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JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri State Highway Patrol says two people died in a collision near Joplin that occurred when one of the drivers was going the wrong way on the interstate. The patrol says 58-year-old Janet Edwards, of Sarcoxie, and 91-year-old Andrew Wilson, of Neosho, died in the crash Tuesday night on Interstate

By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Playing in the top-heavy SEC East could work out well for No. 1 Georgia’s championship hopes. The Bulldogs appear to have a smooth path to the Southeastern Conference championship football game in Atlanta. They can thank the Eastern Division. Georgia plays Florida this week as the first of three

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A cash management company is asking a federal court to return nearly $166,000 in proceeds seized in Kansas from sales at Missouri medical marijuana stores. The Dickinson County, Kansas, sheriff’s office seized the money in May as it was being driven through Kansas to Colorado. Medical marijuana is legal in Missouri

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Police in suburban St. Louis say a woman is on the run after fatally shooting her ex-girlfriend’s fiancé a day after the couple announced their engagement. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 24-year-old Kenrianna Little, of St. Louis County, was charged Monday with first-degree murder and other counts in the Sunday

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The National Weather Service has confirmed five tornadoes hit in parts of southeastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois as severe storms raked the region on Sunday. The St. Louis office of the service said in a tweet late Tuesday that the area saw two strong EF3 tornadoes, including one that tore through

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have placed safety Jabrill Peppers on injured reserve with a rupture to the ACL and a high ankle sprain. Peppers was hurt in the third quarter in the Giants’ 25-3 victory over the Carolina Panthers. He is the third of the Giants’ team captains to suffer

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police says 36-year-old Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins died after being taken to a hospital. He was shot around 8 a.m.

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A former Kearney High School math teacher has pleaded not guilty to sexual misconduct charges. Thirty-year-old Bryant Hummel was in court Monday after being charged last month with exposing himself to two 17-year-old female students he was supposed to be helping with homework assignments after school. According to a probable cause

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A suburban St. Louis man alleges in a lawsuit that police officers beat him and illegally searched his apartment after claiming he had committed a minor traffic infraction. The lawsuit was filed Monday in federal court on behalf of 38-year-old Tranell Stewart and his former girlfriend, Lisa Jones. It contends

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper Jayme Bufford with Illinois State Police said Pontoon Beach Officer Tyler Timmins succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. The officer was shot at around 8

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Police: Officer dies after being shot by man at gas station in Illinois suburb of St. Louis.

PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and seriously wounded a police officer Tuesday at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Police say the Pontoon Beach officer was shot at around 8 a.m. at a Speedway gas station along Route 111 near its junction with Interstate 270 and

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The owners of Kansas City’s professional women’s soccer team plan to build a $70 million stadium for the team. Owners of Kansas City NWSL announced Tuesday the 11,000-seat stadium is expected to open in 2024 at a site along the Missouri River near the downtown. The stadium will be the

MAPLEWOOD, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis County councilwoman says a Lyft driver pulled a gun on her husband when he asked the driver to wear a mask, and police are now investigating. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Councilwoman Lisa Clancy made the allegation in a tweet Monday directed at Lyft saying, “one of

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are looking for suspects in the shooting death of a man in a Kansas City parking lot near a hotel just south of Interstate 435 in the city’s Brindlespur neighborhood. Officers were called to the lot around 9:30 p.m. Monday and found the man with gunshot wounds. The man

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say at least three people died in separate shootings around St. Louis on Monday, including an incident in the city’s Benton Park West neighborhood. Police say that shooting happened around 11:30 p.m. Monday. Police did not release any other details of the shooting. Nearly 24 hours earlier, police were called

By WARREN MAYES Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vladimir Tarasenko scored two goals and Ville Husso recorded his second career shutout as the St. Louis Blues remained undefeated in five games with a 2-0 victory Monday night over the Los Angeles Kings. The Blues are off to a 5-0 start for the first time

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Clay County prosecutors say a 44-year-old Kansas City landlord is charged with second-degree murder after a tenant was stabbed to death, allegedly over an argument about heating at his residence. Gordon McBeth was charged Monday in the death of Darryl Gilland. Officers responding to a call Friday to a home

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s top lawyer has filed suit against the Biden administration seeking to restore a Trump-era ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics that was reversed earlier this month. The action by Republican Attorney Dave Yost was joined by 11 other states. It says new

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — A truck driver whose semitrailer crashed into a car along an eastern Indiana highway construction zone last year, killing four young siblings, has filed notice that he intends to plead guilty in the case. Thirty-two-year-old Corey Robert Withrow of Camden, Ohio, was scheduled for trial Nov. 1 in Wayne County, but