By BRIDGET MURPHY (BROOKLINE, Mass., AP) — There’s a new mystery on Dennis Lehane’s mind, and the best-selling author is offering a special reward: Find his lost dog and get… Read more »
Category: Features
Sheltered workshop offers glass recycling
By ALEXANDRA LAMBDIN (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The Johnson County Sheltered Workshop recycling center is now accepting glass. Sheltered workshop staff tried for some time to find a safe way… Read more »
World War I commission set up in KC
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City’s National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial will be home to a new national commission under legislation approved by Congress. The 12-member… Read more »
42 years, 1 chair for SE Missouri barber
(DEXTER, Mo., AP) — Stop in for a haircut at Charlie Parrish’s barbershop in Dexter and you’ll sit in the same barber’s chair he installed during the Nixon administration. Parrish… Read more »
McCartney, ‘God particle’ scientist get honors
By RAPHAEL SATTER (LONDON, AP) — Stella McCartney, who designed the uniforms worn by Britain’s record-smashing Olympic team, and Scottish physicist Peter Higgs, who gave his name to the so-called… Read more »
Creating some tattoo culture downtown
By MITCHELL BROWN (WARRENSBURG, Mo, digitalBURG) – There’s a new social club downtown, the Dublin Social Club, but don’t expect to find pints of Guinness or lectures on Celtic history…. Read more »
New Civil War exhibits open in Sedalia
(SEDALIA, Mo., AP) — Two new exhibits in Sedalia explore the divided loyalties of the city and Missouri in the Civil War. The Sedalia Democrat (http://bit.ly/W3zkJf) reports the exhibits opened… Read more »
More meth labs showing up in cities, suburbs
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Methamphetamine lab seizures are on the rise in the nation’s cities and suburbs, raising new concerns about a lethal drug that has long… Read more »
Leukemia patient gets a super Christmas surprise
By LEE HILL KAVANAUGH, The Kansas City Star (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — No doubt, the security guards at Children’s Mercy Hospital have seen a lot of strange things. But… Read more »
Phone lines ready for NORAD Tracks Santa
(PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo., AP) — Volunteers are pulling on their Santa hats, phone lines are in place and wall-size tracking screens are ready. NORAD Tracks Santa is primed… Read more »