Kansas legislators have drifted through another week.

Authorities in Congo say two suspects soon will face trial in the gruesome killings of two United Nations experts and their interpreter.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has named a longtime banker as the acting director of the state’s Division of Financial Institutions.

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has named a new acting director of the Department of Social Services.

Reminder that Joplin Schools changed their policy this year on how safe rooms are open to public. If there is a Tornado Warning is the Joplin area, then doors will remotely open to public. The following Community Safe Rooms are available to the community during a Tornado Warning, and/or when the tornado sirens have sounded. If Community Safe Rooms open before a Tornado Warning, or before tornado sirens sound, notification will be posted on the district’s Facebook page. Cecil Floyd …

A southeast Missouri sheriff facing 18 criminal charges and under investigation in the death of an inmate will remain out of jail for at least another month, despite the efforts of Missouri’s top law enforcement official.

The Latest on the not guilty verdict in the manslaughter trial of a white Oklahoma police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black man (all times local):

Haskell Indian Nations University has canceled its upcoming track and field season due to several factors, including cost, facilities and competitiveness.

A therapy dog that comforted veterans, hospice patients and children with disabilities in northeastern Kansas has died after undergoing surgery.