By LAURA MAZURAK, Columbia Daily Tribune (CLARENCE, Mo., AP) — Clarence is like many small towns in Missouri. There’s a church, a bank, a gas station. But rising above the… Read more »

(KIRKSVILLE, Mo., AP) — Kirksville officials are expected to vote Monday on a proposal to create a human rights commission to enact anti-discrimination protections based on several factors including sexual… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A Missouri lawmaker who unsuccessfully championed a move to link state higher education funding to academic performance says he plans to renew the effort next year…. Read more »

(ST. JOSEPH, Mo., AP) — The largest financial gift ever given to Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph just got larger. Steven Craig donated $5.5 million to the university… Read more »

(BRIDGETON, Mo., AP) — Residents who live near a landfill where an underground fire is burning near nuclear waste want the atomic material removed. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/1clWiUD) reports… Read more »

(FENTON, Mo., AP) — Search crews were back in the Meramec River near St. Louis on Wednesday after a man jumped from a bridge after running from police during a… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri and Illinois lawmakers couldn’t agree on what to name a new river bridge at St. Louis, so Congress is moving ahead to settle the divide…. Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A week with plenty of dry weather helped Missouri farmers catch up on their planting, most of which is at least three weeks behind last year’s… Read more »

(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A new Missouri House committee will look into issues affecting dairy farmers and rivers. House Speaker Tim Jones says he created the interim agricultural panel… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A medical examiner has identified a body found over the weekend in the Missouri River near Kansas City as 20-year-old Cody M. Siwek of Overland… Read more »