By DANA FIELDS (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Former Democratic Rep. Ike Skelton, who built a reputation as a military expert and social conservative during 34 years representing western and central… Read more »
Category: Features

A look back at UCM’s homecoming events
Photos by ANDREW MATHER Warrensburg was busy with events last week as UCM celebrated homecoming. The annual Donation Creation event took place on Tuesday, Oct. 22 outside the Student Union…. Read more »
UCM prof. sets knitting record in KC Marathon
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A University of Central Missouri graphic design professor has knitted his way into the record books while running the Kansas City Marathon. The Kansas City… Read more »

Festival of Champions marches into Warrensburg
Photos by ANDREW MATHER Performers from 31 high school teams traveled to UCM on Saturday, Oct. 19, for the annual Festival of Champions. The Marching Mules also gave a special… Read more »
3 Americans win economics Nobel Prize
By KARL RITTER and MALIN RISING (STOCKHOLM, AP) — Three Americans won the Nobel prize for economics on Monday for developing methods to study trends in stock, bond and house… Read more »
Blues museum will call St. Louis home
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Die-hard music lovers, casual fans and globe-trotting tourists readily embrace Chicago as the home of the blues, spurred in large part by… Read more »
Mo. governor halts execution
By JIM SALTER (ST. LOUIS, AP) — Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday halted what was to have been the first U.S. execution to use the popular anesthetic propofol, following… Read more »
Hope, skepticism linger about parks reopening
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and MATTHEW DALY (TUSAYAN, Ariz., AP) — The Obama administration’s willingness to allow states to reopen national parks shuttered by the partial government shutdown comes with one big… Read more »

Warrensburg protestors voice discontent with shutdown
By STEVE GANEY (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — A group of protestors voiced their discontent with the government shutdown in Warrensburg yesterday. The group of five, affiliated with the Johnson County… Read more »

Airmen return to Whiteman after deployment
Airmen from the 442nd Security Forces Squadron returned home to Whiteman Air Force Base on Sept. 27 after a six-month-long deployment to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, where their primary mission… Read more »