Wildfires have been spreading across the country this year. In Missouri, the dry conditions have affected the wildfire season at Mark Twain National Forest. Alisa Nelson talks to Cody Norris with the Mark Twain National Forest. He says there have been a couple of...
Bipartisan legislation toughening penalties on residents who knowingly release feral hogs in Missouri is now on Governor Mike Parson’s desk. House Bill 369, which is sponsored by State Rep. Tim Taylor (R-Bunceton), is a wide-ranging conservation bill, with a...
Legislation boosting criminal penalties for those who knowingly release feral hogs into the wild is heading to the Missouri Senate, after receiving final House approval on Thursday. The bipartisan vote was 108-38. House Bill 508 is sponsored by State Rep. Don Rone...
Three Missouri House committees will be heading to the state Department of Conservation headquarters in Jefferson City on Thursday morning, to be briefed on the feral hog issue. The briefing will take place at 7:30 a.m. The Missouri House Agriculture Policy Committee,...
The U.S. Marshals have announced that the final two jail escapees from southeast Missouri’s Iron County have been captured in Colorado. All three escapees are now in custody. The U.S. Marshals say Dwight Abernathie was captured Sunday at an Arvada Walmart, after...
