(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — Joplin police say an officer has shot and wounded a suspect while investigating a domestic disturbance. Police said in a news release that the suspect is… Read more »
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City Council candidate filing begins Dec. 15
Editors note: This version of the story corrects the last day to file for office. (WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — Candidate filing for two positions on the Warrensburg City Council will open Tuesday, Dec…. Read more »
Police hold 30 of Columbia schools’ iPads as evidence
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Authorities say 30 iPads owned by Columbia Public Schools are being held as evidence by law enforcement in various investigations. The Columbia Daily Tribune (http://bit.ly/1O59NPs ) reports that… Read more »
Cities to vote on raising age to buy tobacco products to 21
By BILL DRAPER Associated Press (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Young Kansas City smokers will have to drive a bit farther to buy their cigarettes, e-cigarettes or vapor products under an ordinance… Read more »

Professor guides discussion on Nelson-Atkins exhibit
By BETHANY SHERROW Assistant News Editor (KANSAS CITY, Mo., digitalBURG) — In July 1839, African captives aboard the Spanish vessel Amistad overtook Spanish slave traders who had illegally abducted them and steered… Read more »
UCM launches campus climate survey
By LEAH WANKUM Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — The university sent out a survey to all students this week in order to gauge the campus climate on Title IX issues at… Read more »
What makes a hero?
By STEVEN SPEARS News Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Not all heroes wear capes. UCM students enrolled in English courses this year may have been introduced to the idea of unconventional heroism… Read more »
Lawmakers want Corps, not EPA, to remediate landfill
By JIM SALTER Associated Press (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Four members of Missouri’s congressional delegation on Thursday called for the Army Corps of Engineers to take over remediation of the West Lake… Read more »
Missouri lawmaker seeks special session over refugees
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri lawmaker is seeking a special legislative session aimed at preventing Gov. Jay Nixon from allowing Syrian refugees to resettle in the state. Nixon,… Read more »
Kansas student leaders say they’re not ‘mimicking Mizzou’
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press (LAWRENCE, Kan., AP) — Protest leaders at the University of Kansas said Monday that they’re pushing for changes that ensure problems faced by minority and other “marginalized”… Read more »