Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback is preparing to outline a new plan for raising taxes to close a projected state budget shortfall.

An Italian manufacturer of construction products is opening in Missouri after an overseas trip by Gov. Jay Nixon and other state officials to recruit foreign investment.

By The Associated Press 12:40 p.m. (CDT)

A call from a resident about three people whom she didn’t know knocking on her door led to three arrests on by Carthage police on Wednesday.

The hardened concrete walls of the gymnasium / tornado safe room are up and workers are making progress on what will become the newest school in the Carthage R-9 School District.

They come from all walks of life, they’ve scattered across the country, but there’s one thing they all still have in common – They’re Carthage Tigers.

Bad weather and delays in moving a utility line have slowed progress on two construction projects that have closed two busy streets in the south part of Carthage.

For the second year in a row, the Scripps National Spelling Bee ended in a tie. Vanya Shivashankar, 13, of Olathe, Kansas, and Gokul Venkatachalam, 14, of Chesterfield, Missouri, were named co-champions after spelling every word thrown at them. This is the second year in a row there has been a tie. Before 2014, however, there hadn’t been a tie since 1962.

A couple from the St. Louis suburb of O’Fallon is scheduled to be sentenced Friday for keeping their autistic son inside a makeshift cage.