A Chinese business owner and his employee pleaded guilty and were sentenced in federal court Friday for conspiring to steal trade secrets from Pittsburgh Corning Corporation, which has a plant in Sedalia.

COLUMBIA — Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill traded partisan barbs with her Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, during a debate hosted here Friday by the Missouri Press Association.

Two Chinese nationals have been arrested for allegedly attempting to steal proprietary trade secrets from Pittsburgh Corning.

The Other View editorial (Monday) assailing the U.S. House of Representatives for passing a law to prohibit the EPA from limiting “farm dust” seems to be a bit odd, being printed in a newspaper in the middle of an agriculture area of the state of Missouri.

Remember what Christmas was like as a kid?

Since beginning my service as your state representative, I have worked very hard on a measure that would reform the method we use in Missouri to choose appellate judges and the judges in the urban areas. If my proposed changes to the Missouri Constitution passes both houses of the Missouri General Assembly, it would still have to be approved by a majority of voters in a statewide election before it would becomes law.

Sedalia police officer Lynnette Overstreet on Friday told the Pettis County Pachyderm Club about her experience working undercover for eight months as part of a sting operation that led to 28 arrests of suspected local drug dealers.

Back when NFL wide receiver Chris Carter was traded to the Minnesota Vikings, his former coach, who was apparently glad to see Chris gone, said sarcastically, “All he can do is catch touchdowns.” 

An array of classes, from ghost hunting to GEDs, are being offered in coming weeks at State Fair Community College:

Fifteen years ago, the first “Men in Black” movie introduced the characters of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as special agents of an organization in charge of maintaining a “safe zone” for extraterrestrial-alien refugees disguised as Earthlings. A second movie, in 2002, punched the story along with new sci-fi comedy twists.

Sedalia has made its way into national food culture again with its best-known entree: the guberburger.

In a world of uncertainty, there are only a few constants you can count on every baseball season.

It opens with a funeral, ends with a burial, and fills the nearly three hours in between ramping up to an apocalyptic nightmare.

The Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock will stage the musical comedy “Damn Yankees” at 2 and 8 p.m. June 18, 2 p.m. June 19, 8 p.m. June 22, 2 p.m. June 23, 2 and 8 p.m. June 24, 2 and 8 p.m. June 25, 2 p.m. June 26 at the theater at 114 High St.

I sat at my computer and thought about what I'd write – it needed to

WASHINGTON (AP) — For many prominent Republicans, Barack Obama’s inauguration was a special day of a different sort, full of balmy breezes and lovely vistas.

Major Mark Haslett

It’s not at all unusual for someone to approach me and then say something like, “I don’t fish or hunt, but I always read your column.”

“One of the things my mom, Carolyn Snow, always told me was, “Pretty is, as pretty does,” meaning that even if you were beautiful, that if you didn’t act nice or “pretty,” it didn’t matter.  And that if you acted nice and treated everyone kindly, you would be one of the most beautiful people. My mom has taught me many wonderful things, from cooking, to manners, to how to treat others. She is a wonderful mother and grandmother!”

WASHINGTON (AFNS) – A federal jury in U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii found Noshir S. Gowadia, age 66, of Maui, guilty of five criminal offenses Aug. 9 relating to his design for the Chinese government of a low signature cruise missile exhaust system capable of rendering a Chinese cruise missile resistant to detection by infrared missiles.

An undercover police officer who built cases against 31 defendants over the course of seven months said submersion into the drug culture was “an eye-opener.”

A field of ragweed would send allergy sufferers running, but it’s just another day at the office for Jim and Stephanie Sneed.