(BIRMINGHAM, Ala., AP) — Officials say a quarantine is in place at a Birmingham home over a possible Ebola case. Edward Khan of the Jefferson County Health Department says the… Read more »
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Hospital board member resigns
Western Missouri Medical Center Board of Trustees member Kit Lindsay resigned his position Thursday, according to a news release. Lindsay reported he is ineligible to serve on the board due… Read more »
2 reporters arrested during Ferguson protests settle suits
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Two journalists who were arrested while reporting on protests after the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown have settled lawsuits against St…. Read more »
Crocodile removed from St. Louis County pond
(CHESTERFIELD, Mo., AP) — After four days of trying, a 3-foot-long Nile crocodile is finally captured from a pond in west St. Louis County. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1E62EWW) reports… Read more »
Families upset with likely relocation of war memorial
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The Boone County Commission will likely decide this month whether to move an Operation Desert Storm memorial that includes a religious symbol from city-owned land. The… Read more »
Q&A: A look at climate change plan and its impact on states
By MATT VOLZ (HELENA, Mont., AP) — President Barack Obama unveiled the final regulations in his plan to cut nationwide carbon dioxide emissions 32 percent by 2030. Obama touted it… Read more »
Officials probing New Hampshire tent collapse that killed 2
(LANCASTER, N.H., AP) — Safety officials in New Hampshire are investigating the collapse of a circus tent during a severe storm that killed a father and daughter and injured about… Read more »
Who wins and loses under Obama’s stricter power plant limits
By JOSH LEDERMAN (WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama is mandating even steeper greenhouse gas cuts from U.S. power plants than previously expected, while granting states more time and broader… Read more »
Ferguson spurs 40 new state measures; activists want more
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — When a white Ferguson policeman fatally shot a black 18-year-old nearly a year ago, the St. Louis suburb erupted in violent… Read more »
Couple charged in dog attack on child in Greenwood
(GREENWOOD, Mo., AP) — A Greenwood couple has been charged in a dog attack that left a toddler injured. According to prosecutors, 42-year-old Brett William Cottrell and 39-year-old Shannon M…. Read more »