By DYLAN LOVAN and KRISTIN M. HALL (LOUISVILLE, Ky., AP) — In axing a dozen combat brigades in the face of steep spending cuts and the wind-down of two wars,… Read more »
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States promise quick action on election laws
By BILL BARROW (ATLANTA, AP) — Across the South, Republicans are working to take advantage of a new political landscape after a divided U.S. Supreme Court freed all or part… Read more »
Dry weather helps Mo. farmers catch up on planting
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A week with plenty of dry weather helped Missouri farmers catch up on their planting, most of which is at least three weeks behind last year’s… Read more »
Mo. House creates special agriculture panel
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A new Missouri House committee will look into issues affecting dairy farmers and rivers. House Speaker Tim Jones says he created the interim agricultural panel… Read more »
Body found in Missouri River was Kansas man
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A medical examiner has identified a body found over the weekend in the Missouri River near Kansas City as 20-year-old Cody M. Siwek of Overland… Read more »
1 dead, 3 hurt in Kansas City shooting
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City police say one person was killed and three were injured in a shooting at an apartment complex. Witnesses told police people in separate… Read more »
Inside the Supreme Court’s affirmative action case
By JUSTIN POPE The Supreme Court’s ruling on the use of racial preferences in college admissions left many questions unanswered: Is the University of Texas’ admissions policy that uses race… Read more »
Prosecutors want to admit calls in Zimmerman trial
By KYLE HIGHTOWER and MIKE SCHNEIDER (SANFORD, Fla., AP) — As a neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman called police close to 50 times over an eight-year-period to report such things… Read more »
Hospital auxiliary awards scholarships
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The Western Missouri Medical Center Auxiliary board recently awarded $500 scholarships to 10 students, according to a news release. The scholarships total $5,000, which is a $1,500… Read more »
2 Mo. women charged in antifreeze poisoning deaths
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri woman and her daughter confessed to fatally poisoning two relatives with antifreeze and attempting to kill a third over a… Read more »