(MENDENHALL, Miss.. AP) – Authorities say they are investigating the apparent suicide of a state legislator in Mississippi. Simpson County Sheriff Kenneth Lewis told WLOX 13 that Rep. Jessica Upshaw… Read more »
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Suit filed in blast that destroyed Mo. restaurant
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – Six employees of a popular Kansas City restaurant destroyed last month in a natural gas explosion have filed a lawsuit over the blast that killed… Read more »
Winning $338M Powerball jackpot ticket sold in NJ
(DES MOINES, Iowa, AP) – A single ticket sold in New Jersey matched all six numbers in Saturday night’s drawing for the $338.3 million Powerball jackpot, lottery officials said. It… Read more »
Phase I Emergency Snow Ordinance in effect
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The City of Warrensburg has declared that Phase I of the Emergency Snow Ordinance is in effect until 11 p.m. Sunday. March 24. Residents should avoid parking… Read more »
KC fights violent crime with carrot-stick program
By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – Despite decades of initiatives to stem violent crime, Kansas City residents continue killing each other at a rate five times higher than… Read more »
Police arrest 2 teens in Ga. baby killing
By RUSS BYNUM (BRUNSWICK, Ga., AP) – In five years, Sherry West has lost two sons to unspeakable violence. The Georgia mother was grieving from Thursday’s shooting death of her… Read more »
Punxsutawney Phil ‘indicted’ over forecast
By AMANDA LEE MYERS and MARK SCOLFORO (CINCINNATI, AP) – Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil might want to go back into hibernation. Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an “indictment” of… Read more »
MoDOT issues travel advisory ahead of winter storm
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – The Missouri Department of Transportation has issued a travel advisory for the weekend because of anticipated snowfalls of up to 3 inches per hour that… Read more »
Police search for boy suspects in Ga. baby killing
By RUSS BYNUM (BRUNSWICK, Ga., AP) – Police were combing school records and canvassing a coastal Georgia neighborhood Friday for a pair of suspects between 10 and 15 years old… Read more »
Police: Girl, 7, was asked to pepper spray workers
(UPPER DARBY, Pa., AP) – Police say a Philadelphia-area woman returned to a dollar store where she’d been banned and pepper-sprayed employees who tried to escort her out before giving… Read more »