By DAVID EGGERT (LANSING, Mich., AP) — Republicans in the Midwest would like you to know something about the government shutdown that closed the national parks and put 800,000 workers… Read more »
Category: News
Official: Woman killed in DC chase was delusional
By ERIC TUCKER and JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN (STAMFORD, Conn., AP) — A woman who was shot to death outside the U.S. Capitol after trying to ram her car through a White House… Read more »
Clinton: Shutdown shows ‘scorched earth’ politics
By KEN THOMAS (CLINTON, N.Y., AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday derided the partial government shutdown, saying dysfunction and gridlock are emblematic of too many people in politics choosing… Read more »
Officer involved in April shooting returns to duty, details still unknown
(WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — The police officer who shot and killed a Warrensburg man during a narcotics raid on his home in April was cleared and has returned to work…. Read more »
Warrensburg residents charged in assault, carjacking
By LEAH WANKUM (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Two Warrensburg residents were each charged with three felonies Sept. 26 following an alleged carjacking. Anthony M. Lockhart, 25, and Melissa N. Via, 28,… Read more »
Internet for low-income families in KC area
By MIKE HENDRICKS (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — When you’re living off disability checks and buying groceries with food stamps, there’s not much room in the budget for even the… Read more »
Mo. high court asked to rule in KC light rail case
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — An attorney for a Virginia resident pushing for light rail in Kansas City has asked the Missouri Supreme Court to force the city to place… Read more »
Aide who left gun in Mo. Capitol bathroom resigns
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — An aide to Missouri House Speaker Tim Jones has resigned after leaving a loaded handgun in a state Capitol bathroom last month…. Read more »
Mo. senator to Nixon: Consider gas chamber
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — A Missouri state senator is calling on Gov. Jay Nixon to consider budgeting money for a gas chamber, citing concerns about the state’s… Read more »
Shutdown jeopardizes nutrition program for poor
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM (ALLENTOWN, Pa., AP) — Jacob Quick is a fat and happy 4-month-old with a big and expensive appetite. Like millions of other poor women, Jacob’s mother relies… Read more »