I-29 bridge work wrapping up (St. Joseph News-Press)

18 August 2008, 10:08 pm

CAMDEN POINT, Mo. — For the drivers who have been gripping their steering wheels over Bee Creek bridge work on Interstate 29 since March: There’s light at the end of that narrow tunnel.... read more

Tribute: Kenneth H. Taylor was a lawyer who loved the outdoors (The Kansas City Star)

18 August 2008, 8:25 pm

Who: Kenneth H. Taylor, 80, of Independence, a lawyer known for his integrity. When and how he died: July 26 of cancer.... read more

Legislative candidates seek top of ticket's help (Southeast Missourian)

18 August 2008, 10:09 am

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Legislative candidates need to have a bit of a parasitic relationship with their party's candidates for major offices like governor and president.... read more

Independence track owner selling after season (The Examiner)

18 August 2008, 9:35 am

Earl Walls of Independence, owner and promoter of Central Missouri Speedway in Warrensburg, found a way to divert some attention Saturday night from his weekly auto-racing program.... read more

REPORTER TRAVELS AROUND PENINSULAR MALAYSIA WITH ONLY RM70.57 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)

18 August 2008, 7:33 am

ALOR STAR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- With only RM70.57, a reporter from a Kuala Lumpur-based newspaper was determined to set a personal record by travelling solo on a high-powered motorcycle throughout Peninsular Malaysia in conjunction with the country's 51st independence anniversary.... read more

Road Cleanup Honors Crash Victim (KMBC-TV Kansas City)

18 August 2008, 7:26 am

Friends and family of an Independence teenager who was killed in a police pursuit in November clean up a stretch of Noland Road in his honor.... read more