(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The latest on the protests and turmoil over racially charged incidents at the University of Missouri (all times local): ___ 10:20 a.m. The University of Missouri Board of… Read more »
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Police: Missouri student threat mimicked 1 in Oregon attack
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A man accused of making online threats to shoot blacks on the University of Missouri’s Columbia campus said he mimicked postings linked to… Read more »
Fast-moving system sprinkles snow on Rockies, menaces Plains
(DENVER, AP) — A strong storm system dropping light snow on Denver was making travel hazardous as it headed east Wednesday morning, menacing the Plains with heavy snow and threatening… Read more »
Online threats heighten tensions at University of Missouri
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A 19-year-old man suspected of posting online threats to shoot black students and faculty was arrested Wednesday, authorities said, adding to the racial… Read more »

Bringing the world to Warrensburg
By ANDREA LOPEZ Features Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — We all see the commercials – impoverished children that need emotional, financial and physical assistance. But how many people really know what life… Read more »
Ferguson protests influence actions at U. of Missouri
By JIM SUHR and SUMMER BALLENTINE (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — When cotton balls were scattered outside the black culture center at the University of Missouri’s flagship campus in 2010 in a… Read more »
Tornadoes possible in Arkansas, Missouri, other states
By KEN MILLER (Associated Press) — A storm brewing in the Pacific Ocean has forecasters warning of possible severe weather, including tornadoes, in the nation’s midsection on Wednesday, with Arkansas and… Read more »
University of Missouri protests grow after athletes jump in
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Long-simmering protests at the University of Missouri over matters of race and discrimination got a boost over the weekend when… Read more »
Activists seek answers on future of Kansas City plant
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Activists are seeking more aggressive cleanup measures at a former federal weapons manufacturing site in Kansas City. The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/1WEyfHE) that members… Read more »
Senate blocks legislation to undercut EPA clean water rules
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press (WASHINGTON, AP) — Democrats have blocked a Senate bill that would have forced the Obama administration to withdraw new federal rules to protect smaller streams, tributaries… Read more »