(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri utility regulators have again pushed back their report on a Kansas City restaurant explosion that killed a waitress. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1eRL6pP) reports… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Book features Joplin tornado experiences
(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — Joplin leaders share their stories about the 2011 tornado and the recovery efforts that followed in a newly published book. The Joplin Globe (http://bit.ly/1cxdVEJ) reports the… Read more »
MU awaits state funding for teaching winery
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The University of Missouri-Columbia has raised half of the $3 million it needs to build a teaching winery. The Columbia Missourian (http://bit.ly/19vvi4k) reports that the university… Read more »
Mo. school holds prayer sessions despite complaint
(FAYETTE, Mo., AP) — Fayette High School continues to hold prayer sessions despite a legal complaint that claims the sessions are unconstitutional. Fayette Superintendent Tamara Kimball says district administrators haven’t… Read more »
2 children badly injured in KC house fire
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Authorities in Kansas City say two children were home alone when their house caught fire, leaving both badly injured. KSHB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/JxRX9c) a 14-year-old girl… Read more »
Nixon announces 3 appointments to Mo. boards
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon has made two appointments to a state council focused on young children with disabilities. The governor named University of Central Missouri… Read more »
Magazine calls Mo. man a hero for dollhouse work
(EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo., AP) — People magazine has named an 81-year-old northwest Missouri man one of its “Heroes Among Us” for his work building dollhouses for underprivileged children. The Kansas… Read more »
Mo. Supreme Court won’t hear adoption challenge
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal by a Guatemalan woman seeking to overturn the adoption of her biological child by a… Read more »
Mo. to start screening newborns for heart disease
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri is preparing to start screening every newborn baby for a heart disease that can cause developmental delays or death if left untreated. The screenings… Read more »
MDC adds about 200 acres to conservation area
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — Nearly 200 acres has been added to a wildlife area in southwest Missouri. The Springfield News-Leader reports (http://sgfnow.co/1dEHiD2) the Missouri Department of Conservation bought 199 acres… Read more »