A record was set for September passenger traffic at Missouri's second busiest airport in Kansas City. Kansas City International, also known as KCI, is the 40th busiest airport in the country and is listed as a Medium Hub Primary by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), as is St. Louis Lambert International, which ranks 32nd in passenger traffic. Passenger boardings were up 4.1 … [Read More...]
Two $1 million lottery tickets sold in Missouri
Two Missouri Lottery players are new millionaires, as part of a weekend that saw the world’s largest jackpot run to date. A Mega Millions ticket sold in Branson, matching all five white-ball numbers drawn Friday night to win a $1 million prize. The winning number combination was 15, 23, 53, 65 and 70. A $1 million Powerball ticket was also sold in St. Louis. The winning numbers were 16, … [Read More...]
Big money and influential news coverage converge on heated Missouri Senate race
The Missouri US Senate race is under a bright spotlight in both print and broadcast media approaching the November 6th election. A $2 million high-profile TV campaign critical (watch here) of incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill’s stance on health care is being launched on the heels of a New York Times story (read here) focused on shortcomings of Republican challenger Josh Hawley’s … [Read More...]
Missourinet 7 a.m. News 10-22-18
Top Stories: Three men are in custody following the homicide of a 17-year-old yesterday in southeast Missouri's Malden. Three men, two 19-year-olds' and one 17-year-old are in jail after the 17-year-old male was found on a front porch. And Christ Church Cathedral in St. Louis lit 142 candles on the altar before a mass for peace yesterday. The church has been lighting a votive candle for … [Read More...]
Parson on gas tax: We’ve added 6,000+ new highway miles since last gas take hike
Missouri's governor has been barnstorming across the state, campaigning for a November ballot measure that would increase the state gasoline tax. Governor Mike Parson has traveled to Springfield, Hannibal, St. Joseph, Sedalia and other towns during the past two weeks, campaigning for Proposition D. The Bolivar Republican says Missouri can't keep kicking the can down the road. "We haven't … [Read More...]
Missouri Ag Director meets with Trump and Perdue in D.C.
Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn has returned from agriculture meetings in Washington, D.C. with President Donald Trump and later with Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue. “That was a great honor to carry the story of agriculture to the Oval Office. We talked about a lot of the challenges that rural America faces. We thanked the president for bringing attention to rural America,” she tells … [Read More...]
Judge’s ruling on Missouri voter ID law remains in place through November election
A Cole County judge's decision to strike down several key provisions of Missouri's photo voter identification law will remain in place, at least through the November 6th midterm election. The Missouri Supreme Court issued a one-sentence order late Friday afternoon in Jefferson City, overruling the state's emergency motion for a stay. The order is signed by Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice … [Read More...]
Mizzou researcher finds unique phenomenon between bees and 2017 total eclipse
Biological sciences professor Candace Galen says bees were silent as the Earth fell into complete darkness during last year’s historic eclipse. As the eclipse passed overhead, MU researchers, including scientists, volunteers and elementary school students and teachers in Missouri, Idaho and Oregon, including over 200 elementary school students and teachers from Columbia Public Schools, gathered … [Read More...]
Little talk about ballot measure to give bingo organizations a boost
There are seven statewide ballot issues being voted on in Missouri this November, and one of the lesser known items aims to give local bingo games a boost. If Amendment 4 passes, it would relax some of Missouri’s bingo laws making it easier for organizations that host bingo to advertise game nights and staff the events. The official ballot language says a ‘yes’ vote would amend Missouri’s … [Read More...]
VFW member discovers important artifact in attic of Missouri post
A historic flag has been found at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post in southeast Missouri’s Farmington. VFW Commander Bud Davis says a member discovered a USS Missouri flag tucked away in the attic. Japan surrendered on the USS Missouri battleship – putting an end to World War Two. “I was like, ‘Are you kidding me? The ship that the Japanese actually surrendered to the U.S. on?’ He was like … [Read More...]
Legislature
Missouri Ag Director meets with Trump and Perdue in D.C.
Missouri Agriculture Director Chris Chinn has returned from agriculture meetings in Washington, D.C. with President Donald Trump and later with Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue. “That was a great honor to carry the story of agriculture to the Oval Office. We talked about a lot of the challenges that rural America faces. We thanked the president […]
Politics & Government
Big money and influential news coverage converge on heated Missouri Senate race
The Missouri US Senate race is under a bright spotlight in both print and broadcast media approaching the November 6th election. A $2 million high-profile TV campaign critical (watch here) of incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill’s stance on health care is being launched on the heels of a New York Times story (read here) focused on […]
Economy
Parson on gas tax: We’ve added 6,000+ new highway miles since last gas take hike
Missouri’s governor has been barnstorming across the state, campaigning for a November ballot measure that would increase the state gasoline tax. Governor Mike Parson has traveled to Springfield, Hannibal, St. Joseph, Sedalia and other towns during the past two weeks, campaigning for Proposition D. The Bolivar Republican says Missouri can’t keep kicking the can down […]
Education
82 Missouri students get perfect ACT score
More than 68,000 of Missouri’s high school graduating class of 2018 took the ACT as juniors – 82 of which had the distinct honor of earning a perfect score of 36. The exam is used to help determine how prepared students are for college. According to the ACT organization, Missouri had 71 high school juniors […]
