Your source for Missouri News and Sports
Far and away the most contentious and publicly contested component in the Amendment 1 Clean Missouri ballot measure passed by voters in November is its overhaul of the way voting districts are drawn up. Most Democrats supported the proposal, with the notable exception of the Legislative Black Caucus, while most members of the GOP, including the Missouri Republican Party, solidified opposition … [Read More...]
Top Stories: A 26-year-old mid-Missouri woman who intentionally drove her car into the Kansas River with her two children was sentenced to life in prison yesterday. Scharron Dingledine’s five-year-old daughter drowned in the incident. The University of Missouri says enrollment at its flagship campus in Columbia is on track with expectations. Enrollment for the first day of spring semester … [Read More...]
St. Louis, Kansas City and Springfield are among the top 15 most violent cities in the nation. Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt says communities and people’s lives have been torn apart from violence. He has launched the “Safer Streets” initiative that’s intended to reduce Missouri’s violent crime rate. Schmitt’s office is partnering and assisting the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern … [Read More...]
Missouri's attorney general wants to crack down on the state's violent crime rate. Get ready for more possible winter weather in Missouri. Alisa Nelson reports. … [Read More...]
Sun Solar in southwest Missouri’s Springfield is transitioning to using American made solar panels only. After President Trump implemented tariffs impacting the cost of the products, Sun Solar will only buy panels made in the United States as a more cost-effective way of doing business. Essentially, it means customers won't have to worry about the cost of solar panels going up because … [Read More...]
The Missouri Supreme Court in Jefferson City will determine whether a man was wrongly given capital punishment and whether the state's death penalty law is unconstitutional. Former U.S. Army soldier and Dent County Sheriff's Deputy Marvin Rice was convicted of murdering the mother of his child and her boyfriend in December 2011. Rice was fired from his position as a deputy in 2009 after he … [Read More...]
Top Stories: A Foristell woman in eastern Missouri who'd been charged with murder for shooting her husband was cleared yesterday and left the jail where she'd been held since 2015. A jury acquitted Ashley Hunter, who’s said she acted in self-defense. And light freezing drizzle or freezing rain is impacting parts of northeast Missouri this morning. A winter weather advisory is in effect until … [Read More...]
Missouri's lieutenant governor is praising new State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick, who was sworn-in last week at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. GOP Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe worked closely with the fellow Republican Fitzpatrick, when Kehoe was Senate Majority Leader and Fitzpatrick was the House Budget Committee Chairman. "He's a very aggressive young man that really understands … [Read More...]
Many federal government workers have faced their first pay day without a paycheck and are about to go without another one. Penny Adams is the Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Community Services Agency in northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph. Adams said the Help-Me-Hotline is a resource available to anyone impacted by the federal government shutdown. “For a lot of these workers, they have not … [Read More...]
Missourians honor Dr. Martin Luther King today. Governor Parson says a prison reorganization plan makes sense. Alisa Nelson reports. … [Read More...]
Far and away the most contentious and publicly contested component in the Amendment 1 Clean Missouri ballot measure passed by voters in November is its overhaul of the way voting districts are drawn up. Most Democrats supported the proposal, with the notable exception of the Legislative Black Caucus, while most members of the GOP, including […]
Far and away the most contentious and publicly contested component in the Amendment 1 Clean Missouri ballot measure passed by voters in November is its overhaul of the way voting districts are drawn up. Most Democrats supported the proposal, with the notable exception of the Legislative Black Caucus, while most members of the GOP, including […]
Many federal government workers have faced their first pay day without a paycheck and are about to go without another one. Penny Adams is the Executive Director of the AFL-CIO Community Services Agency in northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph. Adams said the Help-Me-Hotline is a resource available to anyone impacted by the federal government shutdown. “For […]
A University of Missouri-Kansas City professor has resigned – two months after accusations surfaced about some of his international students being used as personal servants. The Kansas City Star reports nearly one dozen former students say Dr. Ashim Mitra hinted and threatened to have their visas revoked if they did not do things like mow […]