COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Public and private university presidents were gathering in Columbia on Tuesday amid contentious talk in Missouri's Capitol about how best to distribute financial aid.

KANSAS CITY, Kan.- - The University of Central Missouri has agreed to pay a $14,988 civil penalty to the United States to settle allegations related to improper management of hazardous wastes at its campus in Warrensburg.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Whiteman Air Force Base was among five U.S. air bases where errors were uncovered last summer in storing or tracking components for nuclear weapons.

DRESDEN, Mo.--A young Warrensburg driver drowned in a pond after his pickup went out-of-control on U.S. 50 and submerged into the pond to its rooftop.

BUFFALO, N.Y.--Buffalo State College’s new president could be named March 23, when the school's board of trustees is scheduled to meet.

WARRENSBURG, Mo.--It was just a year ago that the spread of H1N1 resulted in illness, following travel associated with Spring Break.

ST. LOUIS, Mo.- – The Internal Revenue Service is warning taxpayers that e-mail scams are circulating that fraudulently use the IRS name or logo as a lure.

WARRENSBURG, Mo.--Battling with health insurance companies for more health care coverage is not a new war. In fact, there have been so many mandates placed on health insurance companies by the state that public relations director for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri, Deborah Wiethop, said anymore and some Missourians will be forced to drop their health care plans.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.

ARKANSAS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, Texas (AP) — After the poisonous snake slithered into the whooping crane family's marshy grounds and sank its fangs into the chick's neck, death seemed certain.