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“It looks like it is going to be a sudden, unexplained death”

The Joplin Police Department said Thursday that no foul play is suspected in the death of a 4-week-old baby Wednesday morning in his home. via Joplin Globe

In 1873, President Ulysses S. Grant began his second term of office. During that same year, the first pre-stamped penny postcards were issued and free mail delivery was offered to all urban communities with a ... via Joplin Globe

INDEPENDENCE | Museum receives grant

Friends of the National Frontier Trails Museum recently received a $4,870 grant.

The Missouri Humanities Council awarded it to support the museum's 'Blazing Borders' project, a seminar designed for teachers.

The project includes lectures and field trips to offer insight into mid-19th century American life. Baker University will offer it for graduate credit July 21-25. The class size is limited. For more information, call 816-325-7576.

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“I felt in my first run for office that since we need to bring about change, the best way to do it was to run under the Democrat Party”

JEFFERSON CITY | A former Republican staffer in the Missouri House will run for the state Senate this year as a Democrat.

Chris Benjamin of Freeman, Mo., was Missouri House Speaker Rod Jetton's chief of staff until late last month, but he has switched parties to run for the 31st District seat. The district, which covers Cass, Johnson, Bates and Vernon counties, is currently represented by Chris Koster, who last August left the Republican Party to run for attorney general as a Democrat.

Benjamin on Monday will officially announce his candidacy with appearances in Warrensburg, Harrisonville and Nevada. Read more

“I was perfectly raw ... but for whatever reason, musicians who knew what they were doing were always gracious and welcomed me.”

Kurt Elling is in the top ranks of jazz singers today. But he remembers a time about 15 years back when he was trying to get out of 'loserville.'

'I was living in a basement room for a hundred bucks a month, moving furniture for a living,' he says. 'But all I was thinking about was music.'

Things are a little different now. His latest CD is Grammy-nominated (in the best jazz vocal album category), and he has a busy touring schedule that includes a stop at the Folly Theater on Friday.

Nevertheless, Elling says, 'Now, all I'm thinking about is music too. Read more

“New poll: Sierra Club shits in its own sandbox”

The folks at the Sierra Club are quite proud of their role in killing Prop 1, the Roads & Transit measure, grandiosely claiming : "This is the first major public works proposal I know of to be defeated because ... via HorsesAss.Org

“Every street that intersects with Dunklin is a problem, because Dunklin is used as a cross-cut to Missouri and the topography lends itself to a higher speed”

Dangerous structures, such as this one at 803 Jefferson Street, have prompted Old Munichburg businesses and residents to seek a solution. via News Tribune