by Alisa Nelson | Apr 15, 2024 | History, News, Politics / Govt
The so-called “Betsy Ross of Missouri” has joined 49 others in the Hall of Famous Missourians. Marie Watkins Oliver, of southeast Missouri’s Cape Girardeau, played a key role in designing and crafting the Missouri State Flag. During a ceremony today at the state...
by [email protected] | Sep 11, 2023 | News, Show Me Today
In 2007, Bob Barker was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians and awarded a bust at the Missouri State Capitol. Former House Speaker Rod Jetton led the way for Barker to be inducted. With Barker’s recent passing, Jetton joins Marshall Griffin to remember the...
by admin | May 7, 2021 | History, Military, News
Most Missouri state offices will be closed on Friday, in observance of Truman Day. Harry Truman, America’s 33rd President, was born 137 years ago in southwest Missouri’s Lamar. He was born in 1884. Truman was vice president in 1945, when President Franklin...
by admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Health / Medicine, History, News
A state lawmaker from southeast Missouri describes the late talk show host Rush Limbaugh as a legend. State Rep. Hardy Billington, R-Poplar Bluff, has filed legislation to designate January 12 as “Rush Limbaugh Day” in Missouri. The 70-year-old Limbaugh,...
by admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Health / Medicine, History, News
A national radio host who was inducted into the Hall of Famous Missourians has died, after a battle with lung cancer. Cape Girardeau native Rush Limbaugh was 70. Limbaugh was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom last year by former President Donald Trump....