HERMANN, Mo. (AP) — Police say a Missouri police officer was fatally shot and a second officer was seriously wounded in an overnight shooting that was followed by an apparent police standoff with the suspect. The Missouri Highway Patrol said Monday that Sgt. Mason Griffith with the Hermann Police Department died of his injuries at
Continue Reading By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn might be looking forward to his team’s NCAA Tournament appearance even more than his players. The Norse won their fourth Horizon League championship since 2016-17 but will play in March Madness for the first time since 2019. They also
Continue Reading By DAVID SOLOMON Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pavel Dorofeyev scored his first NHL goal and Jiri Patera made 30 saves in his debut to help the Vegas Golden Knights beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3. Michael Amadio, Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson and Alex Pietrangelo also scored to help Vegas win for the sixth
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Alabama is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and headlining the South Region bracket. The Crimson Tide earned the program’s first-ever top regional seed with Sunday’s reveal of the field of 68 teams. That came hours after they closed out a second Southeastern Conference Tournament title
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Houston has received the No. 1 seed in the Midwest Region for the NCAA Tournament. The selection committee rewarded the Cougars at the expense of Kansas, which had been hoping its national title defense would include a stop in Kansas City, Missouri, just down
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self was discharged from a Kansas City-area hospital Sunday, and the Hall of Famer plans to rejoin the No. 3 Jayhawks as they begin defense of their NCAA championship this week. Self went to the emergency room Wednesday night complaining of chest
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Kyle Hiebert scored the go-ahead goal in the 75th minute and St. Louis City won its third straight match with a 2-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Saturday night, tying the MLS record for wins to start the season by an expansion team.
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas hopes to have Hall of Fame basketball coach Bill Self, who missed the entire Big 12 Tournament after a medical procedure earlier week, back on the sideline when it begins its NCAA Tournament title defense next week. Norm Roberts, who led the third-ranked
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dylan Disu overcame early foul trouble to score 18 points, Marcus Carr and Sir’Jabari Rice added 17 apiece, and seventh-ranked Texas silenced a heavily pro-Kansas crowd in a 76-56 romp over the third-ranked Jayhawks in the finals of the Big 12 Tournament. After going
Continue Reading By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer The Royals are returning to Utah and will join the National Women’s Soccer League next season. The announcement was jointly made by the NWSL and Major League Soccer’s Real Salt Lake. The Royals were part of the NWSL for three seasons from 2018 to 2020. The sale of
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ashley Joens scored 22 points, Lexi Donarski added 20 and Iowa State defeated No. 14 Oklahoma 82-72 on Saturday to advance to the championship game of the Big 12 Tournament. Nyamer Diew came off the bench for 19 points for the third-seeded Cyclones (21-9), who will face No. 15 Texas
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Shaylee Gonzales scored 17 points and Rori Harmon had a double-double and No. 15 Texas advanced to the Big 12 Tournament championship game beating Oklahoma State 64-57. DeYona Gaston scored 14 points, Harmon scored 11 points, distributed 10 assists against a single turnover and grabbed seven rebounds and Shay Holle
Continue Reading NEW YORK — Jayden Nunn scored 18 points in VCU’s 90-78 win over Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament semifinals. Brandon Johns Jr. scored 16 points and added nine rebounds and four steals for the Rams, who extended their winning streak to six games. Javon Pickett led the Billikens with 18 points.
Continue Reading By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Freshman Brandon Miller scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as fourth-ranked Alabama advanced to the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship by beating No. 25 Missouri 72-61. The Tide is the regular-season SEC champion and will play No. 18 Texas A&M on Sunday. No. 25
Continue Reading ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bulldozers have taken down what was left of a once-busy homeless encampment along the Mississippi River and near the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, ending nearly a year of debate over what to do about it. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that while some homeless advocates say the camp should have
Continue Reading KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A judge has ruled that an 85-year-old suburban Kansas City man convicted of killing an attorney is not competent to move forward with sentencing. KCTV-TV reports that David Jungerman will be committed to the Missouri Department of Mental Health, and his competency will be reevaluated in six months following the
Continue Reading By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Lars Nootbaar has suddenly become a popular star playing for Japan in the World Baseball Classic. He’s qualified by ancestry because of his mother’s Japanese roots. He made two diving catches in the first two games and also had two hits in
Continue Reading By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — In four years of Houston schools being under threat of one of the biggest state takeovers ever in the U.S., teacher Arnetta Murray says the district has come a long way. As Houston braces for a decision from the state on whether
Continue Reading OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Federal law enforcement agents were involved in a standoff at a Kansas apartment complex Friday evening after a suspect and an agent exchanged gunfire while authorities attempted to serve a warrant. WDAF-TV reports that John Lacy of the Overland Park Police Department says the U.S. Marshals Service and the FBI
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dylan Disu and Christian Bishop scored 15 points apiece and No. 7 Texas beat No. 22 TCU 66-60 in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The second-seeded Longhorns will play top-seeded Kansas for the championship on Saturday night. Texas played its second straight game without
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