(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A renegade Republican has teamed up with minority party Democrats to deliver the first affirmative vote of the year for a plan to expand Medicaid… Read more »
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Alligator handler pleads guilty to animal charges
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A mid-Missouri alligator handler has pleaded guilty to seven counts of keeping dangerous animals without proper registration. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/1iHtnlp) 70-year-old Kenneth R…. Read more »
Twister struck Kansas town minute after warning
(BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan., AP) — A National Weather Service meteorologist says the tornado that destroyed more than 100 homes and businesses and hurt 25 people in Baxter Springs, Kan., dropped… Read more »
Arkansans rush for cover against twister; 14 die
By ANDREW DeMILLO and JIM SALTER (VILONIA, Ark., AP) — The sky turned black as the funnel cloud closed in, and Maggie Caro rushed with her husband and two children to… Read more »
Ohio to increase lethal injection drug dosage
(COLUMBUS, Ohio, AP) — Ohio is increasing the dosage of the lethal injection drugs used to put condemned inmates to death. The state said Monday it is boosting the amount… Read more »
Tornadoes kill 16 in Arkansas, 1 in Oklahoma
By ANDREW DeMILLO and CHRISTINA HUYNH (VILONIA, Ark., AP) — Three years after a tornado devastated the Little Rock suburb of Vilonia, its residents found themselves huddling in the dark early… Read more »
Missouri considers dumping new education standards
By JORDAN SHAPIRO (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri could become the second state to drop new education benchmarks if lawmakers approve legislation to require the state to start the… Read more »
Robotics students descend on St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Thousands of students from around the world are again descending on St. Louis for a championship robotics competition. The U.S. FIRST event returns to the Edward… Read more »
Missouri looks to revive journalism drones
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The University of Missouri journalism school has modified its classroom use of aerial drones as a legal challenge to the FAA ban on commercial use of… Read more »
Wyoming gas explosion prompts evacuation of town
(OPAL, Wyo., AP) — Residents and emergency crews were waiting for a fire to burn itself out after an explosion at a natural gas processing plant in a small town… Read more »