ST. LOUIS — A St. Louis college student who was charged Wednesday with shooting an administrator in a dispute over financial aid has a history of mental illness and at least one earlier violent … more

HAZARD — A gunman enraged by a domestic dispute bought a gun and fatally shot his former girlfriend, her uncle and her cousin in the parking lot of a small southeastern Kentucky college. Caitlin … more

CONCORD, N.H. — High school students hoping to earn college credits through Advanced Placement exams soon will be out of luck at Dartmouth College, which has concluded the tests aren't as rigorous … more

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials say the Pentagon is stepping up aid for Mexico's bloody drug war with a new U.S.-based special operations headquarters to teach Mexican security forces how to hunt drug … more

BISMARCK — Commissioners in North Dakota’s capital city have resurrected talk of expanding the Bismarck Civic Center, but with a project that would cost about one-third of the $90 million plan … more

WAVERLY — Grant Family Farms owner Andy Grant says he was forced to kill 12,000 chickens that he could not afford to feed before he filed for bankruptcy. Grant says financers who loaned the farm … more

SHERIDAN — A Casper native and longtime marketing professional has been chosen as the next executive director of Sheridan Travel and Tourism. Shawn Buckley beat more than two dozen other … more

CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Senate has approved legislation removing the state superintendent of public instruction as administrative head of the state Department of Education in favor of a director … more

CHEYENNE — More than 160 Wyoming National Guard members are preparing for deployment to the country of Bahrain. The guard’s 133rd Engineer Company based in Laramie will spend nine months on … more

SCOTLAND — Elementary school students in the southeastern South Dakota town of Scotland have received a mystery “pay it forward” package filled with $1,000 for the third time in eight … more