(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Roman Catholics in the Kansas City area have joined a formal request to Pope Francis to discipline Bishop Robert Finn, who was convicted in 2012… Read more »
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Chart-topping Mo. nuns to release Lent album
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (GOWER, Mo., AP) — Eight times a day, a group of nuns files into a chapel in their rural northwest Missouri monastery to chant and worship. Quite… Read more »
Mammoth tusk lifted from Seattle construction pit
By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP (SEATTLE, AP) — A fossilized mammoth tusk discovered in a Seattle construction site was retrieved Friday evening from a 30-foot-deep pit to the sound of cheers… Read more »
Native American site leaves Miami in quandary
By CHRISTINE ARMARIO (MIAMI, AP) — In a vacant lot between gleaming hotels in downtown Miami, are a series of holes carved into the bedrock that form eight circles. At… Read more »
Taxpayers could get refund under Mo. Senate bill
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Any money not spent by Missouri in a fiscal year would become a tax credit for the state’s taxpayers under a measure heard by a… Read more »
Mo. Gov. Nixon won’t rule out presidential run
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon is refusing to rule out a potential campaign for president in 2016. The Democratic governor is prohibited by term limits from… Read more »
UCM wins $5K from KCP&L’s competition on sustainability
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — The University of Central Missouri won a $5,000 prize from the MOKAN Take Charge Challenge, a competition focused on energy efficiency and sustainability, according to a press release…. Read more »
Mo. House endorses propane price investigation
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri House is asking the U.S. Justice Department to investigate the high price of propane. The resolution endorsed Thursday was adopted by a voice… Read more »
KC arts leader to be nominated for NEA
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The chairman of Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts says President Obama chose wisely in selecting the center’s president to lead the National… Read more »
Company plans $30M expansion in KC with 230 jobs
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A New Jersey-based life sciences company is planning a $30 million expansion in Kansas City and the addition of 230 jobs in the next five… Read more »