Missouri does not have enough hospital beds for mental health patients, and hundreds of them across the state are being housed in county jails. That includes northwest Missouri’s Buchanan County. Sheriff Bill Puett described a dire situation this week to the Missouri...
A marijuana trade group is suing St. Louis County and the state of Missouri over the county levying sales taxes on cannabis sales. Amendment 3, which passed nearly a year ago, allows local governments to levy a 3% local sales tax on marijuana sales on top of the state...
A citizen’s group has kicked off a campaign aimed at heavily restricting wind turbines from being built in northwest Missouri’s Buchanan County. Turbines have not gone up in Buchanan County, but some companies have shown interest. Anita Simon with the group...
