(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Animal Health Corridor that stretches 300 miles in Kansas and Missouri has attracted more than 300 companies in 10 years to do research and… Read more »
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Dilapidated, toxic carburetor plant coming down in St. Louis
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Demolition at the dilapidated and toxic Carter Carburetor plant in north St. Louis is finally beginning, under the watchful eye of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency…. Read more »
Fogle to plead guilty to sex acts with minors, child porn
By RICK CALLAHAN (INDIANAPOLIS, AP) — Longtime Subway pitchman Jared Fogle agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to allegations that he paid for sex acts with minors and received child pornography… Read more »
Lobster population is shifting north; ocean warming blamed
By PATRICK WHITTLE (PORTLAND, Maine, AP) — The lobster population has crashed to the lowest levels on record in southern New England while climbing to heights never before seen in… Read more »
NBC officially fires Trump from ‘Celebrity Apprentice’
(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., AP) — NBC entertainment chairman, Bob Greenblatt, had two words Thursday on whether Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump would ever return as host of “The Celebrity Apprentice:”… Read more »

Art that counts at KC Comic Con
By STEVEN SPEARS News Editor (KANSAS CITY, Mo., digitalBURG) — At 7 years old, Brandi Miller was already a working artist. As many do when first breaking into the business,… Read more »

University’s new mixed-use facility opens
UCM President Chuck Ambrose addresses a crowd that gathered Wednesday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Crossing – South at Holden. The Warrensburg Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with UCM,… Read more »
Black & Veatch plans worldwide celebration of anniversary
(OVERLAND PARK, Kan., AP) — Black & Veatch, a global engineering, consulting and construction company based in Overland Park, Kansas, is planning a celebration of its 100th anniversary that will… Read more »
Historic Mississippi River showboat heads to scrap heap
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A grounded Mississippi River showboat that has sat idle as preservationists attempted to save it from the scrap heap appears to have taken its last voyage…. Read more »
StoryCorps turning Thanksgiving into an oral history holiday
By DAVID DISHNEAU (Associated Press) — As students head back to school, here comes a big homework assignment: StoryCorps wants tens of thousands of teenagers across America to interview a… Read more »