McCaskill wants more training for service members overseeing sexual assault prevention programs
Sen. Claire McCaskill is continuing her push to reduce the number of sexual assaults in the military, but says the challenges are steep. She's introduced legislation to deal with the way the military is hiring and screening and promoting people who are supposed to be preventing and monitoring sexual assault cases. She says will to work with military leaders to shift the culture. She says her experience as a prosecutor can help pass legislation that makes realistic changes, yet puts … [Read More...]
Weather Service confirms five tornadoes in Missouri, no touchdown in Hannibal
National Weather Service assessment teams have confirmed five tornado touchdowns in Missouri from storms yesterday. Tornadoes with winds topping out at between 90 and 100 miles per hour caused damage near Knob Noster in northwest Missouri and near Carthage in southwest Missouri. Trees were uprooted, power lines were downed and outbuildings destroyed near Carthage. Those tornadoes rate EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. Tornadoes producing winds of about 85 miles per hour touched down … [Read More...]
Memorial Day weekend kicks off summer travel season (AUDIO)
As Memorial Day weekend approaches, the summer traveling season is just around the corner. Division of Tourism Director Katie Steele Danner says traveler sentiment and planning family vacations are up this year. Danner recommends that folks take advantage of Missouri's waterways this season by planning a float trip on one of the state's many streams or a boating venture on some of Missouri's lakes. "All indications are that it's going to be a great summer travel season in Missouri," she … [Read More...]
Missouri native witnesses Moore, Oklahoma tornado (VIDEO)
Park Hills native Nick McMillian was one mile away from the tornado that devastated much of Moore, Oklahoma yesterday afternoon. He's a student at Freewill Baptist College there. Shortly after the tornado swept through town, he talked with his cousin, Stuart McMillian, at Missourinet affiliate KJFF, Festus. AUDIO: Stuart & Nick He also has posted video of the storm he shot … [Read More...]
Storm, debris hit Missouri
The storm system that produced the devastating tornado in Moore Oklahoma has brought debris into southwest Missouri, about 200 miles or more from Moore. It also has brought some high winds, big hail, and heavy rains to various parts of the state. Joplin, which commemorates the second anniversary of its tornado tomorrow, is sending emergency first responders to Moore, where the death toll is now put at at least 51. Missouri Task Force One, based in Columbia, is readying supplies to send to … [Read More...]
Legislature
House Republican, Democrat leaders split on session value (VIDEO)
The leaders of the two major parties in the House have opposite assessments of the 2013 legislative session. Missouri’s Speaker of the House, Tim Jones (R-Eureka), calls the legislative session “historic,” and a success. “We wanted to do more for the people so they would have more freedom and opportunity for themselves, and the more [...]
