Missouri crops threatened by Japanese beetles (Agriculture Online)
After years of being primarily a horticultural pest, Japanese beetles are emerging as a threat to field crops across Missouri, said Wayne Bailey, University of Missouri Extension entomologist.

Missouri has best way to select judge (The Springfield News-Leader)
On July 31, Judge Stephen Limbaugh Jr. will leave his seat on the Supreme Court of Missouri to accept his appointment to the federal bench. Our state courts will lose an excellent jurist. Because this is Missouri, we can be sure that Judge Limbaugh's seat on the court will be filled by a highly qualified lawyer who will not be beholden to special interests or corporations. If this were Illinois ...

Missouri District 10, Illinois District 22 all-stars to clash at GCS (North County Journal)
It's not often American Legion baseball players from Missouri and Illinois get to play against each other, but many of them will have that opportunity this Monday.

McCain declares self the underdog in Missouri (USA Today)
Although Missouri has gone red in the past two presidential elections, Republican presidential candidate John McCain cast himself as the underdog here to Democrat Barack Obama as he made his second stop in the state this week.

Iles tied for second in Missouri (NZCity)
19 July 2008 New Zealand golfer Bradley Iles is tied for second at the halfway point of the latest Nationwide Tour event in Missouri. Iles fired a seven under par second round to move to 11 under par for the tournament, two shots off the lead.