By JOHN ROGERS (LOS ANGELES, AP) — During the last years of his life, Ansel Adams pored over the tens of thousands of negatives he’d carefully stored since his teens,… Read more »

By ASHLEY JOST Columbia Daily Tribune (COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — Shelly Romero is plotting the best way to kill her boyfriend. Right now, she’s leaning toward using air to cause… Read more »

By SABRA HOEPPNER (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — The James C. Kirkpatrick Library will host its 46th annual Children’s Literature Festival March 16-18 at the University of Central Missouri. The three-day… Read more »

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER ST. LOUIS (AP) — Protests by some local musicians worried that an out-of-town promoter will run roughshod over the city’s rich musical and cultural heritage aren’t… Read more »

(WARRENSBURG, Mo.) – The University of  Central Missouri’s Performing Art Series recently announced that the PBS KIDS television show, “Sid the Science Kid,” is coming to Warrensburg as Jim Henson’s “Sid… Read more »

By BILL DRAPER (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — For much of the past three decades, pit bulls have been widely regarded as America’s most dangerous dog — the favorite breed… Read more »

(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — The artwork of a southwest Missouri man who spent most of his life in a mental hospital is returning to Springfield, where decades ago it was… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A 28-foot-long mural that graced St. Louis Union Station starting in the 1940s was thought to be lost. It turns out it was just hiding. The… Read more »

(ST. LOUIS, AP) — St. Louis may soon host big-time music festivals on both the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends. An aldermanic committee on Thursday will consider a bill… Read more »

By JASON STRAZIUSO and TOM ODULA (NAIROBI, Kenya, AP) — “You are the pride of Africa,” Kenya’s president exclaimed on Twitter as he celebrated Kenya’s first major Oscar win by actress… Read more »