The Western Missouri Medical Center Auxiliary raised more than $3,600 during its fourth annual Ice Social Sunday. A total of 359 people attended the event, which raised funds to purchase… Read more »
City proposes to take over tourism function
Dear Editor, As a 25-year veteran of the tourism/lodging industry, I have mixed feelings about the proposal to remove the tourism function from the Chamber of Commerce and place it… Read more »
Movie Rant
Movie Rant this week looks at the next installment in the “Star Wars” saga, the “X-Men” and more with hosts Josh Leonard and Eric Boedeker. Links referenced in the video… Read more »
Curiosity rover celebrates 1 year on Mars
By ALICIA CHANG (LOS ANGELES, AP) — Mount Sharp has beckoned Curiosity since the NASA rover made its grand entrance on Mars exactly a year ago, dangling from nylon cables… Read more »
Pond being drained in search for missing Mo. woman
(WARSAW, Mo., AP) — A west-central Missouri pond is the focus of a continuing search for a woman who has been missing for more than three weeks. Teams are draining… Read more »
Convention on electric cars set in Cape Girardeau
(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — A convention designed to help people convert cars to run on electricity is scheduled this week in Cape Girardeau. About 150 people are expected to… Read more »
Will fast-food protests spur higher minimum wage?
By SHARON COHEN Terrance Wise has two jobs in Kansas City — one at a burger joint, a second at a pizza restaurant — but he says his paychecks aren’t… Read more »
Vendors recall hit-and-run driver at LA boardwalk
By TAMI ABDOLLAH (LOS ANGELES, AP) — One minute, Mustafa Balci was sitting in a lawn chair next to his wife at their booth on the Venice Beach boardwalk, enjoying… Read more »