By STEVE PEOPLES (BOSTON, AP) — The Republican National Committee, responding to plans by two television networks for programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton, approved a resolution Friday to block CNN… Read more »
Category: Features
Deterioration threatens historic Lexington
By MARA ROSE WILLIAMS The Kansas City Star (LEXINGTON, Mo., AP) — Roger Slusher walked through a vacant 1850s house in this river town, mesmerized by the history he suspected… Read more »
Digital era threatens tenuous future of drive-ins
By MITCH STACY (LANCASTER, Ohio, AP) — Through 80 summers, drive-in theaters have managed to remain a part of the American fabric, surviving technological advances and changing tastes that put… Read more »

Nixon vows to keep HB 253 veto during Warrensburg visit
By MELISSA CONGER (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Gov. Jay Nixon was greeted by a standing ovation entering the Warrensburg Senior Center Tuesday afternoon. The building was filled with senior citizens… Read more »

Rodeo clown says he intended ‘no disrespect’
(Editor’s note: This updated story clarifies the involvement of Tuffy Gessling and his fellow rodeo clown in the incident). By ANDY LYONS (digitalBURG) — News outlets the world over focused… Read more »
Fair clown draws criticism for Obama mask
By MARIA SUDEKUM (SEDALIA, Mo., AP) — A clown wearing a President Barack Obama mask appeared at a Missouri State Fair rodeo this weekend and the announcer asked the enthusiastic… Read more »
Civil War exhibit features Border War artifacts
By ANDRA BRYAN STEFANONI Joplin Globe (FRANKLIN, Kan., AP) — As a 10-year-old while growing up in Franklin, Joe Maghe read a book that changed his life. “It was a… Read more »

Slideshow: State Fair parade
(Photos by ANDREW MATHER, digitalBURG) (SEDALIA, Mo.) – The 2013 Missouri State Fair kicked things off Thursday with the annual Opening Day Parade. The 65-entry procession was led by the… Read more »

Slideshow: The Missouri State Fair
Photos by ANDREW MATHER, digitalBURG
Bluegrass festival returns to State Fair
(SEDALIA, Mo.) –The third annual Show-Me Bluegrass Festival returns to the Missouri State Fair Wednesday, Aug. 14. Fair Director Mark Wolfe announced today that the day of music will feature… Read more »