By CHRIS TOMLINSON (AUSTIN, Texas, AP) — When Wendy Davis walks into the coliseum where she received her high school diploma on Thursday to announce a bid to become Texas… Read more »
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Acclaimed novelist Tom Clancy dies at 66
By HILLEL ITALIE (NEW YORK, AP) — In 1985, a year after the Cold War thriller “The Hunt for Red October” came out, author Tom Clancy was invited to lunch… Read more »
Mo. high court rules for governor in budget battle
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court granted victory Tuesday to Gov. Jay Nixon in a two-year-long budget battle with State Auditor Tom Schweich,… Read more »
Missouri Supreme Court reverses in gun case
By CHRIS BLANK (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned a trial judge’s dismissal of charges against a man accused of violating the state’s prohibition… Read more »
County Commission closes road south of Holden
By CHASTITY RICHARDSON (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The Johnson County Commission voted Tuesday to close Southwest 1051 Road. The commissioners said the road, which is located south of Holden, was… Read more »
Billboards of Scout sculpture taken down in KC
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Two artist-created billboards showing a rifleman pointing at an iconic Kansas City sculpture of an American Indian on horseback have been taken down. The Kansas… Read more »
Manufacturing growth to aid Midwest economy
(OMAHA, Neb., AP) — A new survey of business leaders in nine Midwest and Plains states suggests that manufacturing growth will help fuel the regional economy through the end of… Read more »
KC superintendent delivers annual speech
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The superintendent of the Kansas City school district says the school system has grown stronger after losing its accreditation. During his annual State of the… Read more »
Wave of jellyfish shuts down Swedish nuke reactor
By GARY PEACH (SWEDEN, AP) — It wasn’t a tsunami but it had the same effect: A huge cluster of jellyfish forced one of the world’s largest nuclear reactors to… Read more »
Americans anxious, irritated as gov’t shuts down
By DEEPTI HAJELA (NEW YORK, AP) — The partial government shutdown that began Tuesday left many federal workers uncertain of their financial future, with many facing unpaid furloughs or delays… Read more »