by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | History, News
Bipartisan legislation that creates Missouri’s first state park that honors the heritage of freed slaves has been signed into law by Governor Mike Parson (R). The bill from State Rep. Rodger Reedy (R-Windsor) authorizes the state Department of Natural Resources...
by admin | Apr 15, 2021 | History, Military, News
A Missouri House committee on congressional redistricting will hear public testimony Thursday morning in Jefferson City from residents who live in west-central Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District. The 24-county district includes Columbia, Moberly, Sedalia,...
by admin | Dec 16, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, Military, News, Politics / Govt
A Missouri congresswoman who serves on the Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill is hopeful that President Trump will sign the $731-billion defense authorization bill, saying it includes another $40 million for the key hospital replacement project at Fort Leonard...
by admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Education, History, News, Transportation
(News director Andrew Pitkin at Missourinet Nevada affiliate KNEM contributed to this story) Two familiar names are hoping to replace term-limited State Sen. Ed Emery, R-Lamar, in rural western Missouri. Emery is being forced out of the Legislature by term limits,...
by admin | Oct 12, 2020 | Business, Health / Medicine, News, Politics / Govt, Transportation, Weather
14 lineworkers representing four rural Missouri hometown public utilities worked throughout the weekend to help restore power in hurricane-damaged Louisiana. CNN reports about 320,000 Louisiana residents are without electricity, because of Hurricane Delta. Missouri...