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(AP) Authorities in western Missouri’s Bates County say the shooting of a man after a break-in at his home appears to be a “targeted incident.” The shooting happened Thursday in Rich Hill, about 75 miles south of Kansas City, or 20 miles north of Nevada. The sheriff’s department says on Facebook that two men entered …

(AP) A suburban St. Louis lawmaker plans to try again on legislation to regulate a plant grown in Southeast Asia that is sold across Missouri. Republican state Rep. Phil Christofanelli of St. Peters told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that he will reintroduce the “Kratom Consumer Protection Act” in the upcoming legislative session after the plan …

(AP) — More than $1 million has been raised for a man from Kansas City who spent 43 years behind bars before a judge overturned his conviction in a triple killing. The GoFundMe fundraiser to benefit Kevin Strickland had raised $1.1 million by Friday afternoon, and donations kept coming. The Midwest Innocence Project set up …

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Two courthouse murals that were taken down last month in Columbia amid concerns that they depict an attempted lynching, a white man pointing a gun at a Native American man and enslaved people building the courthouse have a new home. The murals are headed to the private Columbia College, where Sidney …

Will they or won’t they? There was no final decision by the Joplin Board of  Education at its meeting earlier in the week about joining Missouri Southern’s CAPS program. The program sets up a collaboration among schools, colleges and universities and industries. It helps students begin work on goals in industry while they’re still in …

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – A Topeka teacher has died after he was found unresponsive in his classroom. WIBW reports that emergency responders were called to Topeka High School just before 8 a.m. Tuesday. They rushed 40-year-old John Keller to an area hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. In an email sent to parents, Principal …