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Bowling Green athlete destined for something greater

Stan Schwartz
Updated Apr 7, 2021

WWE inducts Glen ‘Kane’ Jacobs into hall of fame

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Magnus Carlsen is all business at the World Chess Championship

Rural areas face loss of clout in redistricting

Missouri auditor gives 'poor' rating to Greene County Commission over 2017 campaign for sales tax

China's crackdown on Hong Kong fuels fears in Taiwan

Biden signs $1.9T relief bill before speech to nation

Zeke Miller
Updated Mar 12, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marking a year of loss and disruption, President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the $1.9 trillion relief package that he said will help the U.S. defeat the coronavirus and nurse the economy back to health.

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Champ Clark bust among art damaged at Capitol Building

Brent Engel
Updated Jan 13, 2021

The statue of a Northeast Missouri man who almost became president was among artwork damaged during a protest at the Capitol last week.

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Bipartisan Senate Rules and Homeland Security Committee leaders announce joint oversight after attack on the Capitol Building

Katie Boyd (Blunt) Nate Evans (Klobuchar) Allison Green (Peters) Emily Benavides (Portman)
Updated Jan 8, 2021

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), leaders of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, and Gary Peters (Mich.) and Rob Portman (Ohio), leaders of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement …

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Pro-Trump protesters storm U.S. Capitol as armed standoff takes place outside House chamber

Updated Jan 7, 2021

According to CNN, supporters of President Donald Trump have breached the U.S. Capitol and one woman has been shot as one of the most iconic American buildings is engulfed in chaos after Trump urged his supporters to fight against the ceremonial counting of the electoral votes that confirmed …

Army Corps of Engineers reports an increase in adult drowning at its lake and river projects this summer

Jul 23, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced today that more than 30 people lost their lives to drowning in June at lake and river projects the agency manages. The June statistics represent a 47 percent increase in drownings over the same time period last year. USACE also re…

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Champ Clark ribbon-cutting approaches

By Adam Thorp
Updated Jul 30, 2019

LOUISIANA – A little more than 90 years ago, Louisiana, Pike County and well-wishers from around the country gathered to mark what was understood to be an epochal moment in the history of the town and the region: the bridging of the Mississippi by the Champ Clark Bridge.

Feds will defray flood costs of Pike County governments

By Adam Thorp
Updated Jul 30, 2019

The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Monday that public bodies in Pike County can get federal help to pay for the cost of their flood defenses and the damage left in flooding’s wake.