By Maria Carter
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Education groups in Missouri say they are confident they can strike a deal with lawmakers to settle confusion over a new state law governing how students and teachers interact using social media such as Facebook.
The federal government should pay 100 percent of the cost of flood damage in Missouri. That's according to some members of the Missouri Senate.
A third-grade teacher in Lee's Summit has been picked as the Missouri Teacher of the Year. Kristen Merrell has taught at Lee's Summit Elementary School since 2004.
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has asked the U.S. Department of Agriculture to declare drought disasters for 20 more Kansas counties.
A Kansas Wildlife and Parks biologist says the deaths of thousands of fish in Emporia were probably caused by decomposing leaves.