(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A potential solution to problems with the state’s student transfer system that have caused financial hardship for one St. Louis-area school district is moving forward… Read more »

By MESFIN FEKADU (NEW YORK, AP) — Tidal, the music and video streaming service co-owned by Jay Z, Rihanna, Madonna and other artists, is inviting more performers to join the… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri lawmakers, who over the years have voted to honor a state dinosaur (the hadrosaur), state exercise (jumping jacks) and state dessert (the ice cream… Read more »

By ROB CURRY (WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — Warrensburg Main Street will welcome local ladies as they raise their bidding paddles for jewelry, gifts, tickets and more Friday. Lotspeich Automotive will host… Read more »

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and PAUL SCHEMM (TUNIS, Tunisia, AP) — It was a flood of messages from concerned friends abroad that alerted the president of Tunisia’s Star Wars fan club… Read more »

By MARTHA WAGGONER (CHEROKEE, N.C., AP) — Kevin Tafoya grew up hearing Cherokee all around him — his mother, a grandmother and grandfather, aunts and an uncle all spoke the… Read more »

(NEW YORK, AP) — Christie’s auction house has announced it will offer a 1955 masterpiece by Pablo Picasso for an estimated $140 million. “Women of Algiers (Version O)” will hit… Read more »

The fourth annual Old Drum Day Festival is set for April 11 on the grounds, streets and around the Johnson County Historical Society at 302 N. Main St. The festival is scheduled… Read more »

(ARROW ROCK, Mo., AP) — A group working to restore historic buildings in Arrow Rock is celebrating a successful fundraising campaign. The Columbia Daily Tribune (http://bit.ly/1IbpVtx) reports Friends of Arrow… Read more »

By CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN (NEW YORK, AP) — Pages of handwritten speeches, terse military communiques jotted by the Civil War commander in chief, many documents signed with the familiar “A.Lincoln” —… Read more »