(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Officials say construction on Kansas City’s downtown streetcar project is nearly 50 percent complete and is on track to finish this fall. But the vehicles… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Missouri lawmaker faults district after autistic boy beaten
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri lawmaker has criticized a suburban Kansas City school district after a student with Asperger’s syndrome was beaten so… Read more »
Missouri auditor dies in ‘apparent suicide,’ police say
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, who had recently launched a Republican campaign for governor, fatally shot himself in what police described as… Read more »
Public safety director chosen amid Ferguson unrest resigns
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Amid the unrest that followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon turned to a former… Read more »
Autistic boy goes to hospital after school cafeteria beating
(LIBERTY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri sixth-grader with Asperger’s syndrome has suffered complications from a severe beating he took in the lunchroom from another student, his parents say. Twelve-year-old Blake… Read more »
Jury selection begins in trial of alleged hit man
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a man accused of killing a Columbia art dealer in exchange for $10,000, a car and a gun…. Read more »
R-6 School District faces reduced funding
By ROB CURRY (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The Warrensburg R-6 Board of Education is looking at ways to reduce spending as state funding decreases. Assistant Superintendent Andy Kohl emphasized rebuilding… Read more »
Missouri lawmaker wants disclosure of unvaccinated children
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri Republican wants to require preschools and daycare centers to tell parents if there are other children attending who have not been vaccinated against… Read more »
Hearing set for man accused of supplying terrorists
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — One of six Bosnian immigrants accused of funneling money and military supplies to terror groups faces a hearing Friday to determine if he must remain jailed… Read more »
Warrensburg Schools Foundation announces scholarship winners
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The Warrensburg Schools Foundation is announced the spring semester recipients of the Warrensburg Schools Foundation dual credit scholarships. The dual credit scholarships are made possible by donations… Read more »