Spring Walk to School set for this week
Three spring Walk to School events are scheduled for this week. The City of Warrensburg is partnering with Sterling, Maple Grove and Ridgeview elementary schools for the walk. The idea is…
“Star Trek Into Darkness”
By JOSHUA LEONARD (digitalBURG) – “Star Trek Into Darkness” was by far the best “Star Trek” film ever made, and I absolutely cannot wait to go watch it again. This…
Game of Thrones picks up speed in season 3
By ANDY LYONS (digitalBURG) – The third-to-last episode of the season for the show “Game of Thrones” called “Second Sons,” focused mainly on three storylines: Daenerys in Yunkai, Gendry’s arrival…
Poplar Bluff woman accused of embezzling
(POPLAR BLUFF, Mo., AP) — A southeast Missouri bank employee is facing federal charges for allegedly embezzling nearly $400,000 from the bank. The Poplar Bluff Daily American Republic (http://bit.ly/10RIFas) reports…
Recent Missouri editorials
The Associated Press Southeast Missourian, May 19 Police cameras Improving technology has created endless fuel for the public-privacy debates of our time. We live in a surveillance society with the…
Crews dig through night after deadly twister
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and TIM TALLEY (MOORE, Okla., AP) — Search and rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an…
Hearing rescheduled for former student
By ANDY LYONS (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The trial date for one of the men charged in the killing of Warrensburg bar owner William “Blaine” Whitworth was rescheduled Monday. Judge…
2 small tornadoes confirmed in SW Missouri
(LOCKWOOD, Mo., AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed two small tornadoes in southwest Missouri early Monday. The touchdowns occurred shortly after midnight in Jasper County and neighboring Dade…
Tornado roars through Oklahoma City suburb
By TIM TALLEY MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado at least a half-mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods with winds up to 200…
Twister season starts late, but starts nonetheless
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS (TULSA, Okla., AP) — Deadly tornadoes that have raked communities in Middle America over the past week, including Monday’s massive twister that carved a path of destruction…