Week in review: Komen and Planned Parenthood top the news

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Today in the news: Komen changes mind on Planned Parenthood

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, the top news and the quote of the day.

Driver injured in one-vehicle accident

A Conception Junction man suffered moderate injuries Thursday in a one-vehicle accident on 290th Street, a gravel road near the junction of routes V and H five miles southwest of Maryville.

Repairs underway, but fate of Bookstop still uncertain

A masonry crew was on site this week at the fire-damaged Bookstop Coffee Shop in downtown Maryville, but fans of the once-popular gathering spot at 220 N. Main shouldn't get their hopes up that the combination cafe/bookstore/antique gallery will reopen anytime soon.

Students mail in first-class thank-yous

Email, social networking sites and other forms electronic communication may have put a serious dent in the number of personal letters people send to one another, but it's hard to deny the special charm of opening a hand-addressed paper envelope someone has taken the trouble to mail just to you.

Today in the news: Group wants sugar regulated like tobacco

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, the top news and the quote of the day.

Budget cuts would bite deep at Northwest

Northwest Missouri State University President John Jasinski joined presidents of other state-assisted colleges and universities Wednesday in Jefferson City, where the group painted a bleak picture before the House Appropriations Committee on Education with regard to a proposed 12.5 percent budget cut for higher education.

Mental toughness coach trains tennis team from the neck up

Northwest graduate student Trevor Conner found himself in new territory after a shot-in-the-dark phone call last year.

Students salute parish staff, volunteers

Student Council members at St. Gregory's School in Maryville said thanks to their teachers Wednesday by serving them fried chicken seasoned with a little downtime.

Today in the news: Facebook seeks $5 billion IPO

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, the top news and the quote of the day.

R-IV patrons discuss bond proposal

South Nodaway R-IV School District administrators and faculty met with district patrons Monday during an informational meeting on a proposed 59-cent tax levy increase set to go before voters April 3.

Relenting winter means spring for a day

Temps break 20-year mark

Today in the news: Mom gives birth to 14-pound baby

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, the top news and the quote of the day.

MHS teacher, coach dead at 52

Dale Kisker, a mathematics teacher and assistant girls basketball coach at Maryville High School, died unexpectedly Saturday night of an apparent heart attack. He was 52.

One grand up for grabs at R-II benefit

Some lucky person will get to go home with $1,000, but the real winners following this year's Maryville R-II Educational Foundation Elimination Dinner and Silent Auction will be students served by the local school district.

Today in the news: Super Bowl ad preview – and a look at the Ferris Bueller ad

Your daily news briefing, with the video of the day, the top news and the quote of the day.

Pickering students Fuel Up to Play 60

The little cracker-box gymnasium at the North Nodaway Elementary School in Pickering was a beehive of activity Friday afternoon, and that's just the way school nurse Deanna Scroggie wants it.

Science olympics held at Northwest

Almost 100 area middle schools took over the Garrett-Strong Science Building at Northwest Missouri State University over the weekend.

School all smiles after tech gift from Hy-Vee

The art program at South Nodaway High School in Barnard will go high-tech this week thanks to a new Smart Board display panel given to the school through the Smiles for Education contest sponsored by the Hy-Vee supermarket chain.

Local physicians relocate

St. Francis Family Health Care has announced that Drs. Kanti Havaldar, internal medicine, and Michael Wurm, family practice, will move their offices to the South Hills Medical Building, 114 E. South Hills Drive, effective Wednesday Feb. 1.

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