The ribbon-cutting ceremony and celebration to mark the completion of streetscape work along West Pine Street has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 25. The 100 block of West Pine Street… Read more »
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Anniversary ceremony of 9/11 begins in NY
By JENNIFER PELTZ NEW YORK (AP) — Americans paused again Tuesday to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks with familiar ceremony, but also a sense… Read more »
Judge to hear suit over Mo. disturbing worship law
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Tuesday in a lawsuit over Missouri’s new law making it a crime to disturb a worship service. Attorneys for the… Read more »
Springfield considers lower marijuana penalties
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Some Springfield residents say the city council should uphold a proposal to lower the penalties for marijuana possession. Two weeks ago, the council approved an ordinance… Read more »
Colleagues mourn officer killed in Obama motorcade
By MATT SEDENSKY WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The danger in seemingly banal police work of directing traffic and shutting down roadways gained new attention Monday as colleagues mourned… Read more »
Obama squeaks out Aug. fundraising win over Romney
By THOMAS BEAUMONT MANSFIELD, Ohio (AP) — President Barack Obama squeaked out a fundraising victory over Mitt Romney in August as the candidates gear up for the final stretch of… Read more »
Draft order seeks to improve US digital defenses
By RICHARD LARDNER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is preparing an executive order with new rules to protect U.S. computer systems, after Congress failed earlier this summer to pass… Read more »
Missouri Anti-war protesters going on trial
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two anti-war protesters are going on trial in federal court on misdemeanor charges of trespassing at central Missouri’s Whiteman Air Force Base. Ron Faust is… Read more »
Gov. Nixon extends Mo. emergency declaration
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is extending his declaration of a state of emergency until mid-November because of drought, heat and the risk of fire. Nixon… Read more »
Judge upholds ballot summary for Mo. court measure
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has upheld the ballot language of a proposed constitutional amendment on appointments to the state Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals…. Read more »