Warm & Humid May Weekend       TODAY Low to mid 80s Partly to mostly cloudy and muggy. TONIGHT Upper 60s Partly cloudy. SUNDAY Mid 80s Warm, humid and windy. T-storms becoming more likely late in the day. 12-hour forecast 24-hour forecast Proposed sales tax for transportation projects dies in the Missouri Senate A proposed one-cent sales tax for transportation projects died in the Missouri Senate on Friday. If approved this issue would have gone to voters. Voters would have decided on a sales tax to fund $8 billion dollars in transportation projects. "Denying the ...

Jet lands at Springfield-Branson Natl. Airport with smoke in cockpit SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Officials are looking into what caused a jet cockpit to fill with smoke before landing at the Springfield-Branson National Airport. The pilot of an American Eagle Jet headed from Dallas to Springfield reported smoke in the cockpit about 7:15pm ...

Springfield, Kirbyville men charged with K2 conspiracy SPRINGFIELD, Mo. - Tammy Dickinson, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Springfield, Mo., man and a Kirbyville, Mo., man were charged in federal court today for their roles in a conspiracy to distribute synthetic marijuana, ...

Mo. Gov. Nixon gives mixed review to legislative session, renews concerns about tax cut JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gov. Jay Nixon is giving a mixed review to Missouri's 2013 legislative session. The Democratic governor praised lawmakers for boosting funding for education and mental health in the session that ended Friday evening. And he complimented ...

Missouri lawmakers approve measure to close loophole in child abuse reporting JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have Gov. Jay Nixon legislation closing a loophole in the state's mandatory child abuse reporting law. The House and Senate both approved the measure without opposition Friday. Missouri now requires mandatory reporters who suspect ...

Powerball jackpot closing in on another record
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory.

Gunmen seize elderly father of Syria's deputy FM
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa province.

IRS probe ignored most influential groups
WASHINGTON (AP) — There's an irony in the Internal Revenue Service's crackdown on conservative groups.

Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart attack.

What to watch for at the Preakness
BALTIMORE (AP) — All eyes will be on Kentucky Derby winner Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday. The 3-year-old colt will take on eight challengers in the second leg of the Triple Crown. If he wins, Orb will attempt to become the first Triple Crown champion since Affirmed in 1978 at the Belmont Stakes on June 8. In the Preakness, Orb will be facing five horses he defeated in the Derby and three who did not run in the race.