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D-backs" Gallen, Cards" Mc Greevy seek elusive win | Jefferson City News-Tribune
2+ hour, 29+ min ago (562+ words) Zac Gallen's search for consistency will continue when the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks look to clinch their four-game series tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals. In his most recent start, Gallen (3-6, 6. 10 ERA) was roughed up in a 16-8 home loss against the…...
DPS fires teacher accused of making female students kiss during class skits | Jefferson City News-Tribune
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (498+ words) DENVER -- Denver Public Schools fired a teacher accused of making female students kiss each other in class and of exhibiting other inappropriate behavior, including sharing what a judge referred to as "sensitive and potentially traumatizing information" in class. The district…...
How Route 66 inspired Disney's "Cars' and Cars Land | Jefferson City News-Tribune
3+ week, 4+ day ago (590+ words) LOS ANGELES -- Route 66 has its tendrils throughout So Cal, and especially in the L. A. area, winding through Pasadena, West Hollywood and culminating in Santa Monica. But the most loving ode to Route 66 may in fact be at the Disneyland Resort, specifically…...
Highly endangered properties:" Meet the people keeping iconic Route 66 motels alive | Jefferson City News-Tribune
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1401+ words) ON ROUTE 66 -- Their stories follow a remarkably similar path. It starts with frustration, over skyrocketing housing prices in The Hague, or the pandemic's impact on their jobs in Illinois, or the tedium of arranging flowers for weddings and funerals in…...
Kids get stuck in Missouri hospitals, even after being cleared for discharge | Jefferson City News-Tribune
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (975+ words) Overwhelmed by the demands of caregiving, Quette dialed 911 when she found her teenage son downstairs in their kitchen struggling to breathe. He had rolled his wheelchair to the oven to keep himself warm as he tried to regulate his temperature,…...
COMMENTARY: Hantavirus cruise: A ship of fools | Jefferson City News-Tribune
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (524+ words) Among the passengers who boarded that day was a 70-year-old birdwatcher who had spent his final days ashore traipsing through an Argentinian dump covered with rat feces and looking for rare birds. He was looking for species, not feces, but…...
Trump administration readying plan to impose Colorado River water cuts on Western states | Jefferson City News-Tribune
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (412+ words) LOS ANGELES -- After months of pressing Western states to come to their own agreement, the Trump administration told their leaders it's drawing up a 10-year plan for dealing with water shortages on the Colorado River. The river is a major…...
UCLA two-sport star Megan Grant breaks 31-year-old NCAA softball home-run record | Jefferson City News-Tribune
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (402+ words) UCLA senior Megan Grant set the NCAA Division I softball home run record Saturday with her 38th long ball of the 2026 season. Grant was also a member of UCLA's 2026 NCAA basketball championship team. In the third inning of Saturday's game against…...
Cause of death confirmed for "Storage Wars" star Darrell Sheets | Jefferson City News-Tribune
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (207+ words) The cause of death for "Storage Wars" star Darrell Sheets'has been confirmed as suicide, according to reports. While the full autopsy has yet to be released, the Mohave County Medical Examiner's Office in Arizona confirmed Sheets' cause of death to…...
California, Arizona, Nevada announce new water-saving plan for dwindling Colorado River | Jefferson City News-Tribune
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (347+ words) LOS ANGELES -- With the Colorado River's giant reservoirs declining toward critically low levels, negotiators for California, Arizona and Nevada announced Friday that they have agreed on a water-saving plan for the next two years. Representatives of the three states said…...