CHILLICOTHE, Mo. — The case of a former city attorney charged with theft and other offenses related to his advocacy of families in probate matters may conclude later this year.

KANSAS CITY — A federal court ruling Tuesday could open the door to the execution of accused murder John Middleton, though it’s unclear when that could occur.

TARKIO, Mo. — A cold building is just one problem that administrator Jo Blackney hopes more money will solve at the Atchison County Health Center.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Jackie Marrs is still frustrated over why John Middleton receives delays for his planned execution, 13 years after she lost her daughter over a methamphetamine turf war in Northwest Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court issued a stay of execution for Mr. Middleton, who’s been convicted in the shooting deaths of Stacy Hodge, Randy Hamilton and Alfred Pinegar in 1995. “I just can’t understand,” said Mrs. Marrs, a Spickard, Mo., woman who didn’t want to talk about the case otherwise. “He’s exhausted all his appeals. There should be no other thing to stop it.”

Candidates for sheriff in several Northwest Missouri counties cite law enforcement experience in their quest for office Aug. 5.

MARYVILLE, Mo. — An early 2009 trial was set Monday for the suspect in a stabbing death in rural Nodaway County earlier this year.

A Tarkio, Mo., man will stand trial next year in the stabbing death of a Maryville man last March.

Several Northwest Missouri cities have received major block grants that will be used for water system improvements, bridge replacements and a courthouse elevator.

Preserving the history of the electric interurban railroad — a relic from Northwest Missouri’s transportation past — was one of Joseph “Ed” Gentry’s great passions.

Norman Davis uses a golf cart for his grocery shopping, to go to the post office and to haul sacks of pet food. Of course, it’s all accomplished with burning less fuel than an SUV. It’s opened up a new front in the war on high gas prices. Mr. Davis and other Albany residents are free to run golf carts for errands and any other need on the city’s streets. City officials enacted a new law July 1 that allows golf carts to legally cruise the streets just like any other authorized vehicle.