternate jersey.
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Illinois man acquitted in stabbing death of Georgia man
Thursday, 28 March 2013 12:32 Published in Local News
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (AP) - A southwestern Illinois jury has acquitted one of four people who had been accused in the 2011 stabbing death of a Georgia man.
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The Belleville News-Democrat reports that 39-year-old Christopher Mays of Caseyville was found not guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder and felony murder.
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Authorities say 38-year-old Melvin Gregory moved to the area from Conyers, Ga., to live with his girlfriend. After those two got into an altercation that involved Mays and two other defendants, Gregory's body was found in August 2011 on the side of a road by horseback riders near Cahokia.
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The three other defendants have pleaded not guilty and await trial.
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