A quick take from a couple of key state Republicans at the Missouri State Fair revealed the party hasn’t yet organized a response after a resounding loss of a right to work ballot measure. The proposal to make Missouri a right to work state, a top priority of the state’s GOP, lost by a landslide 67%-to-32% margin. The final vote was 937,241-to-452,075. Political experts and people on both … [Read More...]
Missourinet 7 a.m. News 8-17-2018
Top Stories: St. Louis Police are investigating after a 9-year-old boy, who went underwater in a hotel pool in downtown St. Louis Sunday died this week. Details surrounding the incident are not yet known. And three Indiana men are facing new charges tied to the armed robbery of a 24-hour drug store in mid-Missouri's Jefferson City last month. Prosecutors say the three tied up a worker and stole … [Read More...]
Missouri’s Hoskins: “I know the farmers out there are suffering”
SEDALIA, Mo. -A key state senator says the drought is hurting farmers in his western Missouri district. State Sen. Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg, is hopeful about getting a grant to assist drought-impacted farmers. Hoskins is the Missouri Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee's vice chairman. "We're looking at all different options right now, whether it be … [Read More...]
Man who helped rescue Duck Boat victims sues for emotional, physical damages
A man who worked on the Branson Belle river showboat when the Ride the Ducks boat sank on Table Rock Lake in Branson is suing for emotional and physical damages. Greg Harris jumped in the water from the nearby showboat to help rescue passengers from the capsized Duck Boat July 19th. The lawsuit claims Harris suffered emotional distress and physical injury, as a result of his … [Read More...]
Brick silo falls, kills worker in west-central Missouri
A brick layer has died while working on a job site Wednesday in west-central Missouri’s Sedalia. A U.S. Department of Labor spokesperson tells Missourinet preliminary information indicates that workers were building a brick silo when the silo fell and struck the worker, eventually leading to the employee’s death. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration … [Read More...]
Missouri U.S. Senate candidates have sharp differences on trade war
An issue that’s front and center in the Missouri U.S. Senate race is the trade war, especially given that agriculture is estimated to be an $88.4 billion industry in the state. The tariffs have hit commodities such as soybeans, which have dropped in value by 20% since the Trump administration carried out trade sanctions against China. Various manufacturers in the state have also been hit … [Read More...]
USDA Designates 25 Missouri counties as primary natural disaster areas
(USDA) Missouri agricultural producers who suffered losses and damages due to recent drought on two separate occasions could be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Service Agency emergency loans. For the recent drought, the U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has designated Andrew, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn, Livingston, … [Read More...]
Board member of KC-area lacrosse team wanted to be teen’s sex coach
PLATTE COUNTY —A Kansas City area lacrosse team board member has been convicted of a sex crime for attempting to solicit sex from a 17-year-old female team member. According to a media release from the Platte County Attorney, James L. McEnerney, 61, of Overland Park, Kansas, pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct in Platte County Associate Circuit Court on July 24. Platte County Prosecutor … [Read More...]
Former Missouri trooper who drove boat that man fell out of and died wants license back
The former Missouri State trooper who was driving a boat when a handcuffed Iowa man fell out and drowned is not giving up a fight to regain his peace officers' license. Anthony Piercy is suing the Missouri Department of Public Safety and the agency's director to get back his license. Twenty-year-old Brandon Ellingson of Clive, Iowa died at the Lake of the Ozarks in 2014 after falling out of … [Read More...]
Missourinet 7 a.m. News 8-16-2018
Top Stories: A Florida man has pleaded guilty in federal court to a scheme with two Nixa residents in southwest Missouri to market a male enhancement supplement that contained the same active ingredient found in Viagra. 43-year-old Michael Schindele has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and delivering misbranded food. And the Laclede County Coroner in southern Missouri has requested the help of the … [Read More...]
Legislature
Missouri’s Hoskins: “I know the farmers out there are suffering”
SEDALIA, Mo. -A key state senator says the drought is hurting farmers in his western Missouri district. State Sen. Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg, is hopeful about getting a grant to assist drought-impacted farmers. Hoskins is the Missouri Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee’s vice chairman. “We’re looking at all different options right now, whether […]
Politics & Government
Missouri GOP still trying to figure out next step after right to work drubbing at polls
A quick take from a couple of key state Republicans at the Missouri State Fair revealed the party hasn’t yet organized a response after a resounding loss of a right to work ballot measure. The proposal to make Missouri a right to work state, a top priority of the state’s GOP, lost by a landslide […]
Economy
Missouri’s Hoskins: “I know the farmers out there are suffering”
SEDALIA, Mo. -A key state senator says the drought is hurting farmers in his western Missouri district. State Sen. Denny Hoskins, R-Warrensburg, is hopeful about getting a grant to assist drought-impacted farmers. Hoskins is the Missouri Senate Agriculture, Food Production and Outdoor Resources Committee’s vice chairman. “We’re looking at all different options right now, whether […]
Education
Missouri Chamber praises Parson for making workforce development a top priority
(News director Bob Ehle at Missourinet Moberly affiliate KWIX covered Governor Parson’s visit to Moberly, and contributed to this story) Missouri’s governor says infrastructure and workforce issues were two common themes he heard during meetings this week with agriculture and business leaders in northern Missouri’s Mexico, Kirksville and Moberly. Governor Mike Parson (R) spoke to […]
