(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Kansas City children’s hospital says it plans to ban soda and sugar-filled juices from its vending machines, the cafeteria and gift shop. Officials at… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A former Federal Trade Commission chairman heads the lineup of a weekend University of Missouri summit on textile and apparel production. The 2012 Textile Products Labeling… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Drugmaker Merck & Co. Inc. could pay up to $220 million in the settlement of a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Missouri consumers of… Read more »

(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Agricultural company Archer Daniels Midland has donated $1 million for a new lab at the University of Missouri’s flagship campus. The ADM Center for Agricultural Development… Read more »

(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — Missouri is offering incentives for an Arkansas storage business to open a facility in Joplin. Gov. Jay Nixon’s administration says Don’s Cold Storage could receive more… Read more »

By JIM SUHR (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The worst U.S. drought in decades is showing little signs of easing as farmers close out their corn harvests and pivot toward growing… Read more »

(MOBERLY, Mo., AP) — The northern Missouri artificial sweetener plant project that turned sour when its financing collapsed last year is holding an out-of-business sale. Mamtek U.S. received $39 million… Read more »

(MOBERLY, Mo., AP) — The former CEO of a proposed sweetener facility is expected to make his first court appearance in Missouri today on charges alleging he spent bond money… Read more »

(OMAHA, Neb., AP) — An index of economic conditions in 10 Midwest and Western states jumped this month after three months of drought-induced doldrums. According to a report released Thursday,… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Kansas City woman who says she drank a soft drink laced with laxative is suing over what was supposed to be a prank. Barbara… Read more »