When many people hear the term “cattle rustlers,” they think of an era of stagecoaches, pistols and the Wild West.  But modern day ranchers and dairy farmers will tell you the old crime of stealing cattle is very much alive today. And in Missouri, it’s on the rise. 

Jennifer Moore from KSMU in Springfield reports.

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The U-S Postal Service has issued a stamp baring the image of Washington University biochemist Gerty Cori, the first American woman to receive a Nobel Prize. 

But for people who knew her, the honor is bittersweet.  As KWMU’s science reporter Julie Bierach explains, while recognizing Cori's achievements in science, the U-S Postal Service got the science wrong.

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Morley Swingle is a local author and the Cape Girardeau County Prosecuting Attorney. His most recent book is Bootheel Man, and it deals with the legal implications of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.

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