By BRANDON PEDERSEN (JOHNSON COUNTY, Mo., digitalBURG) – A police officer is conducting a felony traffic stop on a vehicle with two occupants along U.S. 50 in Warrensburg. The officer… Read more »
Author: Muleskinner Staff
2012 another record-setter, fits climate forecasts
By SETH BORENSTEIN (WASHINGTON, AP) — As 2012 began, winter in the U.S. went AWOL. Spring and summer arrived early with wildfires, blistering heat and drought. And fall hit the… Read more »
Boehner on averting fiscal cliff: ‘God only knows’
(WASHINGTON, AP) — House Speaker John Boehner says he’s still open to talks with President Barack Obama on avoiding the double economic hit of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts… Read more »
Mo. population growth rate lags behind nation
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Missouri’s rate of population growth is lagging behind most of the rest of the country. New figures from the U.S. Census Bureau estimate that Missouri… Read more »
University of Missouri sued by camera operator
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A Kansas City cameraman is suing the University of Missouri after he fell off a platform while he was videotaping a basketball game at Mizzou arena…. Read more »
Kirkwood changes discrimination law
(KIRKWOOD, Mo., AP) — Another Missouri town has amended its anti-discrimination ordinance to include prohibitions against discrimination for sexual orientation and gender identity. The Kirkwood City Council voted unanimously for… Read more »
KC man guilty of killing man who was apologizing
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A 32-year-old Kansas City man was convicted of killing a childhood friend who was trying to apologize to him. Curtis Bradley will be sentenced Feb…. Read more »
Country singer Tate Stevens wins Fox’s ‘X Factor’
(NEW YORK, AP) — Missouri native Tate Stevens, who was mentored by music exec L.A. Reid on the second season of “The X Factor,” has won the Fox singing competition…. Read more »
FBI: 1 of 2 escaped Chicago inmates arrested
(CHICAGO, AP) — One of the two bank robbers who made a daring escape from a high-rise federal jail in Chicago was arrested after a dayslong manhunt, an FBI spokeswoman… Read more »
“Sandy Claus” delivers toys to storm-stricken kids
By MEGHAN BARR (NEW YORK, AP) — From his toy-cluttered Brooklyn apartment, the man in the red suit was making his list and checking it twice. But he made no… Read more »