St Joseph Mustangs at Phil Welch Stadium

St Joseph Mustangs at Phil Welch Stadium.

Jordan Shipers, 18, of Bethany, Mo. is very close to being drafted into Major League Baseball's First Year Player Draft that starts on Monday June 7th, despite the fact that Shipers has never played a single game of high school baseball. South Harrison High School in Bethany doesn't have a baseball program so Jordan has developed his talent and strength as a pitcher on his own and traveling all over the United States on various competitive non-school affiliated teams, "I've never played on the same team twice... I'm always the new guy..." Jordan said.

Hannah Hummer, 13 and her Pearly White Fairies teammate Tori Rose, 13 struggle for a moment during their dodgeball game at the 3rd Annual Kick Butts Day Dodgeball Tournament in the Looney Complex at Missouri Western University Wednesday night. The event hosted a dodgeball tournament for over 200 local middle and high school students, encouraging them to stay away from tobacco.

Christy Payne, left, Romie Payne and their one-year-old daughter Piper, relax for a moment after rearranging the contents of their comic book store, The Dragon's Lair, on North Belt Highway. "It's a family store," says Romie, "We've raised three kids in this shop."

Repainting the statue atop the Andrew County Courthouse in Savannah Mo.
Bud Boyles of Boyles Motors in Maryville, Mo. keeps himself busy in the showroom of the downtown dealership while Mr. Boyles's son David Boyles was in meetings with the dealership's attorney most of the day Tuesday. Boyles Motors enters the first of three days of hearings before the American Arbitration Association on Wednesday, to decide the fate of the dealer's General Motors affiliation.

A man takes a nap on a makeshift bench just outside Bell's Cafe on the opening day of the Sparks Flea Market Thursday afternoon.