by Marshall Griffin | Apr 14, 2024 | News
The Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority is being targeted by a U.S. Senate subcommittee following numerous complaints of poor customer service from student loan borrowers. MOHELA is facing two class-action lawsuits that accuses the quasi-government agency of...
by [email protected] | Apr 13, 2024 | News, Science / Technology, Show Me Today
The Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield recently discovered a hissing cockroach that is getting global attention. The cockroach shares two sets of DNA and its colors are split right down the middle. The Butterfly Housesโ head entomologist, Tad Yankowski,...
by Anthony Morabith | Apr 13, 2024 | News
An anonymous seven-figure donation to Missouri State University will pave the way for a new alumni center on campus. The new Clifton M. Smart III Advancement Center will serve as the hub for university advancement, the alumni association, and the Missouri State...
by Marshall Griffin | Apr 12, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News
A Missouri House committee has passed legislation designed to crack down on people illegally occupying homes and other residential properties. The so-called โsquattersโ bill would elevate first-degree trespassing to a Class E felony in cases where someone...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 12, 2024 | Education, News
A race to build clay masterpieces will bring Missouri high school students together in Springfield tomorrow. The event, called โClay It Up,โ includes ten high schools and seven colleges. The high schools will be competing in a variety of live individual and team...
by Anthony Morabith | Apr 11, 2024 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
After passing the Missouri House, the Senate has passed legislation that would stop state funding from going to Planned Parenthood or other abortion providers.ย The House bill was carried in the Senate by Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman, R-Arnold. โThere have been many...
by Anthony Morabith | Apr 11, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt
The state Senate hasย passed legislationย thatย would banย child marriage in Missouri. Under theย bill from Sen. Holly Thompson Rehder, R-Scott City, she wants to ban marriages for anyone under 18, without exceptions. โRight now, in Missouri, you can get married at age 16...
by Alisa Nelson | Apr 11, 2024 | Business, News, Politics / Govt
A tax credit package to boost advanced manufacturing is in the works for Missouri. The state House of Representatives has given initial approval to a plan that could give a tax credit of up to 20% to companies who invest a minimum of $1 billion and create at least 500...
by [email protected] | Apr 11, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt, Show Me Today
A bill designed to toughen penalties against suspects in police chases is on its way to the Missouri Senate. The House of Representatives passed Valentineโs Law, which would make it a Class D felony to recklessly flee from or detain law enforcement using a motor...
by [email protected] | Apr 11, 2024 | News, Politics / Govt, Show Me Today
When a jury does not reach a unanimous decision in first-degree murder cases, current Missouri law still allows trial judges to sentence defendants to death. Alisa Nelson talks to Representative Bishop Davidson about his bill that would ban judges from issuing death...
by Marshall Griffin | Apr 10, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News
The Missouri Supreme Court is weighing whether Gov. Mike Parson had the legal authority to dissolve a board of inquiry looking into whether Marcellus Williams might be innocent of murder. He was sentenced to death for the 1998 murder of former St. Louis Post-Dispatch...
by Anthony Morabith | Apr 10, 2024 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The state of Missouri has carried out the execution of Brian Dorsey. The 52-year-old was convicted of the 2006 killings of his cousin Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Ben, in their central Missouri home. After Dorsey murdered the two, he raped Sarahโs corpse and poured,...