By LESTER ADAMS (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The local emergency management office is bidding farewell to one of its administrators. UCM alumnus Ryan Hall, chief deputy director of the Johnson… Read more »

By LESTER ADAMS (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – The local emergency management office is bidding farewell to one of its administrators. UCM alumnus Ryan Hall, chief deputy director of the Johnson… Read more »
It’s tax time again. Personal property and real estate taxes are due by Dec. 31, according to a news release from Johnson County Collector Ruthane Small. Office hours at the… Read more »
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Abid Ziyad cannot leave Johnson County. Instead, it should have stated he cannot be in Johnson County, except for… Read more »
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — The original tombstone of former President Thomas Jefferson has been stored for nearly 130 years at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Now the marble slab will be… Read more »
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — The Kansas City Zoo’s male polar bear might be getting a female companion. Berlin, a 23-year-old female, is living temporarily at a St. Paul, Minn.,… Read more »
(STOVER, Mo., AP) — The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office has identified an elderly couple who were found dead in their home. Officials say 82-year-old Wayne L. Wells and 71-year-old Mable… Read more »
(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — A southeast Missouri woman is expected to get shock jail time and probation after pleading guilty to dealing prescription pain pills from her day care… Read more »
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — Kansas City Chiefs officials knew that linebacker Jovan Belcher and his girlfriend were having relationship problems, and the team provided the couple with counseling in… Read more »
(KANSAS CITY, Mo., AP) — After months of dispute over its management, the new Jackson County animal shelter is scheduled to open Jan. 1. The county announced Monday that a… Read more »
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR (WASHINGTON, AP) — It’s health care brinksmanship, with hundreds of billions of dollars and the well-being of millions of people at stake. President Barack Obama’s health care… Read more »