By KERRY LESTER (SPRINGFIELD, Ill., AP) — Caretakers of Abraham Lincoln’s tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering critique in National Geographic magazine and looming budget cuts that could… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — The St. Louis Zoo is putting the finishing touches on its new Arctic exhibit while it awaits the federal government to greenlight the transfer of an… Read more »

By DONALD BRADLEY (HIGGINSVILLE, Mo., AP) — The car passed fields and pasture, the road changing from blacktop to gravel. Annette Dittmer turned off onto a dirt lane. The new… Read more »

By ALLIE HINGA The Joplin Globe (NEOSHO, Mo., AP) –€” As hatchery manager David Hendrix walked across the concrete blocks in the raceways at the Neosho National Fish Hatchery, a… Read more »

By YURI KAGEYAMA (TOKYO, AP) — Fire-breathing, building-stomping Godzilla was welcomed in part of Tokyo on Thursday as a sign of prosperity, not destruction. The irradiated monster was appointed special… Read more »

With a 13 percent turnout at the polls, Warrensburg voters passed the Warrensburg R-6 School District bond issue with 60.20 percent in favor. The bond issue will fund improvements to Ridge… Read more »

By JAY REEVES (MONROEVILLE, Ala., AP) — Each spring when the azaleas bloom, attorney Atticus Finch, daughter Scout and other characters from “To Kill a Mockingbird” come to life on… Read more »

By DENISE LAVOIE (BOSTON, AP) — With one last chance to connect with the jury, lawyers for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev are expected to continue to portray him as… Read more »

By ROB CURRY (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Lotspeich Automotive staff cleared its showroom March 27 for Warrensburg Main Street’s biggest fundraiser – the Piccadilly Gala. Tables covered in white cloth… Read more »