By JANIE McCAULEY (OAKLAND, Calif., AP) — From some 1,800 miles away in Kansas City, Mo., 13-year-old Nick LeGrande threw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Yankees-Athletics game Wednesday… Read more »
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Comic book creators promote book at Hastings
By ANDY LYONS (digitalBURG) – Customers at Hastings were treated to a visit from the creators of “Dream Thief” on Saturday. The duo spent the afternoon chatting with fans and autographing… Read more »
Study: Nonprofit news sites need business help
(NEW YORK, AP) — The growing number of nonprofit news websites say they need more help from business experts than journalists. Many of the reporting sites relied on large startup… Read more »
Privacy and protection: What do we want?
By ADAM GELLER (NEW YORK, AP) — For more than a decade now, Americans have made peace with the uneasy knowledge that someone — government, business or both — might… Read more »

Downtown Days opens in Lee’s Summit
By ANDREW MATHER (LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo., digitalBURG) — The streets of downtown Lee’s Summit filled with people Friday for the opening day of the annual Downtown Days…Streets Alive! festival. The… Read more »
McCaskill blocks Air Force officer’s nomination
By DONNA CASSATA (WASHINGTON, AP) — Sen. Claire McCaskill says she’s going to continue to block the nomination of Air Force Lt. Gen. Susan Helms, tapped to serve as vice… Read more »

Hastings to host creators of ‘Dream Thief’
By ANDY LYONS (digitalBURG) – It isn’t too often that comic book artists and writers venture to Warrensburg, Mo. With events such as Planet ComicCon earlier this summer, which was… Read more »
Volunteers help rebuild central Mo. church
(CALIFORNIA, Mo., AP) — A new church is rising in central Missouri to replace a 134-year-old house of worship destroyed by fire last Thanksgiving. And much of the work in… Read more »

Café building owner awarded façade grant
(Correction: This version of the story corrects the identification of Sandy Irle as the owner of the building, not the cafe.) (WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The first downtown building owner was… Read more »