(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) — The Blackbox Theatre is back in action, opening the season with three one-act plays directed, designed and performed by University of Central Missouri students. The one-acts performed… Read more »

(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a racketeering and defamation suit filed by a Kansas City entertainment district against a law firm and two attorneys. Cordish… Read more »

By NEDRA PICKLER (WASHINGTON, AP) — A century and a half after his valiant death in the Battle of Gettysburg, a Union Army officer is being awarded the nation’s highest… Read more »

By JULIE PACE (WASHINGTON, AP) — The U.S. has begun surveillance flights over Syria after President Barack Obama gave the OK, U.S. officials said, a move that could pave the… Read more »

By SARA BURNETT and JIM SUHR (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Hundreds of people lined up in sweltering heat Monday to say goodbye to Michael Brown, the 18-year-old shot and killed earlier… Read more »

By LEAH WANKUM Managing Editor (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Selmo Park, the longtime home to University of Central Missouri presidents, will be demolished. The UCM board of governors decided Thursday… Read more »

By BRETT ZONGKER (WASHINGTON, AP) — Hundreds of photographs, papers and historical objects documenting the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are being added to the Smithsonian Institution’s… Read more »