(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The IRS recently awarded the Tax Counseling for the Elderly grant to Care Connection for Aging Services to provide tax counseling and preparation. People 65 and over… Read more »

By RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI SUMNER, Texas (AP) — Oil has long lived in harmony with farmland and cattle across the Texas landscape, a symbiosis nurtured by generations and built on an… Read more »

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. builders started construction on single-family homes and apartments in September at the fastest pace since July 2008, a further indication that the housing… Read more »

(LINCOLN, Neb., AP) — Pinnacle Bank has announced a deal to buy Hastings State Bank. Terms of the deal announced Wednesday were not disclosed. The deal is expected to be… Read more »

By JIM SUHR (ST. LOUIS, AP) — The nation’s worst drought in decades showed no signs of improvement last week in parts of the Midwest and Plains where the corn… Read more »

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bayer CropScience has been fined nearly $14,000 to settle violations for distributing misbranded pesticides and insecticides. The Environmental Protection Agency says the Kansas City-based company… Read more »

(Warrensburg, Mo.) – Five mammograms were recently donated to benefit clients at the Survival Adult Abuse Center in honor of October’s observance as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Western Missouri Medical… Read more »

The Greater Warrensburg Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Center is hosting a ribbon-cutting ceremony is scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday to celebrate the new location for Plum Eclectic at… Read more »

By JEANNIE NUSS (LITTLE ROCK, Ark., AP) — The president of the Humane Society of the United States said Tuesday that he’s seeking a spot on Tyson Foods Inc.’s board… Read more »

By DIANE TOROIAN KEAGGY, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Fifteen years ago, City Museum debuted to big crowds dazzled by its magical mishmash of architectural relics, pop culture… Read more »