(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Officials say construction on Kansas City’s downtown streetcar project is nearly 50 percent complete and is on track to finish this fall. But the vehicles… Read more »
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Missouri lawmaker faults district after autistic boy beaten
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri lawmaker has criticized a suburban Kansas City school district after a student with Asperger’s syndrome was beaten so… Read more »
Missouri auditor dies in ‘apparent suicide,’ police say
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich, who had recently launched a Republican campaign for governor, fatally shot himself in what police described as… Read more »
Public safety director chosen amid Ferguson unrest resigns
By SUMMER BALLENTINE (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Amid the unrest that followed the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon turned to a former… Read more »
Feds: 3 accused in Islamic State plot vocal about beliefs
By DEEPTI HAJELA (NEW YORK, AP) — Two men arrested on charges of plotting to help the Islamic State group were vocal both online and in personal conversations about their… Read more »
Autistic boy goes to hospital after school cafeteria beating
(LIBERTY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri sixth-grader with Asperger’s syndrome has suffered complications from a severe beating he took in the lunchroom from another student, his parents say. Twelve-year-old Blake… Read more »
Ex-Marine convicted in ‘Sniper’ trial faces life in prison
By JAMIE STENGLE (STEPHENVILLE, Texas, AP) — A Texas jury has rejected the insanity defense of a former Marine in the deaths of famed “American Sniper” author Chris Kyle and… Read more »
Mules and Jennies remain top-10 in the nation
(NEW ORLEANS) – Both the Mules and Jennies track teams remained in the top 10 for another week of the USTFCCCA rankings. The Jennies held steady at No. 2 for… Read more »
Jury selection begins in trial of alleged hit man
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a man accused of killing a Columbia art dealer in exchange for $10,000, a car and a gun…. Read more »
Alaska becomes 3rd state with legal marijuana
By MOLLY DISCHNER (JUNEAU, Alaska, AP) — Alaska on Tuesday became the third U.S. state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, but organizers don’t expect any public celebrations since… Read more »