By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Washington University students nipped by a bear cub will have to wait until the animal is euthanized and tested before learning if they’ll… Read more »

By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — An attorney for a Missouri inmate scheduled to be put to death this month is seeking permission to record video of the execution… Read more »

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — From male-only corporate jets to guys’ golf outings and hunting trips, Francine Katz says her time in the Anheuser-Busch executive suite was… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri House has passed a budget plan for various projects around the state, including new college buildings and seed money for a possible Republican… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Washington University students nipped by a bear cub will have to wait until the animal is euthanized and tested before learning if they’ll need rabies vaccinations…. Read more »

By ALYSSA CLIFTON (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG)— The Warrensburg R-6 superintendent is confident that the district’s policy in securing school buildings is effective after receiving a school threat for the second… Read more »

(HARRISONVILLE, Mo., AP) — Jury selection continued late into the afternoon Tuesday in the murder trial of a 28-year-old Kansas City man accused of killing a central Missouri bar owner… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A renegade Republican has teamed up with minority party Democrats to deliver the first affirmative vote of the year for a plan to expand Medicaid… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A mid-Missouri alligator handler has pleaded guilty to seven counts of keeping dangerous animals without proper registration. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1iHtnlp) 70-year-old Kenneth R…. Read more »

(BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan., AP) — A National Weather Service meteorologist says the tornado that destroyed more than 100 homes and businesses and hurt 25 people in Baxter Springs, Kan., dropped… Read more »