COLUMBIA, Mo. — Some waistlines and hairlines have expanded since their glory days, but a cast of former Mizzou stars put on a midsummer show Saturday for fans hungry to celebrate anything worth celebrating at Mizzou Arena.
SANDY, Utah — Sporting Kansas City had managed to keep it close despite Real Salt Lake dominating in shots on goal. But when Roger Espinoza was shown a straight red card for a challenge with Jasper Loffelsend near midfield in the 61st minute, it was all Real Salt Lake.
The Kansas City Royals selected a pair of college position players with their first two picks in the Major League Baseball draft Sunday night. The Royals grabbed Gavin Cross, an outfielder from Virginia Tech, with the ninth overall pick in the first round.
TORONTO — The Kansas City Royals squandered what may have been the best start by Kris Bubic this season. Alejandro Kirk hit a tworun home run in the eighth inning, sending the Toronto Blue Jays to a 4-2 victory over the Royals Sunday.
JEFFERSON CITY — Gov. Mike Parson ignored the concerns of one of his cabinet members about a new law targeting Missouri’s homeless population.
After just one week at medium, Jackson County has returned to high status for COVID-19 community impact, according to federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention standards. The CDC raised Jackson County to a high level of community transmission of the disease three weeks ago after a week at medium and couple of months at low, as case numbers have been rising nationwide.
Customer says Bass Pro won’t honor lifetime warranty SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man says in a class-action lawsuit against Bass Pro that the outdoor outfitter is refusing to honor its lifetime warranty on socks.
An Independence man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting a woman in her car in a case of mistaken identity. A Jackson County judge on Friday sentenced Dakkota Siders, 28, after a jury convicted him in April on four counts connected to the murder of 71-year-old Barbara Mae Harper.
The metro area had its first ozone alert of the summer on Monday, and the conditions that lead to those alerts could stick around for a few days. Ground-level ozone is created when, in the absence of much wind, sunlight and heat combine with exhaust from gas-powered engines.
It’s been quite a week for Grain Valley High School junior Finley LaForge. She was in Chicago playing in a high-level summer league tournament.