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NIXA, Mo. (AP) — A southwestern Missouri mayor who became the subject of a recall effort for imposing a mask mandate to try and slow the spread of COVID-19 will remain in office. KYTV-TV reports that only about a quarter of voters in Nixa on Tuesday supported the recall of Mayor Brian Steele. He can

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL’s rebuilding teams are at very different stages early this season. The Detroit Red Wings are finally showing the fruits of picking high in the draft. They are winning games they used to lose. The Buffalo Sabres are proving what good coaching can do for a young group.

ASH GROVE, Mo. (AP) — A man is dead after a house fire in rural southwestern Missouri. Authorities say the fire broke out just before 8 a.m. Tuesday in Ash Grove. The wood-frame home was engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived, and was destroyed. The name of the man killed has not been

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that at least five tornadoes ripped through parts of eastern Missouri and southern Illinois last week, and two of them had peak wind speeds of about 150 mph. The tornadoes all occurred on the night of Oct. 24, causing widespread damage to buildings, trees and

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams, owner Stan Kroenke and the NFL have lost another bid to move the lawsuit filed over the team’s 2016 relocation out of St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Missouri Court of Appeals on Tuesday denied an appeal that sought to overturn a circuit judge’s

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL’s rebuilding teams are at very different stages early this season. The Detroit Red Wings are finally showing the fruits of picking high in the draft. They are winning games they used to lose. The Buffalo Sabres are proving what good coaching can do for a young group.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 34-year-old woman who drowned one son and tried to suffocate a second child before she jumped off a bridge in Kansas City has been sentenced to life in prison. Aushena Warren was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty in August to second-degree murder and first-degree assault. Prosecutors say Warren drowned

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State defensive lineman Felix Anudike-Uzomah is coming off a huge game in a win over TCU. He appeared to have six sacks, which would have matched the Division I record for a single game.  He was credited with four, which still matched a school

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Officials say no one was injured in a fire at a Missouri state office building. Gov. Mike Parson says no one was in the Department of Social Services building at the time of the Monday night fire. Roughly 100 social services and information technology staff had worked at the building.

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets added some depth to the offensive line, acquiring guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif from the Kansas City Chiefs for tight end Daniel Brown ahead of the NFL’s trade deadline. Duvernay-Tardiff is a licensed medical doctor who opted out of last

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The attorney for a Missouri man accused of killing his Chinese wife says the woman’s death in 2019 was a tragic accident. During opening statements Tuesday, defense attorney Scott Rosenblum said Joseph Elledge pushed his wife, Mengqi Ji, during an argument at their Columbia home, causing Ji to fall and hit

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State defensive lineman Felix Anudike-Uzomah is coming off a huge game in a win over TCU. He appeared to have six sacks, which would have matched the Division I record for a single game.  He was credited with four, which still matched a school

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Supreme Court judges have heard arguments over whether a ban on publicly funded advocacy is constitutional. Arguments in the case were held Tuesday. Missouri law prohibits any public funds from being spent to advocate for or against ballot measures. For example, spending money to print flyers in favor of

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The National Weather Service reports an October-record 31 tornadoes spun up in Oklahoma last month. Those were four more than the 27 recorded in 1998, a record dating to 1950. No deaths were reported. Meteorologist Phil Ware says October tornadoes are not unusual in Oklahoma. He says weather conditions are similar

By JIM SALTER Associated Press Josh Hawley is coming to the defense of the American male. The Republican senator from Missouri spoke Sunday night at the National Conservatism Conference in Orlando, Florida. According to a text of his speech provided by his office, Hawley accused liberals in government, the media and entertainment of defining “the

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Supreme Court judges are considering whether a sexual assault victims rights law is unconstitutional. Judges heard arguments in the case Tuesday. Part of the law says defense attorneys must inform their clients’ alleged victims that they can have a support person present while they’re being questioned. Missouri public defenders

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 33-year-old Springfield man has been sentenced to life in prison for a fatal shooting that prosecutors say occurred over a missing cell phone. The Greene County prosecutor’s office said Monday that Keeton Waring was sentenced last week in the February 2019 death of Jaime Carroll. He was convicted of second-degree

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have traded veteran outside linebacker Melvin Ingram to the Kansas City Chiefs for a sixth-round pick in the 2022 draft. The teams made the announcement hours before the NFL’s trade deadline. The move gives Kansas City’s struggling defense some much-needed help, though Ingram did sit out Pittsburgh’s win over

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The newest member of Missouri’s State Board of Education has resigned from a leadership role at a St. Louis charter school. Kerry Casey was appointed Monday by Gov. Mike Parson to the state board that oversees public school districts and charter schools. Casey was a founding board member of the