(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Washington University in St. Louis has been awarded a federal grant of about $300,000 for climate research. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a release Wednesday… Read more »
McCaskill blocks Air Force officer’s nomination
By DONNA CASSATA (WASHINGTON, AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill says she’s going to continue to block the nomination of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, tapped to serve as vice… Read more »
Finding Thunder Canyon Falls at last
By MARK IRLE (digitalBURG) — My most recent solo hike was another trip into the Boston Mountains in Arkansas. As usual, finding my objective, Thunder Canyon Falls, wasn’t easy. This… Read more »
Central Missouri sweeps MIAA Ken B. Jones Awards
(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) – The University of Central Missouri swept the MIAA Ken B. Jones Awards for the second year in a row, winning both the men’s and women’s conference… Read more »

Hastings to host creators of ‘Dream Thief’
By ANDY LYONS (digitalBURG) – It isn’t too often that comic book artists and writers venture to Warrensburg, Mo. With events such as Planet ComicCon earlier this summer, which was… Read more »
Volunteers help rebuild central Mo. church
(CALIFORNIA, Mo., AP) — A new church is rising in central Missouri to replace a 134-year-old house of worship destroyed by fire last Thanksgiving. And much of the work in… Read more »
Nestle Purina to purchase Petfinder
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Nestle Purina PetCare Co. has agreed to buy Petfinder, the online pet adoption website, from Discovery Communications LLC, St. Louis-based Nestle Purina said… Read more »
Saudi remains behind bars after $2M bond posted
By BILL DRAPER (WARRENSBURG, Mo., AP) — Ziyad Abid was a Missouri college student aspiring to become a pilot like his father back home in Saudi Arabia when he was… Read more »