(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The Western Missouri Medical Center Auxiliary board recently awarded $500 scholarships to 10 students, according to a news release. The scholarships total $5,000, which is a $1,500… Read more »
Aerialist Wallenda to cross canyon gorge
By FELICIA FONSECA (LITTLE COLORADO RIVER GORGE, Ariz., AP) — Daredevil Nik Wallenda is using the Navajo Nation as a backdrop to one of his most ambitious feats yet —… Read more »
2 Mo. women charged in antifreeze poisoning deaths
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri woman and her daughter confessed to fatally poisoning two relatives with antifreeze and attempting to kill a third over a… Read more »
Ohio air show resumes after stuntwoman, pilot die
By AMANDA LEE MYERS (CINCINNATI, AP) — Spectators have returned to an air show in southwestern Ohio a day after a pilot and wing walker were killed in a horrifying… Read more »
KC’s wilderness islands are ideal for hiking
By BRENT FRAZEE, The Kansas City Star (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Lisa LaCombe squeezed through a crack between two giant boulders, then continued down a hiking path that was… Read more »
Taliban offer adds urgency to Idaho POW rally
By JOHN MILLER (HAILEY, Idaho, AP) — The father and mother of the only known U.S. prisoner of war plan to speak on Saturday afternoon to a big crowd in… Read more »
Firefighters keep guard over mountain enclave
By JERI CLAUSING (DEL NORTE, Colo., AP) — Fire crews with tankers and hoses at the ready stood guard Friday night as a massive and fast-burning wildfire threatened a popular… Read more »
Southwest cancels 57 flights after computer glitch
By JEFF McMURRAY (CHICAGO, AP) — A system-wide computer failure forced Southwest Airlines to ground its entire fleet of airplanes preparing for departures late Friday, and at least 57 flights… Read more »