ATCHISON, Kan. (AP) -- After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine....

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (AP) -- Police in Independence have arrested two people in connection with last weekend's theft of a 6-foot bronze statue from outside the National Frontier Trails Museum....

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts is planning a $50 million expansion of its corporate headquarters in the St. Louis area....

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Parents wanting to transfer their children out of failing school districts should act by Aug. 1, and if demand is higher than available classroom seats, their children may have to wait on a lottery draw before they can attend a new school, according to state recommendations released Wednesday....

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- A former student at the University of Central Missouri will spend three years in federal prison for taking part in a conspiracy to hack into the school's computer network....