(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon says he plans to restore nearly $5 million in state funding for the Truman Sports Complex and Bartle Hall in Kansas… Read more »
Category: Features

Art show offers insight on market fluctuations
A new exhibition at the University of Central Missouri Gallery of Art & Design explores the fluctuations of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Chad Erpelding, associate professor of art and… Read more »
Medication in home of suspect in ‘American Sniper’ trial
By JAMIE STENGLE (STEPHENVILLE, Texas, AP) — Authorities found marijuana, a nearly empty bottle of whiskey and anti-psychotic medication while searching the home of the former Marine charged with killing… Read more »
FBI director: US at crossroads on race relations, policing
By ERIC TUCKER (WASHINGTON, AP) — The United States is at a crossroads on matters of race relations and law enforcement, presenting “hard truths” that its citizens and police must… Read more »

Writer works to fulfill project after losing friend
By ROB CURRY (digitalBURG) – A Warrensburg resident is working to fulfill a literary project that was cut short after a longtime friend and traveling companion suffered a fatal stroke. Terrence… Read more »
Missouri lawmakers blast fee offices as ‘pay-to-play’ scheme
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s practice of awarding private businesses contracts to run offices that issue vehicle and driver’s licenses has come under fire by some… Read more »
FCC chairman proposes regulating Internet like phone service
By ANNE FLAHERTY (WASHINGTON, AP) — Internet service providers, including those selling wireless connections, would be prohibited from slowing down or speeding up web traffic, under rules proposed Wednesday by… Read more »
Airbrushed illustration from 1860s removed from Capitol
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Kansas Historical Society has removed an 1860s illustration depicting an election in the state’s territorial period after receiving complaints that the… Read more »
Star Wars exhibit shows the force is with the costumes
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP (SEATTLE, AP) — The creators of a new traveling exhibit on the costumes of Star Wars are hoping to gather geeks, fashionistas and movie fans together… Read more »

UCM Theatre and Dance honored at Kennedy Theatre Festival
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — The University of Central Missouri Department of Theatre and Dance received several honors at the Kennedy Center American College Region V Theatre Festival held in Minneapolis, Jan…. Read more »