Warrensburg outlasts Seneca in sectional battle
By ALEX AGUEROS (SENECA, Mo., digitalBURG) – Warrensburg, down to their final two outs Wednesday against the hosting Seneca Indians, leaned on their seniors in the heart of the lineup to keep their season alive. Down 5-3 in the seventh inning, seniors Brett Marr, Nico Codemo, Jared…
First class of Kauffman Scholars graduates
By JOE ROBERTSON (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The middle of Cristina Ortiz’s sophomore year, it hit her. Despair? Or maybe fear? Certainly a crisis of confidence. I can’t be an engineer. “I reached a point where I stopped believing in myself,” she said. Many other students…
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 elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 51 people were killed, including…
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 R. Michael Wagner and attorneys for Ziyad T. Abid, who faces first-degree murder and armed criminal action…
Anniversary of Civil War massacre marked
(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — It’s been 150 years since Confederate guerrillas ambushed a black regiment at a Civil War battle site a few miles north of Joplin. And dozens of people turned out over the weekend to mark the anniversary. Along with re-enactors, a Missouri Southern State…
A Native American tale with international pedigree
By JAKE COYLE (CANNES, France, AP) — It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale “Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian” to the big screen. The film, an English language one from French director Arnaud Desplechin,…
$1 million in jewelry stolen near film fest
By JAMEY KEATEN (PARIS, AP) — Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with around $1 million worth of jewelry, in a brazen late-night burglary just hours after the screening of a film about break-ins…
Marshall Jazz festival features native son
By CARLOS RESTREPO The Marshall Democrat-News (MARSHALL, Mo., AP) — Marshall-born jazz musician Bob James has been busy since he last came to town a year ago for the second annual Jazz Festival that bears his name. “It’s been a lot of touring,” James said, explaining most…
Mules Golf finishes 15th at NCAA Championships
(HERSHEY, Pa.) – The Central Missouri Mules Golf team shot a final round 311 and finished in a tie for 15th…
Chiefs sign 2 safeties, release 2 defensive backs
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have signed free agent safeties Quintin Demps and Malcolm Bronson and released…
West named to Academic All-America first team
(TOWSON, Md.) – University of Central Missouri Jennies softball junior outfielder Medora West was named to the Academic All-America first team Wednesday morning. West…
A dozen Central track and field athletes gear up for national meet
By JASON STRICKLAND (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Ten individuals and a 4×400 meter relay team will compete in the NCAA-II Outdoor…
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