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By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America A passionate student letter prompted a southern Pennsylvania school district to change its Native American logo years ago. But the mascot is back after a conservative school board acted on its campaign promise to reinstate it. The decision goes against a larger trend of removing the Native American

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The number of men that a former suburban St. Louis police officer is charged with sexually assaulting has grown to 19. Grand jurors returned a 36-count superseding indictment Wednesday against 34-year-old Marcellis Blackwell naming additional victims. Blackwell had worked for the North County Police Cooperative, which polices eight small municipalities, for

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether changes should be made to the state’s Senate districts. The high court heard arguments Thursday in a lawsuit contending the current map illegally splits Buchanan County and the St. Louis suburb of Hazelwood into multiple districts. The

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Tramon Mark scored 22 points, reserve Makhi Mitchell celebrated his 24th birthday with a double-double and Arkansas kept Missouri winless in the SEC by beating the Tigers 91-84. Mitchell tied a career-high 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds. Tamar Bates scored 29 points for Missouri, making half of his 18-shot attempts

By The Associated Press CARBONDALE, Ill. — Donovan Clay scored 24 points to lead the Missouri State Bears, including the game-winning jump shot with five seconds left in overtime, and the Bears defeated the Southern Illinois Salukis 76-75. The Bears improved to 13-9 with the win and the Salukis fell to 14-8.

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry has hinted that the state may explore expanding its methods of executing people on death row. He says he is committed to upholding “contractual obligations” between the state and victims’ families after a death sentenced has been handed down in court.

By JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Quarterbacks Michael Penix Jr. and Bo Nix became Heisman finalists after heading to other schools. Cody Schrader went from Division II to Southeastern Conference stardom. They’re far from alone at the Senior Bowl, where a number of NFL prospects transferred at least once to enhance

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Former NFL offensive lineman T.J. Lang says no one discussed mental health 15 years ago at the start of his career. A lot has changed. The NFL and NFL Players Association in 2019 agreed to make it a requirement to have a licensed behavioral

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Repeat championships in the NFL used to be more common. Over the first 39 Super Bowls, it happened eight times. But no team has done it since Tom Brady and the New England Patriots won two in a row following the 2003-04 seasons. Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minutes after beating Baltimore 17-10 on Sunday to clinch a spot in the Super Bowl, Travis Kelce had a message to send. “The Chiefs are still the Chiefs,” Kelce said. Bettors agree. The early money is heavily on Patrick Mahomes and Kansas City to repeat

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Kyle Shanahan’s offense is mimicked throughout the NFL as his innovative schemes are utilized by teams throughout the league. His former assistants are spread around the league as coordinators and head coaches as the “Shanahan offense” has become one of the most predominant

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones gambled on himself and it has paid off. He failed to reach a contract extension last offseason and held out into Week 1, at which point he signed an incentive-laden deal that would allow him to recoup most of

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri is mourning the death of former U.S. Sen. Jean Carnahan. The Missouri state House held a moment of silence Wednesday to mark Carnahan’s Tuesday death at age 90. Carnahan was the first female senator to represent Missouri. She was appointed to the U.S. Senate

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Few college programs have had as much success or produced as many star players in the NFL as Alabama. Amazingly, no player who ended his college career playing for the Crimson Tide has scored a point in a Super Bowl. That won’t change this year with neither the