Explosion at AG Processing plant in St. Joseph

Nov 6, 2009, 9:56 AM

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP-- A massive blast at a production plant in St. Joseph rocked part of the city but initial reports were that everyone at the plant escaped injury.

Illness claims student seats in various classes

Nov 5, 2009, 11:17 AM

By RAVEN KRESSE, The Muleskinner

WARRENSBURG, Mo. --Numerous empty chairs seem to be a common sight in classrooms this fall. Have students already hit the mid-semester slump? Or is illness and fear of flu and H1N1 the cause for vacant classrooms?

Army medical unit CO will discuss his experiences in Iraq

Oct 26, 2009, 6:19 PM

WARRENSBURG, Mo.-- Maj. Joe Ely, commander of the 1863rd
Medical Detachment, U.S. Army Reserves, will present “Army Preventive Medicine in Operation Iraqi Freedom 08-09” at 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30, in the Nahm Auditorium in the W.C. Morris Science Building at UCM.

WHS' Tammy Slifer puts the 'special' in education

Nov 5, 2009, 9:19 AM

By KISHA HENRY


Tammy Slifer, a special education teacher at WHS, has worked with kids at the school for the past 21 years.

WARRENSBURG, Mo.--You immediately feel the excitement sizzling and the energy bubbling as you walk into Tammy Slifer’s classroom at Warrensburg High School.

Her big, blue eyes sparkle as she welcomes you in, enveloping you into her world.

Slifer is a special education teacher, and has been for the past 21 years.

H1N1 clinic to target children Wednesday

Nov 3, 2009, 10:46 AM

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Johnson County Community Health Services (JCCHS) has expanded this Wednesday’s H1N1 Vaccination Walk-In Clinic hours and will be focusing this week’s priority groups toward protecting children.

Free preschool screening offered

Nov 3, 2009, 10:33 AM

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Warrensburg R-VI School District will offer a three-, four- and five-year-old developmental screening the evenings of Nov. 10 and 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. and the morning of Nov. 13, 8:30-11:00 a.m., at the Parents As Teachers Center, located at Reese Education Center, 301 W. Market (Corner of Market and Warren Streets).

Centerview farm produces beef, milk, eggs the old-fashioned way

Nov 2, 2009, 3:10 PM

Story by TERRAH BAKER, Photos by ANGELAROSE GIGLIO


CENTERVIEW, Mo.--“Look how beautiful it is out there. See how the reds come out in those ones when the sun hits them. Just beautiful! It’s getting more and more beautiful every minute.”

Art Ozias of Breezy Hill Farms was right. The scene was beautiful. From his kitchen window that spanned the length of the wall, you could see the pasture, which covers Ozias’ land, and the cows, about 20 visible, grazing in the pasture, hides reflecting their red and gray colors, while the shades from hovering clouds moved swiftly across the land.

UCM president's ouster raises questions

Oct 30, 2009, 9:09 AM

ALAN SCHER ZAGIER Associated Press Writer


WARRENSBURG, Mo. (AP)-- By most measures, Aaron Podolefsky's nearly five-year tenure as University of Central Missouri president has been a success.

Enrollment is up, and so is the school's graduation rate. Podolefsky steered the school through a name change and successfully lobbied for more state and federal money. His achievements have made Podolefsky a desirable candidate to lead other, larger universities.

But the university's Board of Governors recently voted not to renew his contract, which expires in June, without giving an explanation. A board statement praising the outgoing president's contributions only further muddled the matter.

Parishioners pray for the unborn outside Planned Parenthood

Oct 27, 2009, 11:25 AM

Story by CRISTIN HUBBARD, Photo by LISA HANDKE


WARRENSBURG, Mo.--The damp and chilly October air didn’t stop seven members of Johnson County Right to Life and the UCM Catholic Campus Ministry from meeting outside Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri Friday morning.

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AP Sources: Investigators seize suspect's computer after mass killings at Fort Hood

Nov 6, 2009, 9:23 AM

LARA JAKES Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON AP)--Federal authorities have seized the suspected Fort Hood shooter's computer and are looking for clues that may have led to the military massacre on Thursday that left 13 people dead and 30 wounded.

A U.S. law enforcement official said that Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's apartment in Killeen, Texas, was searched early Friday. It was not immediately known if FBI agents found anything suspicious on Hasan's computer files. A military official said investigators also are sifting through materials Hasan carried with him during the shooting incident and evidence left in his vehicle, which was found parked at the base.

Exonerated man seeks cash for 27-year sentence

Nov 6, 2009, 9:16 AM

SARAH LARIMER Associated Press Writer

SATELLITE BEACH, Fla. (AP)--No bars or razor wire hold former Florida inmate No. 082629. Instead, William Dillon sits on furniture the color of ripe lemons, surrounded by cheerful animal statues and blooming plants, a prisoner no longer after 27 years.

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