BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A new effort to preserve historic Black churches in the United States has received a $20 million donation that will go to help congregations including one that was slammed during the tornado that killed more than 20 people in Mayfield, Kentucky, last month.
Officials at East Central College hope a partnership with Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar will help ease the statewide teaching shortage.
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities said this week that they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several tested positive for the coronavirus at a pet store where an employee was also infected.
Dr. Lori VanLeer, former superintendent of the Washington School District, was recently named to the board of directors of the Washington branch of First State Community Bank.
A Greene County Circuit judge on Tuesday set a $250,000 bond for Dr. David Smock, who faces three charges in that county. Judge Ronald Carter also ordered that Smock wear a GPS monitoring device if he is released, The Kansas City Star reported.
Marsha Keene-Frye grew up around guns, going hunting with her family from a young age near her home in Mississippi County.
The proposal comes after St. Louis and St. Louis County sought to require EV charging capacity be added to new buildings and those undergoing renovation
Mercy Hospital Washington physician Dr. John Mohart has been named to a new role within the senior leadership of incoming Mercy President and CEO Steve Mackin’s administration.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri House endorsed a congressional redistricting plan Tuesday that is projected to maintain the state's Republican edge but turned back an attempt by some GOP members to more aggressively redraw districts to their advantage.
A proposed 6-2 map that maintains current party divisions awaits final House approval, where it remains to be seen if an emergency clause would pass
Todd Shepard, 48, of Labadie, was sentenced to seven years in state prison for statutory rape during court proceedings last week.
Another photography studio is coming to Washington with the debut of Sunset Photography.
One Republican legislator is pushing to end Missouri’s death penalty this legislative session, arguing the government is too incompetent to trust in such a high-stakes matter.
What a difference a year makes for the Washington Town & Country Fair — according to Fair chairman Jon Ballmann.
It has been years in the making, but the long-awaited Busch Creek Greenway will be under construction this year.
Torrey Woodcock, of Bourbon, is moving forward with his plans to build a new strip mall in one of Washington’s oldest shopping centers.
BOSTON (AP) — DirecTV plans to drop One America News Network, significantly shrinking the reach of the right-wing TV channel friendly to Donald Trump and widely criticized for spreading misinformation, including the former president’s false claim that he won the 2020 election.
Water isn’t the only thing flowing at Paddle Stop, New Haven anymore. After a soft opening Saturday, beer is now on tap at the new Paddle Stop Brewery.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has seized 380,000 boxes of Corn Flakes, Special K and other Kellogg’s cereals, claiming the boxes had cartoon drawings on them in violation of recently enacted laws aimed at improving children’s diets.
Washington City Clerk Sherri Klekamp was among 25 city leaders from across the state certified in this year’s Missouri Municipal League’s Municipal Governance Institute, an in-depth training program offered for municipal officials.
Scheduled for demolition in February, the old South Point Elementary School location was recently used by the Washington Fire Department as a site to practice life-saving techniques.
AT&T and Verizon will delay launching new wireless service near key airports after the nation’s largest airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology and cause widespread flight disruptions.
Less than three months after its former director resigned amid a police investigation, the Union Area Chamber of Commerce has a new leader.
Lifelong friends, Ed Schmelz and Jacob Stallmann, have created a new business, ELS Real Estate Group.
Franklin County officials are in the process of approving a financial settlement with a smaller opioid manufacturer, while also still considering taking part in larger settlements.
Red Cross says it has half-a-day supply of blood in its blood banks
The Friends of the Washington Public Library has announced its first events of 2022, including Thursday’s presentation about the Camino de Santiago and the Katy Trail.
Anti-abortion advocates with the East Central Area Mo. Right to Life organization will be holding a candlelight vigil Friday, Jan. 21 in Washington.
Farmers or anyone with unused pesticides will have an opportunity to dispose of them in Washington this April.
The man who burglarized, or attempted to burglarize, five townhomes along Washington’s Front Street last January has been sentenced to the Missouri Department of Corrections.
Last month, a Franklin County judge sentenced Paul Jarrels, who had been found living in a tent near the railroad tracks in Washington, to five years supervised probation. Jarrels, 64, was arrested after authorities said he failed to register with the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department as …
The city's murder rate fell 25 percent last year
Manors at Brush Creek, a controversial residential subdivision being built in Pacific by Chesterfield-based McBride Homes, received preliminary approval, in a 5-2 vote, for its final plat from the city Tuesday.
The Rock Island Trail is still years away from coming to Franklin County, but officials said there already is consideration for extending it to Union.
Washington police and firefighters are getting a new tool for their arsenals: drones.
The move was part of a series of steps the agency said it would take to protect communities from harmful coal ash contamination.
It has been more than four months since city leaders approved permits for the controversial 155-foot cell phone tower on Alberta Lane, but now those same city leaders are saying residents upset by the tower’s construction have grounds for appeal.
Demand for COVID-19 testing in Washington “is at an all-time high,” said Dr. David Chalk, president of Mercy Clinic Four Rivers, one of the county’s biggest COVID-19 test providers.
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary will hold a parliamentary election on April 3, the president said Tuesday, in a vote that will decide whether Prime Minister Viktor Orban will remain in office after 12 years in power.
It has taken nearly six and a half years, but the suspect in the 2015 robbery of the Villa Ridge Dollar General store will finally see his case argued in court before a jury on Wednesday.
Jacob Doepke said he’s always been interested in local government, but he was inspired to take the next step and run for the Union Board of Alderman after a campaign that came up short in 2021.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to Emmett Till, the Chicago teenager murdered by white supremacists in the 1950s, and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, who insisted on an open casket funeral to demonstrate the brutality of his killing.
Benjamin Whitely headed to a Safeway supermarket in Washington D.C. on Tuesday to grab some items for dinner. But he was disappointed to find the vegetable bins barren and a sparse selection of turkey, chicken and milk.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday vacated the 2018 manslaughter and armed criminal action convictions for an southeast Missouri man and sent the case back to circuit court.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A 29-year-old Springfield man has been sentenced to life in prison in the 2019 death of a 7-month-old baby.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The University of Missouri has named a choral hall after musician Sheryl Crow, who graduated from the school in 1984 with a degree in music education.
Despite hearing from President Mun Choi that a mask rule could be the key to keeping University of Missouri campuses open, the UM Board of Curators on Tuesday morning voted down recommendations for a temporary mask requirement.
A single-story, 956-square-foot home built in the 1930s was the focus of an hour-long public hearing Monday in Augusta, where residents peppered members of the Augusta Planning and Zoning Commission with questions about how the property would be redeveloped if a proposed rezoning request is …
Cause of deadly plane crash continues to remain under investigation
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A judge on Friday sentenced a Missouri man to 28 years in prison — the maximum he could impose — for the 2019 killing of his wife, whose body he buried in a state park and whose death he misled the authorities about for more than a year.
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