Missouri has a line of nearly 500 court trials on hold for one reason: A traffic jam of crime suspects sitting in jail awaiting a mental health evaluation to determine if they are competent to go on trial.

Alisa Nelson talks to Branson State Representative Brian Seitz, who has pre-filed a bill to speed up the competency evaluations.

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There’s a wide variety of mentoring programs in Missouri, but the newest one hopes to train mentors for landowners whose properties include woodlands.

Brian Schweiss, Sustainable Forestry Specialist with MU Extension, talked about it with Missourinet’s Marshall Griffin.

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Missourians are being warned of a tricky gold bar scam.

U.S. Attorney Matthew Price of the Western District of Missouri tells Missourinet’s Sue Danielson it’s a global scam that has duped many elderly people, including some in Missouri. His office has prosecuted a man tied to the scam, who was a courier.

Price offers the back-story on this scam and tips for Missourians to avoid it on Show Me Today.

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