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Saturday, January 12, 2013  UNION, Mo. (AP) -- A judge has ruled in favor of an effort to develop a new coal ash landfill in eastern Missouri's Franklin County.

Thursday, August 02, 2012  The St. Louis-based utility company Ameren Missouri is seeking to place a coal ash landfill at its Rush Island power plant in Jefferson County.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  Another fire has been reported at a former city landfill north of Columbia.

Tuesday, January 04, 2011  A military expert who helped get the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was found dead in a landfill

Monday, November 08, 2010  Columbia fire units responded to the 1400 block of Grindstone Parkway for a fire at the Goodwill store Sunday.

Thursday, October 14, 2010  One man's trash is another person's electricity in a southwest Missouri town.

Thursday, April 15, 2010  Authorities are not releasing the names of two solid waste workers who are under police investigation after using a city truck to take cases of expired beer that was going to be destroyed at the city landfill.

Monday, March 22, 2010  Gov. Jay Nixon Monday morning announced the approval of a $437,000 grant to turn waste methane into electricity.

Thursday, October 22, 2009  Sheriff says body in Georgia landfill identified by clothes, birthmark as 7-year-old Florida girl