by Mathew Pilger | Aug 6, 2026 | News, Weather
Heavy rain caused flooding problems across parts of central and northern Missouri early Thursday, prompting water rescues and power outages. In central Missouri, Columbia and Boone County were among the hardest-hit areas, where firefighters rescued people from two...
by admin | Apr 22, 2020 | Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s governor has ordered flags to fly at half-staff on Wednesday at fire stations statewide to honor a Kansas City Fire Department EMT, who is the state’s first known COVID-19 line-of-duty death of a first responder. The funeral for Kansas City Fire...
by admin | Mar 17, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt
Missouri’s governor announced Tuesday night in Jefferson City that there are five new positive cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 15. Governor Mike Parson says there are now four confirmed cases in southwest...
by admin | Jan 10, 2020 | Military, News
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday morning in Lee’s Summit for a firefighter/paramedic who died Sunday (January 5) while battling a house fire in western Missouri’s Peculiar. The service will begin Saturday at 11 a.m. at Abundant Life Church....
by admin | Nov 11, 2019 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation, Weather
Winter weather briefly closed heavily-traveled southbound I-49 in western Missouri’s Belton on Monday morning, because of numerous slide offs and unsafe driving conditions. National Weather Service (NWS) Pleasant Hill meteorologist Jonathan Kurtz notes...
