The three day Hispanic College Fund Challenge Tournament being held at the JQH Arena this weekend saw the Missouri St. Bears get off to a good start with a 70-53 victory over Maryland-Eastern Shore.
The natural gas explosion destroyed a home at 2550 W. Chestnut St., at its intersection with Brown Avenue, on Thursday afternoon.
There are 150 kids in Greene County alone, and more than 2,000 in Missouri still waiting on a family to call their own. Friday, that wait ended for several youngsters on National Adoption Day.
Researchers are trying to find whether some tower designs might be less likely to have birds fly into them.