By LUCAS L. JOHNSON KATHLEEN FOODY (CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., AP) — Counterterrorism investigators are trying to figure out why a 24-year-old Kuwait-born man who by many accounts seemingly lived a typical life… Read more »
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Senate to vote on revision to No Child education law
By JENNIFER C. KERR (WASHINGTON, AP) — The nation’s main education law, long overdue for an overhaul, is headed for a major revision in the Senate. Lawmakers plan to vote… Read more »
Mars Inc. to expand candy-making plant in Kansas
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Mars Inc. announced plans Wednesday for a $100 million expansion of its candy-making plant in Kansas, a facility that was the company’s… Read more »
KC’s minimum wage would rise under proposal
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City’s minimum wage would rise to $13 an hour over eight years under a measure the city council is considering. The council is expected… Read more »
Tyson, Nature Conservancy to help waterways
(NOEL, Mo., AP) — Tyson Foods has announced a plan to work with the Nature Conservancy to help protect waterways in southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas. The Joplin Globe reported… Read more »
Man charged in ambush shooting of St. Louis police officer
By JIM SUHR (ST. LOUIS, AP) — A man who police say has admitted to being the getaway driver during an ambush shooting that wounded a uniformed St. Louis police… Read more »
Board accepts bid for parking project at UCM
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The University of Central Missouri Board of Governors’ Finance and Administration Committee accepted a $1.25 million bid from Phillips Paving, Inc., Kansas City, on Tuesday to build new parking… Read more »
Shirley Temple’s polka dot dress brings $75,000 at auction
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A red polka dot dress that Shirley Temple wore in a 1934 movie has sold for $75,000 at an auction in Kansas City. The Kansas… Read more »
Dent County commissioner reconsiders lowering flag
(SALEM, Mo., AP) — A Missouri county commissioner is reconsidering a decision to lower the flags at the county courthouse and judicial building to “mourn” the legalization of same-sex marriage…. Read more »
Missouri executes man for killing 19-year-old
By JIM SUHR (BONNE TERRE, Mo., AP) — A Missouri inmate who sexually attacked a 19-year-old woman before tying her to a cemetery tree and killing her was executed Tuesday… Read more »