Stories from Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Drivers can expect lane closings and traffic shifts on I-49 near Rich Hill when a project to rehabilitate four bridges begins the week of March 16, the Missouri Department of Transportation said. Contractor crews will replace the bridge decks or driving surfaces of the bridges over the Bates County Drainage Ditch (Mile Marker 122) and the Marais des Cygnes River (Mile Marker 123)...

LEE'S SUMMIT — The stars were aligned, and all the pieces seemed to be in place for the Nevada Lady Tigers to make a deep (Class 4) state tournament run. Having fallen in the sectional-round the past two years, Nevada was again unable to break through past that stage, succumbing to the Grain Valley Lady Eagles on Tuesday night, 36-27...