(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Senate could debate a bill that would repeal the state’s death penalty. A Senate panel approved the Republican-sponsored legislation Tuesday. It would end capital punishment… Read more »
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9 Kansas City police officers suspended during investigation
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Kansas City Police Department announced Thursday that two sergeants and seven detectives in its Crimes Against Children section have been suspended with pay while it investigates… Read more »
3 Salem residents plead guilty to Medicaid fraud
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Three Salem residents have pleaded guilty to felony Medicaid fraud for billing the health care program for personal care attendant services that were never provided. Forty-two-year-old Stace… Read more »
Man accused of role in 2014 looting during Ferguson riots
(CLAYTON, Mo., AP) — A 20-year-old man is the latest suspect to be accused of assisting in the looting that followed the 2014 grand jury decision not to indict a Ferguson police… Read more »
Kansas City police probe motel shooting death
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Police in Kansas City, Missouri, are investigating the shooting death of a man found wounded in the doorway of a motel room. Authorities have not publicly identified… Read more »

UCM hosts town hall meetings for Latinos
By ANDREA LOPEZ Multimedia Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Members of SOL, the new student organization of Latinos, met in the Elliott Student Union Jan. 20 to voice their opinions about the… Read more »
Theater department starts up Studio One-Acts for the spring
By BETHANY SHERROW Features Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — UCM’s Department of Theatre and Dance will begin their spring performances with a Studio Theatre Series performance featuring three one-act plays. The… Read more »
Democrats discusss education ahead of Iowa caucus
By AUSTIN BAUER The Griffon News (ST. JOSEPH, Mo., The Griffon News) — Just seven days before the Iowa caucuses, the Democratic presidential candidates made one last case for their candidacy. On… Read more »
Lawmakers consider audits of University of Missouri System
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Lawmakers say last fall’s campus turmoil has made them question whether the four-campus University of Missouri System needs annual state audits. System officials told a Senate panel… Read more »
Senate probe faults gov’t for migrant child abuse
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — A congressional probe finds that inadequate screening endangered migrant children in the government’s care. Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio says… Read more »