Four transformative community leaders will be recognized Thursday at the 41st annual Mercy Heritage Awards. Mark Shoemaker, ...

A series of pit-stops along Highway 13 are anticipated to benefit pollinators, like monarch butterflies, and western Missouri ...

For outdoor enthusiasts, Nauvoo’s location on the Mississippi River provides ample opportunities for recreation. The Great River Road, which follows the Mississippi, offers one of the most scenic ...

Notes: 2016 additions in bold. Schools listed are those recognized as within The World-Herald’s coverage area at the time of the performances. An asterisk denotes a hand-held time converted to ...

Have you ever thought about exploring Australia? More and more people from around the globe are doing just that! Australia is ...

Kirk Siegler is a national correspondent for NPR News. As a roving reporter, he covers the western U.S. with an emphasis on rural issues, water and the effects of climate change on smaller ...

From the peccaries in the Desert Dome to the cute Rockhopper penguins and the 70-foot shark tunnel in the Suzanne and Walter Scott Aquarium to the Western lowland gorillas in Hubbard Gorilla ...