(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Xavier Nady and the Kansas City Royals have agreed to a minor league contract. The 34-year-old outfielder is a .270 career hitter with 101 home… Read more »
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Mo. deputy killed while responding to 911 call
(MINERAL POINT, Mo., AP) — Dozens of law enforcement officers were searching a heavily wooded area in eastern Missouri on Saturday for a 30-year-old man suspected of shooting and killing… Read more »
How to talk to your kids about Conn. mass shooting
By MICHELLE R. SMITH, AP The killings at a Connecticut elementary school left parents struggling to figure out what, if anything, to tell their children. President Barack Obama said he… Read more »
As Conn. story unfolds, media struggle with facts
By FRAZIER MOORE (NEW YORK, AP) — The scope and senselessness of the Newtown, Conn., school shooting challenged television journalists’ ability to do much more than lend, or impose, their… Read more »
Mary Elizabeth Webb
Mary Elizabeth Webb, 24, of Holden, Mo., died Wednesday, Dec. 12 in an automobile accident two miles west of Holden on state Route 58. The family will receive friends from… Read more »
Homelessness: The person behind the label
By KRISTIN GALLAGHER (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) Part Three: Jon Wetzel – Growing up Editor’s Note: This is the third story in a six-part series that offers a glimpse into the… Read more »
27 dead, including gunman, at Conn. school
By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN (NEWTOWN, Conn., AP) — A man opened fire inside the Connecticut elementary school where his mother worked Friday, killing 26 people, including 18 children, and forcing students… Read more »
Mo. eminent domain critics seek ballot measures
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — Supporters of Missouri proposals to reform laws on the use eminent domain can begin working to get their measures on the 2014 state ballot. The… Read more »
Election to replace Emerson to cost about $1 M
(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — Electing a replacement for retiring Missouri U.S. Rep. Jo Ann Emerson won’t come cheap. Weeks after winning re-election to a 10th term, the Cape Girardeau… Read more »
Tolkien class at Wis. university proves popular
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER (MILWAUKEE, AP) — The vast collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts initially sold senior Joe Kirchoff on Marquette University, so when the school offered its first course devoted… Read more »