The cold weather is on its way to Missouri soon. That means chances for catching the flu or COVID-19 increases. Lynelle Paro, with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, predicts an increase in case numbers once the cold begins to set in. She said that...
A new variant is beginning to spread across the northeastern part of the United States. XBB.1.5 is nicknamed Kraken and it’s spreading quickly. While the CDC’s COVID-19 guidance remains the same about how people can best protect themselves from serious illness, some...
Celebrations are planned all weekend for the reopening of America’s National Churchill Museum in central Missouri’s Fulton, which is southeast of Columbia. The Fulton museum is the only one in North America that’s fully dedicated to commemorating the...
There have been about $8 million in capital improvements at the sprawling state fairgrounds in west-central Missouri’s Sedalia in the past year. State Fair marketing director Kari Mergen says that includes campground improvements, brick horse barn upgrades and...
Missouri’s Fourth of July cookout events will be cheaper than any of the nation’s four largest regions, according to the state’s largest general farm organization. Missouri Farm Bureau says the average cost of a Fourth of July cookout for ten people...
