Local News

• Northeast Missouri Crisis Intervention Team battles suicide with outreach and support
• Macon County bids farewell to Assessor Alan Spencer after 14 years of service
• Missouri high school teacher is put on leave after school officials discover her page on porn site

• Iowa book ban prompts disclaimers on Little Free Library exchanges
• Land being clear out to make way for solar panels for Adair County solar farm
• Iowans react to GOP debate; Trump coming to Ottumwa
• Iowa U.S. Representative reacts to UAW strike: 'Strikers have felt very frustrated'

Nation & World

• Donald Trump faces civil fraud trial in New York over alleged wealth exaggeration claims
• California Gov. Newsom selects Laphonza Butler to fill Feinstein Senate seat
• Woman on riding lawnmower hit, killed by plane on runway

• ICU patient stabs 2 nurses at New York hospital: Police
• Family describes missing 9-year-old girl as loving and kind, asks for any information
• Biden implores Congress to pass funding for Ukraine as shutdown crisis averted
• Kaiser Permanente pharmacy workers begin strike, citing unfair labor practices in union negotiations

Sports

• Complete Family Medicine October 2023 Student Athlete of the Month
• Gridiron Lights Week Six
• NCMC Tennis Results, Brashear's wild game

Obituaries

• Lura Christine (Crooks) Fisher, 85, Playle-Collins Funeral Home
• Carol Prewitt, 87, of Unionville, Mo., Playle and Collins Family Funeral Home
• Judy (Zeigler) Steele, 76, formerly of Kirksville, Mo., Travis-Noe Funeral Home

Connect to Congress

• Biden: Possible shutdown wouldn't be his fault. Would Americans agree with him?
• Meghan Markle considering run for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat, sources say
• Lawmakers discuss budget deal as deadline approaches