PARSONS, Kan. — Third graders spend Arbor Day learning the importance of trees in the Sunflower State. It’s a big event for Parsons, which is one of only a handful of Kansas cities with its own ...

An agreement for the city of Joplin to arrange environmental cleanup and demolition of an old hospital building at 2008 S. Sergeant Ave. received first-round approval of t City Council on Monday night ...

Catholics around the world are mourning the death of Pope Francis. Known as 'the people's pope', he worked to make the church a more inclusive place. Professor of Historical Theology at Villanova ...

Damage from the Easter EF-1 tornado led to Columbia City Manager De'Carlon Seewood declaring a state of emergency.

NEWTON COUNTY, Mo. (KOAM) — About 8:30 a.m. Friday morning reports of an overturned truck hauling live chickens on State Hwy ...

Shortly before noon on Sunday reports of a tractor-trailer stopped roadside I49 NB about 36 mile marker, a turkey had gone ...

Battalion Chief Barry White was named Sedalia’s Firefighter of the Year by Fire Chief Irwin. “This year’s recipient is ...

Members of t Police Department were recognized Monday during an annual police banquet and awards ceremony. Those named as employees of the year are Cody Bender, civilian employee; McKenna Allen, ...

Authorities say a man set wooden pallets on fire and failed to properly put them out in New Jersey’s Pine Barrens, sparking a ...

A fast-moving wildfire burning in New Jersey on Tuesday forced thousands of people to evacuate and closed a stretch of a ...

According to the Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department, firefighters received the call around 1 p.m. Thursday about a house fire in the 5600 block of East 16th Terrace. Many neighbors said they ...

A Doolittle Fire Protection District building in Jerome is getting a much-needed upgrade to reopen as a fire station.