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Dole’s burial Wednesday in Arlington National Cemetery TOPEKA, Kan. – The late Bob Dole, a former U.S.

Authorities on Thursday identified the man killed in an exchange of gunfire with St. Louis officers that left two of them wounded, one critically.

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There was skepticism about new temporary state employees and the cost of developing the Rock Island railroad corridor into a new trail during the Senate Appropriation Committee’s first look at Gov. Mike Parson’s plan for spending $2.8 billion in federal coronavirus relief funds.

O’FALLON, Mo. – A suburban St. Louis city council has ousted one of its own members over her rogue investigation into the city’s former police chief, which he cited in part for his resignation last year.

An Overland Park, Kansas, man who worked as a nurse at Centerpoint Medical Center will spend 20 years in state prison for raping a patient at the Independence hospital more than two years ago. A Jackson County judge Tuesday sentenced Chukwuemeka Emmanuel, 38, after finding him guilty of rape during a bench trial in November.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A federal grand jury has indicted seven southwest Missouri residents who allegedly stole thousands of catalytic converters and sold them to an Arkansas company for millions of dollars, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

This weekend’s sports broadcast highlights Saturday’s Television • Soccer: SPFL: Glasgow Rangers FC at Ross County FC, 6:30 a.m., CBSSN (Comcast 274) • Tennis: Australian Open women’s final (taped), 7 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • Golf: The Gainbridge LPGA, 10:30 a.m., GOLF (27) • College basketball: Duke at Louisville, 11 a.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: LSU at TCU, 11 a.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: Georgetown at Butler, 11 a.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: Miami (Fla.) at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m., Bally Sports KC (48) • College basketball: La Salle at Davidson, 11 a.m., USA (52) • College wrestling: Purdue at Indiana, 11 a.m., BTN (255) • College basketball: Wichita State at Tulane, 11 a.m., ESPNU (269) • College basketball: Michigan at Michigan State, 11:30 a.m., KCTV 5 (3) • Motorsports: IMSA Sports Car Championship: Rolex 24 at Daytona, 12:30 p.m., KSHB 41 (8) • College basketball: Oklahoma at Auburn, 1 p.m., ESPN (13) • College basketball: West Virginia at Arkansas, 1 p.m., ESPN2 (29) • College basketball: Xavier at Creighton, 1 p.m., FS1 (43) • College basketball: St. Joseph’s at St.

(Schedules subject to change) SATURDAY, JAN. 29 ECHL MINOR LEAGUE HOCKEY 8:10 p.m.