(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — About 600 paddlers are headed east down the Missouri River to St. Charles for the start of the Missouri 340 race. The Kansas City Star… Read more »
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Missouri governor’s race no mirror of White House contest
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A well-known and well-funded Democrat, opposite a field loaded with an array of Republican candidates. The contest to become Missouri’s next governor… Read more »
Columbia tests bench that charges electronic devices
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Columbia is offering the public an unusual way to charge their electronic devices. A wood and metal bench in front of City Hall, called a Soofa,… Read more »
Flooding forces hatchery trout into southwest Missouri river
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — Recent flooding in southwest Missouri has been a boon for anglers because it forced trout out of a large hatchery pool and into publicly accessible areas… Read more »
Cancelled Utah race renews fears of shrinking salt flats
By MICHELLE L. PRICE (WENDOVER, Utah, AP) — A small city of tents, trailers and thousands of visitors appears almost every August in the Utah desert to watch cars, motorcycles… Read more »
Kerry: Agreement on Iran issue only alternative to force
By DEB RIECHMANN and MATTHEW LEE (WASHINGTON, AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday that if Congress disapproves of the Iranian nuclear deal, it will undermine President Barack Obama’s… Read more »
Missouri girl saves grandpa thanks to science fair project
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A 10-year-old St. Louis girl is being credited for helping save her grandfather’s life after noticing, thanks to her science fair project, that he was having… Read more »
Police: Theater gunman was ‘drifter’ who planned to escape
By MELINDA DESLATTE and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN (LAFAYETTE, La., AP) — The movie theater gunman who stood up about 20 minutes into the showing of “Trainwreck” and began firing into the crowd,… Read more »
St. Louis County cases raises concerns of stranger danger
(CLAYTON, Mo., AP) — It was a parent’s nightmare — a stranger following a family home and molesting a child at knifepoint in her bed. Authorities say such a crime,… Read more »
Police say gun connects suspect to 2 Missouri’s deaths
(CLINTON, Mo., AP) — Police say evidence from a gun proves that a western Missouri man killed a former girlfriend and her teenage son weeks after he was charged with… Read more »