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• Drought takes toll on Missouri farmers’ crops, cattle August 20, 2018
  by Jim Salter, AP ST. LOUIS (AP) — Parts of Missouri are so dry that corn crops are suffering and hay for cattle is in short supply, with water becoming increasingly scarce, experts say. Missouri has had below-average rainfall since winter. The U.S. Drought Monitor map shows that nearly all of Missouri is experiencing drought, […]
  The Associated Press
• Kansas and Missouri hope to attract nearly 700 USDA jobs August 20, 2018
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas and Missouri officials hope to attract the nearly 700 well-paying USDA jobs that are being moved out of Washington D.C. The Kansas City Star reports that Kansas and Missouri hope to land the jobs for the Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture when they move […]
  The Associated Press
• Missouri school district embraces gender-neutral bathrooms August 20, 2018
  NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City-area school district that garnered national attention when a transgender student was crowned homecoming queen in 2015 has installed gender-neutral restrooms at two new elementary schools and in some existing locations. The individual bathroom stalls at Rising Hill Elementary and Northview Elementary in the North Kansas City […]
  The Associated Press
• MSHP: Woman forced into car at Houston Walmart August 19, 2018
  UPDATE: The Highway Patrol announced around 3:45 pm Sunday that the endangered person advisory for Susan Campbell has been canceled. We hope to have more information in the near future. HOUSTON, Mo. — Highway Patrol Troop G says a woman was forced into a car in Houston and is considered endangered. The Patrol says 56-year-old […]
  Ed Button
• City council to hear two proposals for Butler Park home August 19, 2018
  WEST PLAINS, Mo. — The West Plains City Council is scheduled to decide the fate of the Parkside House in Butler Children’s Park at their monthly meeting on Monday. The meeting will start at 5:30 pm at West Plains City Hall and is open to the public. Two proposals for the home will be discussed […]
  Ed Button