Stories from Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Bulldogs, ranked No. 1 in Class 4 in the Missouri High School Baseball Coaches Association, extended their winning streak to 11 games in improving to 13-3.

Today is Saturday, April 25, the 115th day of 2015. There are 250 days left in the year. Today's Highlights in History: On April 25, 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany's defenses. Delegates from some 50 countries gathered in San Francisco to organize the United Nations...

The Jackson School District's five kindergarten teachers and several parents told the board of education yesterday that kindergarten class sizes need to be reduced; there are 280 children in 10 kindergarten classes this year; although the average size of the class is 28, one section has 30 children and several have 29...