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By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The police chief in Joplin, Missouri, says an officer who was among three shot on Tuesday “will not recover” from his injuries. Police Chief Sloan Rowland announced Thursday that patrol officer Jake Reed’s family says he was being prepared to be an organ donor. Another officer, Cpl. Benjamin Cooper, died

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tari Eason led five players in double figures and fifth-seeded LSU used a big start to roll to a 76-68 win over 12th-seeded Missouri in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Xavier Pinson and Darius Days combined for LSU’s first 14 points and a 10-point lead, and when Eason

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas coach Bill Self watched West Virginia counterpart Bob Huggins pick up two technical fouls in quick succession, then stalk off to the locker room to watch the final 30 minutes of their Big 12 quarterfinal matchup. Nobody was more upset about the situation

WASHINGTON — Francis Okoro recorded 17 points and 13 rebounds as Saint Louis easily defeated La Salle 71-51 in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Conference Tourney. Fred Thatch Jr. added 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Billikens on Thursday. Jhamir Brickus led the Explorers with 11 points.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 21-year-old Kansas City man who shot a female zTrip driver about 26 times has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison. Derron Nevels was sentenced Wednesday for robbery and discharging a firearm during a violent crime. Prosecutors said he was picked up by a zTrip driver in Kansas

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — TCU coach Jamie Dixon and Texas counterpart Chris Beard delivered the exact same message at halftime of their Big 12 quarterfinal: Even though the Longhorns had built an 18-point lead, the game wasn’t over. Their teams took it in wildly different directions. The Horned

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Law enforcement officers arrested 26 people this week for their alleged roles in a drug-trafficking conspiracy in Jackson County. Federal prosecutors said in a news release that more than 200 officers from federal and Kansas City-area police departments arrested the defendants on Tuesday and Wednesday. Prosecutors say officers seized 27

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a former St. Louis middle school principal and another man, alleging a murder-for-hire plot that resulted in the shooting death of a teacher and her unborn child. The U.S. Attorney’s office in St. Louis on Thursday announced the indictments of the former principal, Cornelius M.

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Planned Parenthood is suing Missouri over an effort to defund it. Planned Parenthood sued Thursday to force the state to continue reimbursing it for health care for Medicaid patients. Planned Parenthood says defunding is set to take effect Friday if the courts don’t intervene. The Republican-led

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bruce Weber resigned as the basketball coach at Kansas State on Thursday, one day after the struggling Wildcats lost to West Virginia in the opening round of the Big 12 Tournament to cap a third straight losing season. He didn’t walk away quietly. First,

By JOSH FUNK and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Three directors at newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises have been reelected over the objections of the hedge fund that has been trying to buy the company since last fall. Lee says its chairman, CEO and lead independent director were all reelected as expected

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials say a fire destroyed a Missouri Probation and Parole office building in Jefferson City. No one was injured in the fire, which was discovered about 3:35 a.m. Thursday. Fire officials say in a news release police officers responding to a burglar alarm found fire at the rear of the

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gyo Obata, an architect whose designs included sports and entertainment arenas, airports and a presidential library, has died. His family says Obata died Tuesday in St. Louis at age 99. A cause of death was not announced. Obata was born in 1923 in San Francisco and earned a master’s degree at

SEYMOUR, Mo. (AP) — Police in southwestern Missouri say a man has been shot to death near Seymour and two people have been arrested in the case. Television station KYTV reports that the shooting happened Wednesday afternoon in a rural area east of Seymour. Webster County Sheriff Roye Cole says deputies responded to a call

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A late winter storm is moving over Kansas and much of Missouri, snarling traffic and leading schools to cancel in-person classes. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning Thursday for most of the northern half of Kansas and parts of central and western Missouri, including Kansas City and

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Kobe Brown scored 12 of his 16 points in the second half when 12th-seeded Missouri pulled away from 13th-seeded Mississippi for a 72-60 win in the Southeastern Conference tournament opener. Ronnie DeGray III had three 3-pointers and 14 points, all in the first half, to help the Tigers keep pace. Missouri

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Republican candidate for Congress has filed a lawsuit challenging Missouri’s U.S. House districts ahead of this year’s elections. Paul Berry III said Wednesday that his lawsuit seeks to compel state lawmakers to pass new U.S. House districts or else have the courts complete the task. Berry is a candidate

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A 26-year-old Leavenworth man has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison for the shooting death of a 12-year-old boy. Darvon Thomas was sentenced Wednesday for second-degree murder in the April 2021 death of Brian Henderson Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri. Police say the shooting happened in the parking lot

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s GOP-led House has passed a bill that would allow guns in churches and on public transportation. The House voted 101-40 in favor of the measure Wednesday. The proposal now needs approval in the Republican-led Senate. Currently, people need permission to bring firearms into places of religious worship. The bill