MACON, MO. -- On Monday, a local business in Macon contacted the Macon Police Department saying it had received a counterfeit $50 bill. It reported it also received smaller dollar amounts of counterfeit bills twice on two other occasions prior to Monday.

COLUMBIA, MO. (AP) -- A University of Missouri journalism researcher says that social-media saturated teenagers aren't necessarily savvier consumers of news.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO. (AP) -- Losing political candidates could find it harder to get a recount under legislation sent to Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon.

A bill given final approval Tuesday would tighten the margin of defeat necessary to trigger a recount in Missouri elections. Under current law, a candidate who loses by less than 1 percent can seek a recount. The legislation would require a margin of less than one-half of a percent to request a recount.

According to the Kansas City Star, it appears as if free agent Akeem Jordan will get first crack at the vacant inside linebacker position in the Chiefs defense.

A Gallatin man was fatally injured last night when, according to the Highway Patrol, he was thrown off his overturning motorcycle near Jameson. The victim, 26 year old Jesse Brown of Gallatin, was pronounced dead at the scene late in the afternoon by the Daviess County Coroner.

MACON, MO. -- Failing to have a license plate on the front of his vehicle has landed a northeast Missouri man in jail facing a felony charge.

Tim Baker, Connie Neal, Kristie Urich and Lisa Delameter, representatives from the University Of Missouri Extension were featured guests on a recent edition of KTTN's Open Line.

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SULLIVAN COUNTY. MO. -- A northeast Missouri woman has been arrested on federal charges.

In a report from the Associated Press.

DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Gov. Terry Branstad and MidAmerican Energy are announcing plans to spend $1.9 billion to install 656 wind turbines in Iowa by the end of 2015.

LANSING, Kan. - Three inmates walked away from a minimum security section of the Lansing Correctional Facility Friday morning.

DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Iowa drivers will be able to renew their driver's licenses online under a bill signed into law by the governor.

Plans are being formed for a ceremony this weekend at Trenton to honor two local law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty. The event is planned at the conclusion of the national observance of law enforcement officer week.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —The amount of drinks someone can have before being considered legally drunk may be changing.

The National Transportation Safety Board is pushing for lower blood-alcohol limits for American drivers, changing the standard set about a decade ago

(AP) -- The University of Missouri plans to build a new softball stadium to keep up with its new SEC rivals.

KIRKSVILLE, MO. -- A Kirksville man facing federal charges was scheduled to go on trial Monday, however, he was nowhere to be found.

Arraignment is scheduled May 21st in Circuit Court at Princeton for a Marshall man arrested on five felony counts stemming from altercations Friday at Mercer.

MACON, MO. -- After 5 years of brain storming and 2 years of construction, Loch Haven had their ribbon cutting ceremony today for their two brand new cottages for long term care and for a brand new activity center for the assisted living center.

WASHINGTON — No squeals on Friday, just solemnity and salutes for Prince Harry at Arlington National Cemetery, then comaraderie with veterans at the military's Walter Reed medical center. Now he's on his way to Colorado.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A van carrying 10 people slammed into the back of a tractor trailer in northwest Missouri Thursday morning in a multi-car collision that killed two and injured nine others.

Newtown, Mo. -- A Sullivan County man was arrested for possession of child pornography after the Kirksville Regional Computer Crimes Unit allegedly identified his computer as sharing more than 700 illegal pictures and videos on file-sharing networks.