(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Minneapolis developer wants to turn a historic downtown Kansas City building into apartments where struggling artists could afford to live. The Municipal Art Commission… Read more »
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Catholics backing school-choice initiative in Mo.
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Entities affiliated with the Roman Catholic church have contributed more than $300,000 toward a Missouri ballot initiative that would authorize state… Read more »
Ill. man found dead at Missouri dormitory room
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — An 18-year-old man from Illinois died after being found unconscious at a residence hall on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. University police identified the… Read more »
Missouri discourages mid-year student transfers
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri education officials say it’s in the best interest of students transferring from unaccredited to accredited school districts to do so at the beginning of… Read more »
Malala Yousafzai, survivor of Taliban attack, visits US
By JAKE PEARSON (NEW YORK, AP) — A defiant 16-year-old Pakistani girl whose advocacy for education made her the target of a Taliban assassination attempt a year and a day… Read more »
Columbia delays plans for nature-centered school
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The Columbia school district will delay the opening of a proposed nature-centered school until at least 2015, district officials said. The district is considering opening a… Read more »
Cerner proposing $4.3 billion development in KC
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Cerner Corp. is proposing a $4.3 billion office complex that company officials say could bring up to 15,000 jobs to south Kansas City when it… Read more »
Sen. Blunt asks corps to halt fish habitat project
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt has added his voice to those urging the Army Corps of Engineers to halt a Missouri River project intended to create… Read more »
Mo. returning execution drug year after demand
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The Missouri Department of Corrections said Wednesday that it will return a shipment of a common anesthetic it intended to use for executions,… Read more »
Petro America founder sentenced to 30 years
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Kansas man whose Missouri-based company defrauded thousands of people out of more than $10 million has been sentenced to 30 years in prison. Isreal… Read more »