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CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (AP) — Same-sex spouses of employees and retirees at Southeast Missouri State University will now be eligible for university benefits. The Board of Regents voted Monday to extend benefits immediately to spouses in same-sex couples who were legally married in another state...

Haiti is one of those countries you see every now and then on the news and think: "Oh, those poor people.  I should do something to help them", and then promptly forget about it.  After all, your life is busy, and you have your own affairs to look after.  But the Strong Tower group is asking for your help with the young children of Haiti.

Can Ebola spread from people to animals or animals to people? Doctors from BluePearl Veterinary Partners have offered some important information about pets and Ebola.

Update 10:00 am 10/16: Pettis County Deputies reported that they were looking for Crystal Gayle Thomas of Sedalia. She has been found alive and well, according to Sgt. Tolbert Roe. The Pettis County Sheriff's Office appreciates your assistance and tips...

Breast cancer will be the focus of the Bothwell Regional Health Center Foundation’s biannual Benefit to be held Saturday, Nov. 8. The event, which will be held at Missouri Electric Cooperative Building on the Fairgrounds, will include a cocktail hour, dinner, program and dance with music by the band MDock...

Ebola is all over the headlines lately. Here are some helpful facts about the deadly disease (that you're not going to catch).

A man on a flight Wednesday from Philadelphia to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic sneezed and then joked he may have Ebola after being in Africa.

They say war is hell, but who knew war could become completely routine?

The first confirmed diagnosed case of Ebola in the US has been met with horror, concern and...humor?

A terrifying scene unfolded Sunday when Japan's Mount Ontake erupted -- while climbers were in the midst of scaling the 10-000-foot-high volcano.