(LEAVENWORTH, Kan., AP) — Confederate currency, bone dice and a memoir from a nurse who also was a Union spy are among a 3,000-piece Civil War collection that the University… Read more »
Category: Features
Tradition continues with annual Missouri governor’s breakfast
(SEDALIA, Mo.) — Missouri elected officials, leaders in agriculture and supporters of the Missouri State Fair will join Gov. Jay Nixon and First Lady Georganne Nixon at the 64th Governor’s… Read more »
Chipotle, Zaxby’s, MC Sports to open in Warrensburg
By STEVEN SPEARS Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Warrensburg is expanding its shopping and dining options. Chipotle will be located on the corner of state Route 13 and Sparks… Read more »
Missouri GOP candidates for governor talk police, Ferguson
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s Republican candidates for governor outlined policies they said would improve police-community relations during a debate Wednesday that largely focused on racial… Read more »
Missouri university professor works on carbon dioxide device
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A University of Missouri professor is working with two students to create a device to remove carbon dioxide from the emissions of fossil fuel power plants…. Read more »
Budget cuts hit active shooter training for Missouri schools
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Backers of a school training program designed to respond to situations involving active shooters say budget cuts could hamper the Missouri program. Lawmakers budgeted $700,000… Read more »
Service clubs rethink meetings, programs to find new members
By RUTH SERVEN (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — On a Wednesday night, 40 people gather in the dim side room of Waldo Pizza for the weekly meeting of a new… Read more »
State Fair organizes sixth annual food drive
(SEDALIA, Mo.) – The Missouri State Fair’s sixth annual Missouri Farmers Care Food Drive is set for Tuesday, Aug. 16. Youth will also be involved in raising awareness about hunger by competing… Read more »
Writer highlights Route 66 safe havens for black travelers
By RUSSELL CONTRERAS (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., AP) — It was called the “Mother Road,” a vital highway bridging Chicago and Los Angeles through the Southwest amid diners and neon-lit motels. For… Read more »
Warner set to compete at Olympic trials
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – A University of Central Missouri senior is looking to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic team this week. Heavin Warner will compete in the hammer throw Wednesday in Eugene, Oregon, with… Read more »