(FLORENCE, Ariz., AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for Arizona to carry out its third execution in the last year Wednesday following a closely watched First Amendment… Read more »
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2 farm laws facing federal court challenges
By DAVID PITT (DES MOINES, Iowa, AP) — The years-long fight between farm organizations and animal rights activists over laws prohibiting secretly filmed documentation of animal abuse is moving from… Read more »
Biden: US won’t rest until VA problems fixed
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Vice President Joe Biden told veterans gathered in St. Louis on Monday that the Obama administration won’t rest until major problems at the Veterans Affairs Department… Read more »
Springfield votes to allow urban beekeeping
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — More Springfield residents will be able to become beekeepers inside city limits. The City Council voted Monday to approve changes in city ordinances to allow urban… Read more »
Body found in fountain at Kansas City airport
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Police are investigating how an adult’s body ended up in a pond near the Kansas City International Airport. The body was found Monday afternoon during… Read more »
Cleanup of lead at Missouri park nearing an end
(PARK HILL, Mo., AP) — A three-year cleanup project is nearing an end at a popular Missouri state park that is on the site of a shuttered lead mine. The… Read more »
American Jews, other ‘lone soldiers’ serve Israel
By JULIE WATSON (ASSOCIATED PRESS) — The two Americans killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip followed in the footsteps of scores of Jews from around the world who have… Read more »
Improvements underway at Sedalia Regional Airport
(SEDALIA, Mo., AP) — Officials at the Sedalia Regional Airport are hoping improvements to the main runway will eventually lead to more traffic at the airport. Construction on the airport’s… Read more »
Racing cycles and cars block interstate traffic
(PLATTE CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says more than 40 motorcycles and racing cars held up traffic while performing stunts on Interstate 435 in northwest Missouri…. Read more »
Springfield utility getting energy from solar farm
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — City Utilities in Springfield has begun receiving some power from a solar farm in Greene County. The utility’s spokesman, Joel Alexander, says the solar farm northeast… Read more »