(BUTLER, Mo., AP) — Black soldiers who fought an important Civil War battle will be formally honored Saturday when the state dedicates a new park south of Kansas City in… Read more »
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West side bulk trash pickup Oct. 29
Bulk trash, brush and limb pickup for Warrensburg residents living west of Maguire Street will begin Monday, Oct. 29. Pickup for the east side of Maguire Street started Monday, Oct…. Read more »
Court revives discrimination lawsuit against MU
(COLUMBIA, Mo., AP) — A Missouri appeals court has revived a former professor’s gender discrimination lawsuit against the University of Missouri. The Western District Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that… Read more »
1 dead, 1 critically hurt in plane crash into lake
(MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo., AP) — The pilot of a small plane is dead and his wife critically injured after the aircraft crashed into a St. Louis County lake. The pilot… Read more »
Gunman wounds 1 person in chapel of Ga. megachurch
(COLLEGE PARK, Ga., AP) — Police say one person was critically wounded when a gunman opened fire inside the chapel of a Georgia megachurch just south of Atlanta. Fulton County… Read more »
Akin repeatedly arrested at 1985 abortion protests
(ST LOUIS, AP) — Missouri Senate candidate Todd Akin was repeatedly arrested during anti-abortion protests in the 1980s, including at least once when police had to carry him away, a… Read more »
University defended over allowing Nafis as student
(CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., AP) — Southeast Missouri State University officials say the university did nothing wrong in allowing Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis be a student there last spring. Nafis… Read more »

Fire chief earns Patriot Award, council hears flood map criticism
By MICHAEL FREEMAN (WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) – Mayor Don Butterfield and the City Council recognized Warrensburg Fire Chief Phil Johnston Monday night for receiving the Patriot Award. The U.S. Department… Read more »
Debate impressions: A reversal in body language?
By JOCELYN NOVECK (NEW YORK, AP) — Big Bird, binders and … bayonets! Well, at last we know the three Twitter memes of the debate season — and they all… Read more »
Legislative panel on higher ed funding convenes at UCM
(WARRENSBURG, Mo., AP) — A panel of state lawmakers holds a hearing at the University of Central Missouri this week on creation of a funding formula for higher education institutions…. Read more »