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…
Budget surpluses spur tension in GOP states
By DAVID A. LIEB (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) – Turns out that cutting was the easy part. Now Republicans who control a majority of the state capitols in the United States face a far greater philosophical dilemma – what to do with all the money in places…
Project aims to track big city carbon footprints
By ALICIA CHANG (LOS ANGELES, AP) – Every time Los Angeles exhales, odd-looking gadgets anchored in the mountains above the city trace the invisible puffs of carbon dioxide, methane and other greenhouse gases that waft skyward. Halfway around the globe, similar contraptions atop the Eiffel Tower and…
Mules in 17th place after day 1 at NCAA golf championships
(HERSHEY, Pa.) — The Central Missouri Mules golf team sits in 17th place after firing a 307 on the first day…
Royals can’t hold lead again in 4-3 loss to A’s
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN (OAKLAND, Calif., AP) — David Lough’s indecision cost the Kansas City Royals. The Royals’ center fielder hesitated momentarily…
Mules Baseball ends season with 4-1 loss to Southern Arkansas
(MANKATO, Minn.) – The season closed Saturday for the 12th-ranked Central Missouri Mules following a 4-1 loss to Southern Arkansas at…
Adam Rosales’ go-ahead homer lifts A’s past Royals
By JANIE McCAULEY (OAKLAND, Calif., AP) — James Shields pitched great against the Oakland Athletics again. This time, he had nothing…
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