JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Renovation work on the State Capitol building in Jefferson City begins next week. The Jefferson City News-Tribune reports the nearly $29 million project is expected to start Friday. It will involve restoration of most of the Capitol’s exterior stone work. Republican Sen. Mike Kehoe, of Jefferson City, says the project…
By TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — Students at a Florida high school where 17 of their classmates and staff members were killed returned Sunday to gather their belongings thrown down in panic during the school shooting nearly two weeks ago. Thousands of students joined their parents in walking past the three-story building at…
By: Sammy Stava              The Missouri Valley regular season came to a close on Saturday, and now it’s on to the MVC Tournament, where 10 teams will play for their postseason lives to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. There were five games played on Saturday, most notably top-seeded Loyola winning their…
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — The body of the Rev. Billy Graham has reached the library bearing his name, ending a journey which took him down North Carolina roads filled with mourners paying their final respects. The procession reached the Billy Graham Library literally four hours after it left the training center to head for Charlotte,…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities say at least two people have died as a strong storm system that included possible tornadoes pushed its way eastward through the central United States, leaving demolished homes, damaged vehicles and uprooted trees in its wake. A man in northeast Arkansas and a woman in south central Kentucky both were killed…