(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate, is scheduled to speak at an upcoming convention in Kansas City. The National Council of La Raza… Read more »

Streets surrounding Audrey J. Walton Stadium will be temporarily closed next week to accommodate the Drum Corps International Competition. The competition is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Monday, July 13…. Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Public parking spaces will be available for patrons of the new businesses at The Crossing – South at Holden. Scheduled to open this fall, The Crossing is… Read more »

By JOHN HANNA (TOPEKA, Kan., AP) — Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback described the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing same-sex marriage as a potential threat to religious liberties, while Missouri Gov…. Read more »

By MARGARET STAFFORD (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon directed all Missouri state agencies on Tuesday to review their procedures in order to immediately implement the U.S. Supreme… Read more »

(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — Springfield police say three people responded to a 14-year-old girl’s screams along a dark trail and stopped a 22-year-old man from raping her. The Springfield News-Leader… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Republican candidate for Missouri secretary of state now can gather signatures for an initiative petition to allow lawmakers to require voter identification. Democratic Secretary… Read more »

(WARRENTON, Mo., AP) — Authorities say a St. Louis-area man wrote his own name and address on an envelope he used to send a painkiller to a jailed inmate. KMOV-TV… Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — The on-ramps and off-ramps to U.S. 50 will temporarily close later this month as road crews apply an asphalt surface seal coating, according to a city news… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Lawmakers have set aside $375,000 to repair a monument to Missouri’s Civil War troops at the Vicksburg National Military Park. The Columbia Daily Tribune (http://bit.ly/1M4vKKN) that… Read more »