(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) – The eighth-ranked Central Missouri Mules and sixth-ranked Missouri Western Griffons split a pair of one-run games to open their key MIAA series on Saturday afternoon at… Read more »
Jennies Softball sweeps Nebraska-Kearney on senior day
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – Jennies Softball (22-18, 12-10 MIAA) swept an MIAA doubleheader against Nebraska-Kearney (8-26, 3-15 MIAA) on senior day Saturday afternoon at the South Recreation Complex, winning game one… Read more »
Blackstone founder creates $300M China scholarship
By DIDI TANG (BEIJING, AP) – A U.S. private equity tycoon announced Sunday the establishment of a $300 million endowed scholarship program in China for students from around the world,… Read more »
Kansas City leaders meet with at-risk residents
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – Kansas City leaders and crime victims want potential criminals to understand that they are being watched and are on their way to life in prison… Read more »
5 snowboarders killed in Colorado avalanche
(GEORGETOWN, Colo., AP) – Five snowboarders were killed Saturday afternoon after apparently triggering a backcountry avalanche on Colorado’s Loveland Pass, authorities said. Search and rescue crews recovered the bodies several… Read more »
G-20 officials decry lack of global growth
By HARRY DUNPHY and MARTIN CRUTSINGER (WASHINGTON, AP) – World finance leaders say they are determined to attack a sluggish global economy in which growth is too weak and unemployment… Read more »
Midwestern river cities brace for floodwaters
By JIM SALTER and JIM SUHR (CLARKSVILLE, Mo., AP) – Artists, farmers, National Guardsmen – even prison inmates – pitched in Saturday to help a small Missouri river town hold… Read more »
Final shootout, then Boston bombing suspect caught
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and JAY LINDSAY (WATERTOWN, Mass., AP) – For just a few minutes, it seemed as if the dragnet that had shut down a metropolitan area of millions… Read more »