BATESVILLE — This week, First Community Bank announced expansion into the Lead Hill community —  marking a strategic move to serve the evolving financial needs of the region beyond the well-established Harrison market. more

KANSAS CITY Mo. — Super Bowl LVIII is Feb.11 and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Region 7, comprised of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska, is teaming up with local law enforcement to remind Chiefs fans and football fans everywhere that Fans Don’t Let Fans Drive Drunk. This year, our region’s very own Kansas City Chiefs are returning to the big game, and the NHTSA aims to keep all of Chiefs Kingdom safe. Whether you’re hosting a viewing party or attending one, everyone has an important job: Help keep drunk drivers off the road so we can all make it home safely on game night. more

WASHINGTON D.C. — On Tuesday, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced settled accounting fraud charges against Cloopen Group Holding Limited, a China-based provider of cloud communications products and services whose American depositary shares formerly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The SEC determined not to impose civil penalties against Cloopen because the company self-reported its accounting issues, cooperated extensively with the staff’s investigation, and undertook prompt remedial measures. more

The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday halted plans to change how it asks people about disabilities after facing a growing backlash. more

General Motors’ troubled robotaxi service Cruise on Tuesday endured a public lashing from a California judge who compared the company to the devious TV character Eddie Haskell for its behavior … more

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional … more

The Twitter-like social network championed by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has emerged from its cocoon and is now allowing anyone to create an account and join the service. Until Tuesday, wannabe … more

Officials in Ecuador have named a likely source of contaminated ground cinnamon used in fruit pouches tied more than 400 cases of lead poisoning in U.S. children. Carlos Aguilera, a cinnamon … more

The Postal Service says a mix of environmental initiatives and cost-cutting business practices are going to reduce its planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions by 40% over five years. Tuesday's … more

Red Solo cups are usually synonymous with good times. But on Tuesday, as word of country singer Toby Keith’s death spread, many were raising their red Solos in sad tribute to the singer. Keith … more

Facebook and Instagram users will start seeing made-by-AI labels on deepfake images that appear on their social media feeds, part of a broader tech industry initiative to sort between what’s real … more

Facing growing backlash, the U.S. Census Bureau has paused plans to change how it asks people about disabilities in its most comprehensive survey. The move would have overhauled how disabilities are … more

South Dakota has apologized and will pay $300,000 under a settlement with a transgender advocacy group that sued Gov. Kristi Noem and her health secretary. The settlement with the Transformation … more

A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than two dozen. The Centers for Disease Control and … more

Eli Lilly rode soaring demand for diabetes and weight-loss treatments to a better-than-expected finish in 2023, and the drugmaker expects momentum to carry into the new year. Lilly said on Tuesday … more

St. Louis Post-Dispatch. January 30, 2024. Editorial: Dueling (literally?) in the Missouri Senate Given the level of vitriol in the Missouri Legislature’s right flank, it was probably only … more

Black History Month begins each year on the first day of February. Considered one of the nation’s oldest organized history celebrations, the month has been recognized by U.S. presidents for decades … more

Kazakhstan’s president has appointed his chief of staff as the new prime minister a day after he dismissed the Central Asian nation's government. A presidential decree announcing the Cabinet’s … more

The White House is pressing Congress to extend a federal program that helps families afford internet. The Affordable Connectivity Program is projected to run out of money at the end of April. … more

United Nations humanitarian monitors say Israel’s evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip now cover two-thirds of the territory, or 95 square miles. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian … more