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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The Tampa Bay Lightning have won the last two Stanley Cup championships and not just because they were the best team on the ice. They were also the best at managing the salary cap, which limits teams to no more than $81.5 million each season. Tampa Bay’s Julien BriseBois

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) — An Independence man has been charged in connection with a shooting that was initially reported as a suicide. The Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office said Saturday that 36-year-old Myles Blesz has been charged with second-degree murder and several other charges in the death of Waylon Williams on Oct. 5. A friend told

RIVERSIDE, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after a man was killed in a shooting at a convenience store Saturday in a Kansas City suburb. The Riverside, Missouri, Police Department said the shooting was reported Saturday afternoon at a QuikTrip gas station located at 4600 NW Gateway Avenue. When officers arrived, they found a man

By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — U.S. hydropower generation is forecast to drop 14% this year compared with 2020 as drought grips vast areas of the West. Experts say the reductions complicate grid operations since hydropower is a relatively flexible renewable energy source that can be easily turned up or down, such

By JOE WALLJASPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Badie rushed for a career-high 217 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Missouri to a 48-35 victory over North Texas. He ripped off a 52-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to help the Tigers build a 31-7 halftime lead. The Mean Green outgained

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Geno Hess ran for 116 yards and three touchdowns, Southeast Missouri State intercepted three passes and the Redhawks defeated Austin Peay 30-14. Hess led a ground game that piled up 197 yards and the Redhawks’ limited passing game added 93 yards as SE Missouri State won despite  being outgained by 100

By JOE WALLJASPER Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tyler Badie rushed for a career-high 217 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead Missouri to a 48-35 victory over North Texas. He ripped off a 52-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to help the Tigers build a 31-7 halftime lead. The Mean Green outgained

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Jaleel McLaughlin ran for two late touchdowns, a 22-yard burst up the middle and a 60-yard dash as Youngstown State handed Missouri State its first Missouri State its first Missouri Valley Conference loss, 41-33. The teams combined to score 44 points in the fourth quarter and all but three in the

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Elected officials have voted to remove two courthouse murals in Columbia that show a white man pointing a gun at a Native American man and an attempted lynching. The Columbia Daily Tribune reports that the Boone County Commission made the decision Thursday after lawyers raised concerns. The murals, painted by Sidney

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A St. Louis man has been convicted of fatally shooting four people, including a music producer who had worked with him on rap songs and a 10-year-old. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that jurors found 24-year-old Ja’Vonne Dupree guilty late Friday in the August 2017 deaths of 18-year-old Deandre Kelly, 56-year-old

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs second-year linebacker Willie Gay Jr. posted on social media that he is struggling with his mental health. “I love you all,” Gay tweeted, adding, “just know my mental health is F’d up.” Gay offered no specifics in the tweet, which was posted soon after Chiefs coach Andy Reid said

FLORISSANT, Mo. (AP) — Authorities are investigating after human remains were found in a creek in the St. Louis area. St. Louis County Police Sgt. Tracy Panus said in a news release that the discovery was made around 1:30 p.m. Friday. No additional information was available, including who found the remains. 

MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — Students at an elementary school in Mississippi are receiving backpacks and books from an education program affiliated with the Kansas City Chiefs. A cornerback for the team, Charvarius Ward, chose Otken Elementary in McComb, Mississippi, for the donations because he went to school there. The Chiefs’ Kingdom United Program aims to

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Executions in the nation’s busiest capital punishment state face delays amid legal questions over Texas’ refusal to allow spiritual advisers to touch people as they are being put to death. It’s unclear when Texas may carry out another execution after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Major League Soccer suspended Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez without pay for the rest of the season Friday for violating the league’s gambling integrity rules and standards of conduct. MLS said Hernandez engaged in extensive and unlawful sports gambling, including placing wagers on two MLS matches, in direct contravention

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man who is seeking to be exonerated in a triple murder committed more than 40 years ago could get his chance to make his case to a judge in about a month. KSHB-TV reports that Retired Missouri Court of Appeals Judge James Welsh set the evidentiary hearing

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Two people have been arrested in a Springfield shooting that killed a 17-year-old and wounded a second victim. Thirty-year-old Antonio Meanus, of Springfield, was charged Friday with second-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm in the death of 17-year-old I’Shon Dunham. No attorney is listed for him in online court

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Billboards that are popping up around Springfield say its time to “Get Off Your Butt!” and “Get. To. Work.” as jobs go unfilled. KYTV reports that the billboards tell job seekers that they can “Apply Anywhere.” Brad Parke, the General Manager of Greek Corner Screen Printing and Embroidery, went in on