Associated Press Missouri headlines

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Gov. Jay Nixon has repeatedly described high quality preschool programs as a great investment for the state while proposing millions in additional funding for early childhood efforts....

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- A southwest Missouri man has been charged in a deadly crash after confessing to talking on his cell phones just before it happened....

CHICAGO (AP) -- A slow-moving winter storm blanketed a large swath of the Plains and Midwest in snow Sunday, forcing the cancellation of roughly 2,000 flights, making roads treacherous and forcing some people to rethink their plans to attend Super Bowl parties....

WARRENTON, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities plan to exhume a man's body that had its head and hands removed when it was found nearly 30 years ago along a rural highway in Warren County....

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- Authorities say an immature bald eagle has been shot and killed in rural northwest Missouri....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The St. Louis Blues are rolling. Against the Washington Capitals, an injury, an ejection and Alex Ovechkin's two goals weren't enough to stop them....

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) -- A St. Joseph man has been sentenced to probation for stealing prescription pills and cash from the Caldwell County Sheriff's Department....

OWENSVILLE, Mo. (AP) -- A 57-year-old man has died after a jon boat struck a rock and sunk on the Gasconade River....

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Several dozen flights have been canceled or delayed at the largest airports in Kansas and Missouri as a winter storm blankets a large swath of the country's midsection....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Parts of northern Missouri and northeast Kansas are digging out from a winter storm....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- St. Louis defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk has left the Blues' game against the Capitals because of a lower body injury....

CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) -- Believe it or not, there was a time before the Super Bowl became supreme overlord of the sporting universe....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A new center that hopes to eventually provide resources for science and engineering students throughout the Kansas City region is now open....

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- The leader of a Kansas commune that prosecutors say lived off of insurance payouts following the deaths of group members is set to stand trial for murder in the 2003 drowning of one of them - a young mother whose death he allegedly foretold weeks before it happened....

OREM, Utah (AP) -- Martez Harrison had 17 points and seven assists, and Reese Holliday scored 17 to help Missouri-Kansas City beat Utah Valley State 66-59 on Saturday night....

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were:...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- Gavin Thurman scored 11 points and Missouri State beat Southern Illinois 52-46 on Saturday night to snap a seven-game losing streak....

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. (AP) -- Jarekious Bradley and Nino Johnson scored 15 points apiece and Southeast Missouri beat Austin Peay 70-64 on Saturday, snapping a two-game losing streak....

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