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COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — First-year Missouri defensive line coach Jethro Franklin has been fired a day after Tennessee ran for 452 yards and scored on 10 of 11 offensive possessions in a 62-24 blowout at Faurot Field. Tigers coach Eli Drinkwitz said in a statement that “a change in direction at the defensive line coach

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw five touchdown passes three different ways, including three to Tyreek Hill, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Philadelphia Eagles 42-30. Andy Reid returned to Philadelphia and earned his 100th career win with the Chiefs, becoming the first coach in NFL history

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are investigating after an 18-year-old man was fatally shot less than a mile from his home Saturday evening. Police said officers found Richard Walters on a porch in the 4440 block of Red Bud Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Saturday. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. Police did not immediately

RAYTOWN, Mo. (AP) — A suburban Kansas City school district that was already investigating a teacher for using a racial epithet during class discussion, is now investigating a second racial incident. High school students in an English class were given a worksheet that contained racial, homophobic and misogynistic slurs in it. Part of the worksheet

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The relentless toll of the pandemic has worsened the ongoing nursing shortage at St. Louis area hospitals. Over the past decade, the nation’s nursing shortage has been growing but now with the number of nurses leaving the profession during the pandemic, it’s turning into a crisis, nurses and hospital administrators say.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police are investigating a Saturday afternoon shooting that killed three people in Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting was reported shortly before 4 p.m. Saturday. Police spokesman Sgt. Jake Becchina said that when officers arrived, they found two men and a woman who were unresponsive. Authorities declared the three victims dead

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Many states and cities across the U.S. are getting off to a slow start in spending money from this year’s coronavirus relief package championed by President Joe Biden and Democrats. The American Rescue Plan signed into law in March included $350 billion for state and local governments. An Associated

By JOE HARRIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ian Happ drove a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning to sour what could be Jon Lester’s final career start, lifting the Chicago Cubs over the St. Louis Cardinals 6-5. Lester, 37, hasn’t declared whether he intends to come back for a 17th season. The

By DAVID SMALE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Griffin Jax and a trio of relievers combined on a three-hitter and the Minnesota Twins blanked Salvador Perez and the Kansas City Royals 4-0. Perez was hitless in four at-bats for the second straight night as he tries to break the team record for home

COOKEVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Willie Miller threw for two touchdowns and David Gist ran for two more as Tennessee Tech came from 10-points down at halftime to score a 28-17 win over Southeast Missouri State to earn its first win in five starts this season. Miller fired 25 yards to Quinton Cross early in the

NORMAL, Ill. (AP) — Tobias Little ran for three touchdowns, Jason Shelley threw for 319 yards and two scores and Missouri State beat Illinois State 41-20. Little had a pair of 2-yard scores in the second quarter and a 5-yard score near the midway point of the third when the Bears began to take control.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City, Missouri, police are investigating the death of someone whose body was found in the Missouri River. WDAF-TV reports that kayakers found the body Saturday near the Bond Bridge. Authorities have not identified the victim or determined the victim’s gender. Authorities have not determined if foul play was involved.

By JOE WALLJASPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Hendon Hooker threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Tennessee routed Missouri 62-24, scoring touchdowns on its first six possessions.  Hooker completed 15 of 19 passes for 225 yards and rushed nine times for 76 yards. He wasn’t the only Volunteer who padded his

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — One woman is dead after an accident on Swope Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri. The accident happened just before 8 a.m. Saturday. The woman killed was 44, but her name has not been released. Police say a 2010 Ford Explorer was eastbound on Swope Parkway when it crossed the median

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police say a boy believed to be between 12 and 14 years old was involved in a carjacking — the second time in two weeks that a child has assisted in the armed theft of a vehicle. Police say an 11-year-old boy pistol-whipped a man last week while stealing a vehicle

PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kan. (AP) — One Johnson County, Kansas, community has already adopted a ban on conversion therapy for LGBTQ youth, and another is considering doing so. The Kansas City Star reports that the Prairie Village City Council will discuss the ban at a meeting Monday. The council earlier voted 10-2 to direct city staff

ST. LOUIS (AP) — An investigation is underway after the body of a man was found floating in the Mississippi River south of St. Louis. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a fisherman spotted the body about 9:45 a.m. Friday on the Illinois side of the river in rural Monroe County. Because of the low

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A downtown St. Louis nightclub that has been at the center of several shooting investigations is being shut down and boarded up for a year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Reign Restaurant on Washington Avenue will have 30 days to vacate its premises once the order is posted. A city

By JEFF MELNICK Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt hit a walk-off RBI single in the ninth inning, and the playoff-bound St. Louis Cardinals won for the 19th time in their last 20 games, 4-3 over the Chicago Cubs. Tyler O’Neill homered twice and threw out the potential go-ahead run in the ninth