(WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — A Sedalia man was recently identified as a person of interest in the shooting death of a man from Fulton, Missouri. Thomas Noel Craig, 48, was found… Read more »
Category: Missouri News
Blue Springs teen killed in Independence ATV wreck
(INDEPENDENCE, Mo., AP) — Independence police say a 15-year-old Blue Springs boy was killed in an ATV wreck. The Kansas City Star (http://j.mp/1U2Lsex) reports that police say Zane Schafer, an… Read more »
136-year-old southern Illinois church destroyed in fire
(BROOKLYN, Ill., AP) — Fire has destroyed a 136-year-old abandoned church in the southern Illinois town of Brooklyn. More than a dozen fire departments responded when the First Corinthian Missionary… Read more »
Rural Major Case Squad investigating after man’s body found
(DUNKSBURG, Mo., AP) — The Rural Major Case Squad is investigating the death of a man whose body was found in rural northwest Missouri. Authorities say the man’s body was… Read more »
Report: Black Missouri drivers still get stopped more often
(JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., AP) — A new report shows there was a slight improvement last year in the disproportionate rate at which black drivers in Missouri were pulled over, but… Read more »
State to build new veterans home, upgrade 2 cemeteries
(SPRINGFIELD, Mo., AP) — The state of Missouri has budgeted money to begin the process of building a news veterans’ home and to upgrade two veterans’ cemeteries. Gov. Jay Nixon… Read more »
Great Plains Energy to purchase Westar Energy
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Great Plains Energy plans to buy Westar Energy, the largest utility company in Kansas. Great Plains in the parent company of KCP&L. The two companies… Read more »
Barge traffic makes a resurgence on the Missouri River
By MARGARET STAFFORD (KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Missouri River is slowly resuming its role as a transportation corridor for commodities such as grain, scrap metal and fertilizer, but… Read more »
Kansas City streetcar involved in intersection wreck
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — One of Kansas City’s new streetcars has been damaged in a wreck with a car. The Kansas City Star reports (http://j.mp/1TMPqZX) the wreck occurred Thursday… Read more »
Kansas City fire chief says changes made since 2 deaths
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City Fire Chief Paul Berardi says the fire department has implemented several of the recommendations listed in a report focusing on the deaths of… Read more »