Northwest Missouri State University’s Concert Band will present its first concert of the fall semester at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9, in the Charles Johnson Theater at the Olive DeLuce Fine Arts Building.

The Sechrest 18, a centerpiece of Mozingo Lake Recreation Park’s golf facilities, is set for major renovations this fall. The 18-hole course, designed by renowned Midwest golf architect Donald Sechrest and completed in 1995, will soon see upgrades to its iconic but high-maintenance bunkers, according to Mozingo Director Jordan Greenhaw.

A week of firsts for Northwest Missouri State included a 3-0 start to conference play and entering the United Soccer Coaches Poll.

There is a new Conservation Commissioner in the state of Missouri. Gov. Mike Kehoe appointed Frank Kruse of Smithville to the four person commission, which oversees the budget and leadership of the Missouri Department of Conservation as a whole.

A new report from the Sierra Club says Evergy Power is on track to source 100% renewable energy by 2035.

At issue was a suit by Rep. Michael Bost, R-Ill., challenging an Illinois regulation that allows ballots mailed in by Election Day to be counted for up to 14 days after polls close.

The deal raises the possibility that the war may now be over, ending the bloodiest fighting ever between Israelis and Palestinians.

When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.

Alysia Abbott's memoir about growing up in 1970s San Francisco with her gay, single father, has been adapted into a film directed by Andrew Durham and produced by Sofia Coppola.

Photographers and storytellers Karla Gachet and Ivan Kashinsky document cumbia music in Colombia, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and the United States.