Saturday, May 25 2013 5:22 PM EDT2013-05-25 21:22:18 GMT
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
Chicago's Memorial Day parade is under way after a wreath-laying ceremony in which former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta praised the devotion of American service members.
MISSOURI (KFVS) -
A proposal made Monday by two Missouri state senators would bar welfare recipients from using benefits for various recreational activities.
"We are not trying to take this away from anyone that needs it," Senator Will Kraus said. "We are just trying to say that if you are misusing or abusing the program that we are trying to stop that."
The recipients would be barred from using benefits for alcohol, gambling, adult entertainment, sporting events, lottery tickets, amusement parks, zoos or museums.
"People offer to sell me their stamps in order to get cigarettes and stuff," Laura Holloway, who receives government assistance, said. "You need to use that for food."
Holloway says that money feeds her family and is very important.
"Later in the week, they are asking me for food," Holloway said. "I'm like you shouldn't have used your stamps on other stuff."
The proposal also outlined that repeated misuse of welfare money would result in a felony charge and prison sentence.
Saturday, May 25 2013 10:18 AM EDT2013-05-25 14:18:36 GMT
Jason Ellis (Source: Bardstown Police)
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
K-9 Officer Jason Ellis, 33, was shot and killed on the ramp of Exit 34 from the Bluegrass Parkway to Highway 55 in Nelson County early Saturday morning.
Authorities say they have found a child's body believed to be that of an 18-month-old girl as they continue to investigate a series of Kansas farm deaths.
A body recovered amid an intensive search is believed to be that of a missing 18-month-old girl whose mother was found dead along with two men on a Kansas farm days ago, authorities said Sunday.
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