By LEAH WANKUM Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — A St. Louis man shot in a drive-by shooting in downtown Warrensburg Saturday morning recently returned home after receiving medical treatment. Torye Hayes… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Disaster plan developed in case fire reaches nuclear waste
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Beneath the surface of a St. Louis-area landfill lurk two things that should never meet: a slow-burning fire and a cache of Cold… Read more »
Conservation group seeks money for Missouri prairie purchase
(HARRISONVILLE, Mo., AP) — A conservation group is raising money to pay for unplowed stretch of native prairie on the outskirts of Kansas City. The Snowball Hill Prairie was placed… Read more »
1 dead, firefighter injured in Grandview blaze
(GRANDVIEW, Mo., AP) — One man was killed and a firefighter was injured in an apartment fire in suburban Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1KWqo4U ) the fire broke out Monday… Read more »
Judge mulls suit’s bid to block St. Louis minimum wage
By JIM SUHR Associated Press (ST. LOUIS, AP) — A judge is weighing a business-backed lawsuit’s bid to block the city of St. Louis from incrementally raising its minimum wage. St. Louis… Read more »
History against outsider candidates for Missouri governor
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Suburban St. Louis businessman John Brunner is expected to join the GOP race for governor this week with former Navy SEAL officer… Read more »
Police continue search for man who approached girls
By STEVEN SPEARS News Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — The Warrensburg Police Department continues to search for the suspicious man who approached three female minors last week. The individual is described as… Read more »
Sky lantern on roof of Greenwood apartments causes fire
By LEAH WANKUM Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — A small fire broke out on the roof of one of the Greenwood Park Apartments this weekend. The apartments, located west of the… Read more »
Rail corridor to be bought to connect with Katy Trail
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Kansas City area would be closer to connecting to Missouri’s cross-state Katy Trail under a newly announced plan. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1JDAQue ) reports that Jackson… Read more »
Kansas City Zoo announces addition of young male elephant
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City Zoo officials say the facility is acquiring a bull African elephant sometime in October. The Kansas City Star (http://bit.ly/1RhV7vD ) reports that the addition of the… Read more »