by Marshall Griffin | Apr 1, 2024 | News
The future of sports in Jackson County, Missouri is at stake. Voters will decide Tuesday whether to extend a sales tax that would help fund a new baseball stadium for the Kansas City Royals and renovations to the Chiefs’ Arrowhead Stadium. If passed, the 3/8ths of 1%...
by Anthony Morabith | Aug 11, 2023 | News, Politics / Govt, Weather
Gov. Mike Parson is preparing to make a federal disaster declaration request for Missouri in response to severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that began on Saturday, July 29. Requesting a Preliminary Damage Assessment is the first step Missouri must take before a...
by Bill Pollock | Jun 29, 2023 | News, Sports Features
Kansas City Royals team chairman and CEO John Sherman said the club is hoping to name a new stadium site “by the end of the summer.” Last fall, the Royals announced they would leave the Truman Sports Complex. The club has a lease that runs through the 2030...
by Joey Parker | Feb 7, 2022 | Crime / Courts, News, Politics / Govt
The Missouri Supreme Court is now considering Missouri’s controversial gun law called the Second Amendment Preservation Act, or SAPA. Lawyers for St. Louis and two of the state’s most populous counties made their case against the law, saying it causes confusion when...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Business, Health / Medicine, History, News, Transportation
A former state lawmaker who’s been appointed to the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) is grateful for the appointment, and is pledging to focus on protecting Missouri utility ratepayers. Former State Rep. Glen Kolkmeyer (R-Odessa) served eight years in...