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Wednesday, January 23, 2013  Oswalt pleads guilty to stealing $54,000 from charitable organization.

Monday, December 10, 2012  Sentencing hearing was scheduled for Monday.

Friday, February 03, 2012  The former director of a Hannibal children’s charity goes to trial in July on three felony theft charges.

Sunday, December 04, 2011  A lawsuit involving two men with ties to the Hannibal Cavemen baseball team remains in limbo after one of the defendants again failed to show up for a hearing.

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Alex Rodriguez will be interviewed by MLB in investigation into illegal poker games.

Thursday, April 14, 2011  After a 12-day trial and four days of deliberation, a jury had deadlocked on three charges he lied under oath.

Friday, May 15, 2009  A LaGrange woman has quite a quilt to show off this weekend. But quilters aren't the only ones who may be interested in seeing it.In 1978, baseball fan Colleen Brown wrote to famous Major League baseball players, asking them to sign these quilt blocks, then send them back to her. She sent requests to five players from each team and team managers.

Friday, May 15, 2009  Many young boys dream of stepping foot on a Major League baseball field. A Lewis County 5th grader had a chance to do just that last month.Fernando Jon Murphy of LaGrange was assigned to write an essay for the Breaking Barrier: In Sports, In Life essay contest at Highland Elementary last February. Major League Baseball and Scholastic, Inc. created the contest more than 10 years ago.