Construction contractors who haven't been paid for work on a failed artificial sweetener plant in Moberly will be in court this week to discuss recovering the money they are owed.
The man who persuaded a rural Missouri town and the state to invest millions in bonds and incentives for an artificial sweetener plant that never materialized pleaded guilty Tuesday to three felony charges.
A federal judge has ruled that the city of Moberly and its industrial development authority are not responsible for bonds involved in a failed artificial sweetener plant project.
A bankruptcy trustee has filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages against former officials with Mamtek, the company behind a failed plan to build a sweetener facility in Moberly.
Police in central Missouri say a dispute over splitting $200 in bingo winnings left one woman with a face full of stitches and another facing assault charges.