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WASHINGTON – Missouri remains the U.S. population center.

ROGERSVILLE – The Tigers are going to the state semifinals again in boys soccer. Excelsior Springs advanced to the Class 2 semis with a 3-2 shootout victory Nov.

SMITHVILLE – The Tigers’ 52- 10 season-ending loss to undefeated, top-ranked Smithville did not change Excelsior Springs varsity football coach Mark Faubion’s opinion of his team’s season. “The season has still been a special one, regardless of what happened here tonight,” Faubion said.

KANSAS CITY – In the book “Out Front Together,” Jim Dalton reveals the price paid – by his family in Ray County, the people of Kansas City, Independence and western Missouri – for race hatred before, during and after the Civil War to the present day.

WARRENSBURG – Care Connection has licensed navigators who can provide one-on-one, unbiased information and enrollment help for people interested in the Health Insurance Marketplace, agency information states.

JEFFERSON CITY – Missouri has spent $222 million of the $1.7 billion received under the American Rescue Plan, or ARP, Act so far, based on State Auditor Nicole Galloway’s reports. The reports are the first to track the state’s spending of ARP funds, which Missouri began receiving in May.

LEXINGTON – To organize a force of ferocious killers, start with teenagers who can be molded, the outlaw Frank James told a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – Three Clay County residents have earned their wings as pilots, Thomas Creel of Excelsior Springs Memorial Airport reported. Monty Freeman served as their instructor.