Second trial date set in Whitworth homicide
A trial date is set for the second defendant in the shooting death of Warrensburg bar owner William “Blaine” Whitworth. Ziyad T. Abid, charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal…
Science: Using 3D worlds to visualize data
By CARLA K. JOHNSON (CHICAGO, Ill., AP) – Take a walk through a human brain? Fly over the surface of Mars? Computer scientists at the University of Illinois at Chicago…
Details emerge on Calif. shooting rampage; 4 dead
By GILLIAN FLACCUS (TUSTIN, Calif., AP) – The early morning commute was just getting under way on suburban Orange County’s network of freeways when Melvin Lee Edwards pulled up to…
Residents warned to abide Emergency Snow Ordinance
(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The National Weather Service is currently forecasting a winter weather event that will begin early Thursday morning, Feb. 21, with snow, sleet and freezing rain expected. The City…
Body found in rubble of exploded KC restaurant
By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) – Search crews at the site of a massive explosion that destroyed a popular Kansas City, Mo., restaurant have found the remains of…
Free T-shirts to honor fans at Tiger Spirit Night
The Warrensburg Booster Club and the Warrensburg High School athletic department will sponsor Tiger Spirit Night by giving away cardinal-colored, Tiger logoed T-shirts to the first 1,000 fans who attend…
Mo. regulators investigating KC gas explosion
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri top utility regulator says a fiery explosion at a Kansas City restaurant appears to have occurred after a pipeline was damaged — not because…
Crews search Kansas City rubble for missing woman
By DANA FIELDS and MARIA SUDEKUM (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — With a massive storm bearing down on the city, fire and rescue crews searched Wednesday for the lone person…