(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A nearly 6-ton rock honoring Confederate soldiers from the Civil War is being removed from Boone County’s courthouse lawn in the wake of a South Carolina… Read more »

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Mars Inc. announced plans Wednesday for a $100 million expansion of its candy-making plant in Kansas, a facility that was the company’s… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City’s minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour over eight years under a measure the city council is considering. The council is expected… Read more »

(NOEL, Mo., AP) — Tyson Foods has announced a plan to work with the Nature Conservancy to help protect waterways in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. The Joplin Globe reported… Read more »

By JIM SUHR (ST. LOUIS, AP) — A man who police say has admitted to being the getaway driver during an ambush shooting that wounded a uniformed St. Louis police… Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The University of Central Missouri Board of Governors’ Finance and Administration Committee accepted a $1.25 million bid from Phillips Paving, Inc., Kansas City, on Tuesday to build new parking… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A red polka dot dress that Shirley Temple wore in a 1934 movie has sold for $75,000 at an auction in Kansas City. The Kansas… Read more »

(SALEM, Mo., AP) — A Missouri county commissioner is reconsidering a decision to lower the flags at the county courthouse and judicial building to “mourn” the legalization of same-sex marriage…. Read more »

By JIM SUHR (BONNE TERRE, Mo., AP) — A Missouri inmate who sexually attacked a 19-year-old woman before tying her to a cemetery tree and killing her was executed Tuesday… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for a memorial to victims, rescuers and survivors of Kansas City’s 1981 skywalk disaster. The Skywalk Memorial Foundation breaks ground… Read more »