by admin | Feb 24, 2020 | Business, Entertainment, Legislature, News
A proposed constitutional amendment that would authorize a riverboat casino near the Lake of the Ozarks could be heading to the Missouri House floor soon, after being approved by two committees. The proposal from State Rep. Rocky Miller, R-Lake Ozark, would authorize...
by admin | Feb 20, 2020 | Agriculture, News, Politics / Govt, Weather
A Missouri congressman whose district includes the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers is worried about possible flooding again this spring. U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-St. Elizabeth, expressed his concerns during an interview with Missourinet this week in Jefferson...
by Ashley Byrd | Jun 19, 2019 | Agriculture, News
The Mississippi River has been receding in Hannibal, where the levee held and the town was protected. The river topped at one foot shy of the record flooding in 1993. After hundreds of volunteers, National Guard troops and inmates helped flood-threatened areas in...
by Mike Lear | Aug 1, 2013 | News
She received two battle stars for her service in World War II and was credited with clearing eighty-two mines. She patrolled the waters around the Okinawa island chain during the struggle to control it in 1945, and helped clear the waters off Japan and Korea ahead of...