A Heart for Haiti: Springfield's Project Hope making clean water a priority Several local organizations and churches have been helping in Haiti for some time now, especially since the January 2010 earthquake that killed 316-thousand people, and displaced millions. KY-3's Sara Forhetz traveled to Haiti with Springfield-based Project Hope to see how they're making a difference.  Nothing is easy here. Finding water for your family, finding food, even going to the bathroom. "That's where they take a shower, ...

Gorgeous temperatures to start the week Lows in the upper 30s tonight ...

New funding helps expand missing persons tracking program through local sheriff?s office Warmer weather means a lot more activity and outdoor fun for many families, but the change in seasons can also bring added dangers. "Summer time is a really hard time because the more we go out and explore the more [my son] wants to do on his own," said Elizabeth Obrey. "My older son has a diagnosis of Autism and he has a history of wandering," she ...

Cardinals sign Cuban free agent to contract JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals signed Cuban free agent shortstop Aledmys (Ah-led-mees) Diaz to a major league contract and he'll report to spring training on Monday. The Cardinals were among a number of teams who held private workouts for the right-handed hitting Diaz. The 23-year-old Diaz batted .315 with 12 home runs and 11 steals in 270 at-bats in 2012 for Los Naranjas de ...

Nephew of man who opened fire at Kirkwood City Council meeting running for office The nephew of a suburban St. Louis man who opened fire at a city council meeting six years ago, killing five and severely wounding the mayor, is running for a seat on that same governing body. Jayson Thornton, whose uncle Charles Lee "Cookie" Thornton stormed into Kirkwood's council chamber on Feb. 7, 2008, and started shooting before being fatally shot at the scene, is one of ...

Pictures: 29th Annual Bowl for Kids' Sake The 29th annual Bowl for Kids' Sake, benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ozarks, took place over a series of days and wrapped up Sunday bringing in more than $100,000.  ...

Survey: Uninsured rate drops; health law cited
WASHINGTON (AP) — With just three weeks left to sign up under President Barack Obama health care law, a major survey tracking the rollout finds that the uninsured rate keeps going down.

Factbox: What is Crimea and why does it matter?
(Reuters) - Ukraine's Crimean peninsula is at the center of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War. HISTORY Crimea, which juts out into the Black Sea off southern Ukraine, was absorbed into the Russian empire along with most of ethnic Ukrainian territory by Catherine the Great in the 18th century. Russia's Black Sea naval base at Sevastopol was founded soon afterwards. More than half a million people were killed in the Crimean War of 1853-56 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire, which was backed by Britain and France. The conflict reshaped Europe and paved the way for World War One. ...

NASCAR's Chase changes lead to big finish in Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Brad Keselowski blew past Dale Earnhardt Jr. on the backstretch of the final lap to win Sunday, many concerns about NASCAR's new Chase for the Sprint Cup championship rules also got left in the dust.

China urges Malaysia to step up plane search efforts
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Foreign Ministry on Monday urged Malaysia to step up search and investigation efforts over a missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner with 239 people on board. Ministry spokesman Qin Gang made the comments at a daily news briefing. Questions have mounted over possible security lapses and whether a bomb or hijacking could have brought down the Beijing-bound plane, after Interpol confirmed at least two passengers used stolen passports and said it was checking whether others aboard used false identity documents. (Reporting by Ben Blanchard, Writing by Michael Martina)

Ex-rebel claims El Salvador election win, rival cries foul
By Nelson Renteria and Michael O'Boyle SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - A former Marxist guerrilla leader claimed a narrow victory in El Salvador's presidential election run-off on Sunday but his conservative rival warned of fraud and insisted he was the winner. Salvador Sanchez Ceren of the ruling Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), which fought a series of U.S.-backed governments in a 1980-1992 civil war, won with 50.11 percent support, the election tribunal's preliminary results showed. His right-wing challenger Norman Quijano, a former mayor of San Salvador, had 49.89 percent and the two men were separated by just 6,634 votes. An angry Quijano, 67, accused the election tribunal of corruption and hinted at foul play.