Education budget aims to help hundreds of Missouri families with early...
Hundreds of Missouri families remain on a wait list to get help with their early childhood development needs. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is asking state leaders for a...
View ArticleRichardson and Mitten pleased with Missouri Legislature’s special session
There is bipartisan praise from Missouri House leaders about the Legislature’s passage of two key bills during the special session. The bills involve expanding treatment courts and STEM education....
View ArticleLegislation expanding treatment court system heading to the Missouri Senate
The Missouri House voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday in Jefferson City to approve legislation expanding Missouri’s treatment court system to all counties. The 141-1 vote sends the bill to the Senate....
View ArticleRichardson and Mitten pleased with Missouri Legislature’s special session
There is bipartisan praise from Missouri House leaders about the Legislature’s passage of two key bills during the special session. The bills involve expanding treatment courts and STEM education....
View ArticleSon of popular Missouri restaurant founder accused of child sex crimes
The son of the founder of popular restaurant Lambert’s Café in southwest Missouri’s Ozark has been indicted on several sex crimes, including two counts of sex trafficking of a child. The Springfield...
View ArticleWebsite ranks Missouri among best states for teachers
A new study by personal finance website Wallethub ranks Missouri 15th on its list for best states for teachers. It also ranks the Show-Me State 3rd for lowest projected teacher turnover rate....
View ArticleSNAP wants Missouri’s governor to order Hawley to question Catholic church...
An organization that provides support for victims of clergy abuse called on Missouri’s governor on Wednesday to order Attorney General Josh Hawley, R, to use subpoenas during his clergy sex abuse...
View ArticleSoutheast Missouri gets its first autism center
An autism center has opened in Cape Girardeau. Autism Support Now Director Leanne Hopper says this is the first autism clinic in southeast Missouri. “We’re here and ready to expand and work with...
View ArticleThe whereabouts are unknown for some 1,200 Missouri sex offenders
About 19,000 sex offenders are registered in Missouri – roughly 1,200 are missing. Deputy Rashid Brown with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office in western Missouri says his county leads the state in...
View ArticleFirst annual Parson Family Fall Festival is set for Saturday in Jefferson City
Missouri’s governor is inviting you to attend the inaugural Parson Family Fall Festival Saturday in Jefferson City. The first annual Parson Family Fall Festival is Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm at the...
View ArticleGalloway says law enforcement must step up efforts to capture 1,200 missing...
More than 1200 registered sex offenders are unaccounted for in the state of Missouri. That’s according to findings Auditor Nicole Galloway has released on an audit of the state’s sexual offender...
View ArticleFatalities increasing for Missouri train collisions with vehicles and...
An organization that promotes rail safety education says eight people have been killed in Missouri so far in 2018 in collisions between trains and vehicles or pedestrians. A Missourinet reporter rode...
View ArticleSerial killer reportedly murdered mother and daughter in rural Missouri town...
A mother and daughter who were brutally killed more than 20 years ago in southeast Missouri’s Bootheel were reportedly murdered by a serial killer. The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the sheriff’s...
View ArticleMissouri sheriff, on Robert Brashers: “He is a serial rapist and a serial...
(Sound from the New Madrid County news conference is courtesy of Missourinet television partner KFVS) Missouri state troopers say a now-deceased serial killer was responsible for the 1998 killings of a...
View Article‘Pioneer’ exits as Missouri charter school sponsor
The University of Missouri-Kansas City will no longer sponsor its eight Kansas City charter schools in May. Charter Public School Commission Executive Director Robbyn Wahby tells Missourinet the...
View ArticleCompany to build massive manufacturing facility in rural Missouri town (AUDIO)
The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) says a leader in the window and door industry plans to build a $65 million plant in the mid-Missouri town of Eldon. Freeburg-based Quaker Windows...
View ArticleChinn: high-speed internet crucial to attract next-generation Missouri...
The Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) director says technology is important in attracting young farmers. MDA says the average age of a Missouri farmer is 58. “Two of the top priorities the...
View ArticleSpeaker Richardson will be Missouri’s new Medicaid director (AUDIO)
Missouri’s House Speaker has been appointed as the new state Medicaid director, effective November 1. Missouri Department of Social Services (DSS) Director Steve Corsi has appointed House Speaker Todd...
View ArticleMissouri Board of Education considers four finalists for commissioner job
The Missouri Board of Education has received five applications and seven nominations for the education commissioner job. President Charlie Shields says the board has chosen four finalists for the top...
View ArticleMissouri’s governor to sign treatment court bill Wednesday in Liberty and...
Bipartisan legislation expanding Missouri’s treatment court system to all counties will be signed into law Wednesday by the governor in two cities. Governor Mike Parson, a Republican, has scheduled...
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