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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Israel Barnes scored 20 points to help Southeast Missouri State defeat Lindenwood 94-71 on Thursday night. Barnes also contributed three steals for the Redhawks (8-10, 3-2 Ohio Valley Conference). Phillip Russell scored 16 points, shooting 5 for 9 (3 for 5 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Led by Rayquawndis Mitchell’s 29 points, the UMKC Kangaroos defeated the Saint Thomas Tommies 81-60 on Thursday night. The Kangaroos are now 7-11 with the victory and the Tommies dropped to 13-7.

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Dillon Dube scored twice in the third period and Dan Vladar made 25 saves to help the Calgary Flames to a 4-1 win over the St. Louis Blues. Dube broke a 1-all tie, scoring with 9:10 left in regulation and added an empty-netter in the final

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Police in Columbia, Missouri say a man suspected of assaulting several people was fatally shot when he rushed toward officers with a knife. It happened Wednesday night at the Stonegate mobile home park. A Columbia police spokesman said Thursday that 28-year-old Jordan Pruyn dropped a weapon and then barricaded himself inside

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Cardinals hired Joe McEwing as their new bench coach Thursday to replace longtime star Matt Holliday, who took the job in November but quit to spend more time with his family. The 50-year-old McEwing, who was originally drafted by the Cardinals in 1992 and played two seasons for St. Louis,

NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium will be the neutral site if Buffalo and Kansas City meet in the AFC championship game. The NFL decided to put that potential matchup in a neutral city after the Bills’ Week 17 game against Cincinnati was canceled when Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest on the field.

ST. ANN, Mo. (AP) — A man has been charged with murder and jailed in a case that baffled police for nearly two decades — the death of a woman whose decapitated torso was found at a Missouri rest stop along Interstate 70. Mike A. Clardy of St. Louis County was charged Wednesday with second-degree

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Tyrece Radford scored 16 points and Wade Taylor IV added 14 as Texas A&M built a huge lead early and withstood a second-half push to beat No. 20 Missouri 82-64 on Wednesday night. It’s the fifth straight victory for the Aggies and is Missouri’s

NORMAL, Ill. — Seneca Knight scored 22 points and Kendall Lewis added six points in overtime as Illinois State took down Missouri State 76-66. Knight added nine rebounds for the Redbirds. Malachi Poindexter scored 16 points, making four 3-pointers. Lewis finished with 12 points, while adding eight rebounds. The Bears were led by Chance Moore,

GREECE, N.Y. (AP) — A young woman and her boyfriend have pleaded guilty to fatally shooting the woman’s mother inside her upstate New York home in 2020. Hannah Thomas, who was 17 years old at the time of the killing and is now 19, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree manslaughter for causing the death of

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Legislature has embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana. A House committee held the first hearing of the year Wednesday on a bill that backers say is designed to avoid the pitfalls experienced by states that have already legalized it. The bill

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is proposing an 8.7% pay raise for state workers as a way to offset inflation and discourage employees from leaving for better paying jobs. The governor’s proposal also includes an additional $2 per hour shift differential for workers in some congregate care facilities like prisons, mental

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer Outfielder Corey Dickerson and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a one-year contract. The deal is worth $2.25 million guaranteed. Dickerson says he hopes to prove he can still hit for power in his 30s after combining for just 19 home runs the past three seasons. The well-traveled left-handed-hitter