By MELISSA  HELLMANN Associated Press (TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — A terse letter from Andrew Clyde’s credit card-processing company explained it was discontinuing his corporate account because his Georgia firearms business “no longer… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A 35-year-old man accused of being involved in a 2014 home invasion that led to a St. Louis man’s death has been convicted of second-degree murder. Cortez McClinton… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A $19 million project to revitalize Kiener Plaza in downtown St. Louis is underway. Construction work began Monday on the park that sits near the Old Courthouse. The… Read more »

(KIRKWOOD, Mo., AP) — A Rock Hill police officer is recovering after being struck by a vehicle in Kirkwood that fled and later crashed into a utility pole. According to the Missouri… Read more »

(LIBERTY, Mo., AP) — William Jewell College in suburban Kansas City has picked a Nebraska educator as its newest president. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1TakNOw ) reports that the 1,060-student liberal arts… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A St. Louis teenager has been charged with an attempted-robbery killing. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Q54gF6 ) reports that 17-year-old Montrell Jeffery is jailed on a first-degree murder… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A St. Louis man has been charged with a December killing. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1Q54Vq1 ) reports that 50-year-old Maurice J. Alexander was charged Friday with first-degree… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A 29-year-old man accused in the January shooting death of another man in Kansas City has been charged with murder. Twenty-nine-year-old Lorenzo D. Washington was charged Saturday… Read more »

(INDEPENDENCE, Mo., AP) — Authorities have identified a man who was shot and killed by Independence police after a chase. Kansas City police said in a news release that the man killed… Read more »

(KINGDOM CITY, Mo., AP) — Authorities say two people are dead after a crash on Interstate 70 in central Missouri. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the crash happened Saturday in Callaway… Read more »