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Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill weighed in against Duke as a symbol of one-and-done college basketball players on Twitter after the school beat Wisconsin for the NCAA men’s basketball championship. The…Click to Continue »

Kansas City police are trying to stop a stunt where people jump backward onto an object to mimic someone laying in a coffin from spreading in the city after an…Click to Continue »

The federal trial for a Chicago man accused of mailing violent threats to Southern Illinois University's Carbondale campus has been again postponed as he awaits a mental competency hearing.Click to Continue »

A small plane with at least five people on board has crashed near the city of Bloomington in central Illinois.Click to Continue »

Days start early for 29-year-old dairy farmer John Lawfer.Click to Continue »

A $40 million, 10-bed hospital is planned on the site of two mobile home parks that will be closed in Columbia.Click to Continue »

A Tampa man has been charged with DUI manslaughter in the death of a pedestrian from Missouri.Click to Continue »

Burger King has offered to pay the expenses and provide gifts for the wedding of a Springfield area couple with an interesting connection to the fast food restaurant chain.Click to Continue »

A 39-year-old Hillsdale man who already faced 70 years in prison for a string of robberies in St. Louis County has been sentenced to two life terms for robberies in…Click to Continue »

A Cape Girardeau man faces a theft charge following accusations he stole nearly $73,000 from his employer.Click to Continue »