By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Gun rights advocates are rallying at the Missouri Capitol in advance of a legislative vote on whether to override a veto of a… Read more »
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Council approves budget, discusses sewer rates
By CHASTITY RICHARDSON (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The City Council adopted an $18 million budget Monday that will eliminate deficit spending. City Manager Paula Hertwig-Hopkins said city officials used specific… Read more »
Report: Hunger on the rise in Missouri
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A report from the University of Missouri says the number of people worrying about not having enough food is on the rise. The university’s latest Missouri… Read more »
Mo. lawmakers vow veto showdown with governor
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Income tax cuts? No. Nullification of federal gun-control laws? No. New hurdles for public employee unions? No. Again and again, Democratic… Read more »
Men dressed as Batman, Capt. America rescue cat
(MILTON, W.Va., AP) — Who says superheroes aren’t real? When a West Virginia home caught fire, trapping a kitten inside, it was Batman and Captain America who came to the… Read more »
President Obama signs Mo. disaster declaration
(WASHINGTON, AP) — President Barack Obama has signed a major disaster declaration for 18 Missouri counties hit hard by last month’s floods. The floods that resulted from nearly two weeks… Read more »
Study: Adults not the only ones trying e-cigarettes
MIKE STOBBE (ATLANTA, Ga. AP) — Children — like adults — are increasingly trying electronic cigarettes, according to the first large national study to gauge use by middle and high… Read more »
After years of decline, US births back on the rise?
By MIKE STOBBE (ATLANTA, Ga., AP) — After falling four years in a row, U.S. births may finally be leveling off. The number of babies born last year — a… Read more »
Mo. teacher accused of threat faces drug charges
(MARYVILLE, Mo., AP) — An instructor at Northwest Missouri State University who was arrested after allegedly writing on Facebook that he might climb to the campus bell tower with weapons… Read more »
Fed official promotes $20M KC streetcar grant
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx is touting a $20 million federal grant to help build a two-mile streetcar route through downtown Kansas City. Foxx made… Read more »