Stories from Sunday, July 21, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection after a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about the incumbent's fitness for office with the election just four months away. It was a late-season campaign thunderstrike unlike any in American history...

Chaffee High School students attended the 44th National Beta Club Convention in Savannah, Georgia, and returned home with a national champion. Eli Nix, a junior — now rising senior — and the historian of Chaffee Beta Club, took first place at the convention in the Recyclable Art Division 2 by repurposing an old window and aluminum cans to make a stained glass window...

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COLUMBIA, Mo. — At the University of Missouri, 5,025 Tigers received a total of 7,548 degrees and certificates in May. Butler County Harviell Kaylee Michelle Williams, Bachelor of General Studies in general studies, undergraduate certificate in multicultural studies...

Officers made contact with a victim Sunday, July 21, on North G Street about property damage to her car. Someone stole her battery and keyed the side of her car. _ Officers responded Sunday, July 21, to Walmart Neighborhood Market about an abandoned Nissan Van. The owner could not be located and Casey’s Towing responded and impounded the van...