(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — A fast-spreading virus that can kill 80 percent of piglets that contract it is rapidly spreading across Missouri hog farms, wiping out entire nurseries in some… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Roadwork along Maguire Street begins Monday
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Drivers can expect a few obstacles along Maguire Street starting Monday as road crews begin filling cracks in the road. The purpose for the work is to… Read more »
Kansas City-area spelling bee finally ends
By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A marathon spelling bee between two Kansas City-area students who exhausted the initial word list last month ended after 29 more rounds… Read more »

Arrests made in relation to infant remains found in cave
by Andy Lyons Managing Editor Editor’s note: This story has been updated with court records filed Friday evening. Two Warrensburg residents were arrested and charged Friday in relation to the discovery… Read more »
Pipeline project boosts local economy
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories about the Flanagan South pipeline project that is cross through Johnson County. By KEVIN LYON (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) –… Read more »
Senate panel advances juvenile life sentence fix
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri Senate panel has endorsed legislation that would change how the state sentences juveniles convicted of first-degree murder. Current law only allows juveniles to… Read more »
Missouri plow driver honored for saving life
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri Department of Transportation worker has been honored for saving a woman from a burning home while he was plowing snow last month. The… Read more »
Building where jazz greats played faces demolition
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A three-story building in midtown St. Louis where jazz greats once played is facing demolition. In the 1930s, jazz stars such as Count Basie, Miles Davis… Read more »
UCM students find remains at Pertle Springs
by Andy Lyons Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — Police responded to Pertle Springs Tuesday afternoon after two UCM students found the remains of an infant in a research cave. Eva… Read more »
Missouri governor endorses Keystone pipeline
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is in favor of the proposed oil pipeline route through the middle of the United States, joining other… Read more »