9+ hour, 26+ min ago  (163+ words) After taking a year off from coaching girls basketball, Ryan Rost is returning to the sport next season to lead the Capital City Lady Cavaliers. Rost last coached the Linn Lady Wildcats and led the girls basketball program for three…...

4+ hour, 52+ min ago  (96+ words) Severe thunderstorms threatened tornadoes throughout Mid-Missouri on Friday evening, though preliminary reports show limited damage and no fatalities locally. No injuries, limited property damage reported after Friday night tornado scare Severe thunderstorms threatened tornadoes throughout Mid-Missouri on Friday evening, though…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (70+ words) The former Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City earned the designation "the bloodiest 47 acres in America" and has long carried the greatest notoriety among the region's prisons. But Algoa. .. Missouri Pacific Railroad connections to Texas influence naming of bygone community,…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1688+ words) Kansas City leaders are bidding to retain the Royals at a new downtown stadium two years after Jackson County voters overwhelmingly rejected a sales-tax-funded ballpark in the Crossroads. Not surprisingly, a familiar fight about taxpayer-subsidized stadiums has roared back to…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (242+ words) The Cole County Office of Emergency Management is preparing for the threat of severe weather this afternoon and evening, the office told the News Tribune Friday morning. The National Weather Service predicts potentially severe thunderstorms to roll into the Jefferson…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (318+ words) After discussing his coaching future with family, Bill Self announced Wednesday he will return as Kansas men's basketball coach for the 2026-27 season. Self, 63, indicated he still has the desire to coach the Jayhawks to the highest level possible. "Jayhawk Nation,…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (461+ words) Jonathan India belted his fifth career grand slam and Kyle Isbel also went deep among his four hits, lifting the host Kansas City Royals to a 13-9 victory Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City. Maikel…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (123+ words) Severe weather prompted the National Weather Service to issue tornado warnings across Mid-Missouri as storms moved through. Tornado Warnings issued as storms move through Mid-Missouri Severe weather prompted the National Weather Service to issue tornado warnings across Mid-Missouri as storms…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (409+ words) A Missouri Senate committee debated two bills Monday, one that would create a statewide alert system and another focused on children's safety in school zones. The Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure and Public Safety voted unanimously to pass legislation that…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago  (431+ words) The Missouri Senate peeled back its plans to establish broad state oversight of the Missouri State High School Activities Association, passing a less expansive bill Monday that would create a secondary appellate body for the association's athletes. State Sen. Jason…...