(LAWTELL, La., AP) — About 100 homes remained evacuated Monday as officials worked to clean up the site of a 26-car train derailment near the small community of Lawtell, about… Read more »
Santana and the sun help Royals top Mets again
By IRA PODELL (NEW YORK, AP) — Things are going so well for the Kansas City Royals these days they have even figured out how to turn the sun in… Read more »
4-year-old mayor is re-elected in northern Minn.
(DORSET, Minn., AP) — Robert “Bobby” Tufts hasn’t made it to preschool yet, but he’s already been elected twice as mayor of a tiny tourist town in northern Minnesota. Mayor… Read more »
Train derails in La., about 50 homes evacuated
(LAWTELL, La., AP) — A train carrying flammable and corrosive materials derailed in Louisiana on Sunday and about 50 homes have been evacuated as a precaution, authorities said. Master Trooper… Read more »
Charges dropped in murder case, suspect no longer in custody
By ANDY LYONS (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — The case has been dismissed for one of the two defendants accused of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in Warrensburg. Ziyad T…. Read more »
‘2 Guns’: great cinematography, terrible screenplay
By ANDREW LINK (digitalBURG) — It’s probably unfair to expect much out of a movie when the director got his degree from a drama school in Iceland (sorry, Baltasar Kormákur)…. Read more »
Charges dismissed against Saudi suspect in Whitworth murder
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include comment from the Warrensburg Police Department. By ANDY LYONS (WARRENSBUG, Mo., digitalBURG) The Johnson County, Mo., Prosecutor’s Office released a statement… Read more »
Royals win 9th straight, beat Twins 7-2
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI (MINNEAPOLIS, AP) — James Shields watched Lorenzo Cain race back to the wall in left-center field, leap in the air and snatch Trevor Plouffe’s drive away just… Read more »