By HILLEL ITALIE (NEW YORK, AP) — We know this much so far about Harper Lee’s new book: Atticus Finch is 72 and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis; Scout is a… Read more »
Category: Features
House to vote on Confederate flag ban on federal cemeteries
By ANDREW TAYLOR (WASHINGTON, AP) — The House is about to put its members on record on whether Confederate flags can briefly decorate rebel graves in historic federal cemeteries and… Read more »
Troops face hassles with student loans, despite law
By ANNE FLAHERTY (WASHINGTON, AP) — A government regulator says military personnel are still being hassled over their student loans despite the federal laws and programs put in place to… Read more »
Tentative plan to keep Amtrak running in Kansas and Missouri
By MARGARET STAFFORD (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Amtrak routes across Kansas and Missouri could keep running under a tentative agreement reached in a dispute over federally required safety systems,… Read more »
Owner of ‘Tetris’ rights takes Hawaii home, ranch off grid
By CALEB JONES (HONOLULU, AP) — High above the bustling city of Honolulu, in a quiet, exclusive hillside neighborhood where some of the island’s wealthiest residents live, there is an… Read more »
Flooding causes July Fourth headaches at Missouri parks
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Flooded areas in nearly a dozen rain-soaked Missouri parks are closed to visitors for the July Fourth weekend, and the U.S. Army… Read more »
A biker named ‘Stray Dog’ postpones Granik’s Ozarks exit
By JAKE COYLE (NEW YORK, AP) — Debra Granik met Ron “Stray Dog” Hall at a biker church in the Ozarks. Granik, a 52-year-old filmmaker from New York, was in… Read more »
Missouri Supreme Court keeps farming, gun rights measures
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld two constitutional amendments guaranteeing the right to farm and the right to bear arms, but… Read more »

Father, son work to preserve a piece of Pertle Springs history
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – A graduate research project by recent UCM graduate and Warrensburg resident Kevin Courtright has turned into a father-son project designed to preserve a chapter in the history Pertle… Read more »
Truffle dogs sniff out pungent fungus prized by foodies
By TERENCE CHEA (CARNEROS, Calif., AP) — The growing appetite for truffles is feeding demand for dogs trained to sniff out the pungent fungus prized by chefs and foodies. As… Read more »