(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Two bills that Gov. Jay Nixon declined to sign but also chose not to veto have now become laws. The Democratic governor vetoed a record… Read more »
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Floodwaters continue to recede
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Mississippi River floodwaters continue to recede, but it will be sometime before the river is fully within its banks. The river rose sharply in late June… Read more »
South Dakota teen finishes flight around the world
(SAN DIEGO, AP) — A South Dakota teen may have become the youngest person to fly solo around the world. Nineteen-year-old Matt Guthmiller completed the more than 29,000-mile journey in… Read more »
St. Louis, Kansas City make abandoned homes list
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Two Missouri cities placed in the top 10 on a real estate information company’s list of cities with the most abandoned homes, but a Kansas community… Read more »
Democrats scour records for provocative comments
By THOMAS BEAUMONT (DES MOINES, Iowa, AP) — As the nation’s midsection has grown more conservative and Republican, Democrats have sometimes had to rest their hopes on well-positioned GOP contenders… Read more »
Ashcroft’s son enters politics for first time
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Another Ashcroft has entered politics in Missouri. John Ashcroft was a two-term governor, a senator and U.S. attorney general under President George W. Bush. Now, his… Read more »
US given heads up about newspaper data destruction
By JACK GILLUM (WASHINGTON, AP) — The Obama administration knew in advance that the British government would oversee destruction of a newspaper’s hard drives containing leaked National Security Agency documents… Read more »
Recreational use halted on river at St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Coast Guard has closed down a stretch of the Mississippi River near St. Louis to recreational boats because of the waterway’s high levels. The shutdown… Read more »
Man sentenced for vandalizing prosecutor’s home
(WEST PLAINS, Mo., AP) — A south-central Missouri man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for vandalizing the home of a county prosecutor and briefly stealing two vehicles…. Read more »
Missouri enacts law requiring meningitis vaccine
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Students living in campus housing at Missouri’s public universities will be required to get vaccinated against bacterial meningitis beginning next year. Legislation signed by Gov…. Read more »