(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — Southeast Missouri State University has started offering gender-neutral bathrooms in what gay rights leaders are hoping is the first of several changes around campus. The… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
KC public schools drops bus company over poor inspections
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City Public Schools is cutting ties with a school bus provider whose vehicles fared poorly in an inspection conducted by the Missouri State Highway… Read more »
Kansas man whose dad was killed gets death-row scholarship
(JOPLIN, Mo., AP) — A young Kansas man whose father was gunned down nearly eight years ago in a hotel parking lot is getting a tuition boost from an unusual… Read more »
Missouri man, girlfriend accused in gunfight near children
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — A Missouri man and his girlfriend are accused of endangering children during a suspected drug-related gunfight in Kansas City. Jackson County prosecutors have charged 28-year-old… Read more »
Kansas City police retools community policing efforts
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The police chief in Kansas City, Missouri, says he’s having all of his officers actively involved in the city’s communities rather than just six designated… Read more »
Live grenade found before car is towed in Kansas City
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Authorities have found a live hand grenade while preparing an illegally parked car for towing. Police said in a news release that an explosive ordinance… Read more »
St. Louis court to hear vote fraud allegation concerns
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — A St. Louis vote fraud case is going to court. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (http://bit.ly/2bwvYTC ) reports that attorneys for state Rep. Penny Hubbard on Monday… Read more »
Court told money short for Missouri death row inmate defense
(ST. LOUIS, AP) — Five legal groups are supporting a Missouri death row inmate whose execution was halted hours before it was to be carried out in 2014, saying that… Read more »
SEMO fraternity on ‘interim suspension’ after vandalism
(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — A Southeast Missouri State University fraternity is on “interim suspension” for campus vandalism. The university issued a statement Thursday stating that all Sigma Nu group… Read more »

Downtown district nominated for inclusion in National Register of Historic Places
By CASSIE SLANA Senior Writer (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Warrensburg’s Holden and Pine Streets Commercial Historic District may soon become part of the National Register of Historic Places. A nomination to add the… Read more »