‘One stop shop’ prepares to launch to aid Missouri tornado victims
A “one-stop shop” is opening to help Jefferson City and Eldon tornado victims get back on their feet. Whether damage to your property is minor or major, a unified front of about 30 nonprofits wants to...
View ArticleWhen life handed a Jefferson City boy lemons, he made lemonade for his...
A Jefferson City boy decided to take matters into his own hands when he learned he’s not old enough to help with tornado cleanup. 11-year-old Garrett Sommerer couldn’t stand by and watch his community...
View ArticleTwo Missouri students make it to finals of historic national spelling bee
Eight kids took home this year’s title of Scripps National Spelling Bee co-champion – a historic ending to a night of endless anticipation. The annual contest included two Missouri kids making it all...
View ArticleRiggs: “It’s all hands on deck” in northeast Missouri; major flooding to...
The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis warns that major flooding is expected to continue in northeast Missouri for the next one to two weeks. State Rep. Louis Riggs, R-Hannibal, tells...
View ArticleCharges filed in high-profile 1993 abduction and murder of Missouri girl
(This story is written by Missourinet St. Louis contributor Jill Enders) ST. CHARLES, Mo.- A nearly 26-year-old murder of a girl from eastern Missouri’s St. Ann has finally been solved. St. Charles...
View ArticleMissouri Secretary of State rejects two referendum petitions against abortion...
Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has denied two referendum petitions today aimed at blocking sweeping anti-abortion legislation from becoming law. Ashcroft says the efforts are unconstitutional...
View ArticleMissouri GOP congressman describes opioid epidemic as a “scourge”; supports PDMP
(Reporter Bailey Strohl at Missourinet Springfield affiliate KSGF Radio contributed to this story) SPRINGFIELD, Mo.- A congressman who represents southwest Missouri on Capitol Hill says a prescription...
View ArticleSt. Louis judge says state must decide on Planned Parenthood license by June 21
A St. Louis judge has ruled that the St. Louis Planned Parenthood can continue offering abortions for now but has ordered the state to decide about its license by June 21. On Monday, Circuit Judge...
View ArticleBlunt’s U.S. Senate committee approves emergency border funding bill
A U.S. Senate committee has passed a $4.5 billion emergency border funding bill to care for kids crossing the southern border illegally and without their parents. The full U.S. Senate is expected to...
View ArticleMissouri denies license renewal of state’s lone abortion clinic
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has rejected the license renewal application of the St. Louis Planned Parenthood to provide abortions. The move puts Missouri on track to be the...
View ArticleMissouri House Minority Whip to be sworn-in as Kansas City Councilman August...
One of the top Democrats in the Missouri House will be leaving the chamber this summer, shortly before he’s sworn-in as a Kansas City Council member. House Minority Whip Brandon Ellington, D-Kansas...
View ArticleKansas City business leaders hopeful about end to “border war” between...
The Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce president is praising Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) for signing legislation into law that’s aimed at ending the economic “border war” between Missouri...
View ArticleSt. Louis Congressman Clay: gun violence is a public health emergency
(This story is written by Missourinet St. Louis contributor Jill Enders) A dean of Missouri’s congressional delegation has filed legislation that would allow high crime cities to have stricter gun...
View ArticleMissouri congressman to present medals to late veteran’s family on Fourth of...
The family of a deceased southern Missouri veteran will be presented with his military service medals during a Fourth of July event in Salem. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, will be presenting the...
View ArticleSearch underway in Missouri for couple accused of harming their children
The U.S. Marshals Service is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrests of an Oklahoma couple who might be hiding out in the St. Louis area. 27-year-old Hakim Mustafa Moore and...
View ArticleSeveral thousand people will celebrate sliced bread this weekend in rural...
Five to seven thousand people are expected to turn out for this weekend’s “Sliced Bread Days” event in northwest Missouri’s Chillicothe. State Rep. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe, notes sliced bread was...
View ArticleMissouri court rules in favor of effort to let voters decide on new abortion law
The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri has won today in court its campaign to overturn an eight-week abortion ban. A three-judge state Appeals Court panel says Missouri Republican Secretary of...
View ArticleNew Missouri system uses $2 million in unclaimed property for 18,000 overdue...
Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick and the Department of Social Services have partnered to launch a newly-automated method that uses unclaimed property held by the Missouri State Treasurer’s...
View ArticleHawley to YouTube: Stop recommending videos of kids to pedophiles
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, says video-hosting website YouTube refuses to stop automatically recommending footage of kids to pedophiles. He wants to require such companies to change their...
View ArticleGovernor signs bill helping Missouri victims with potential lease problems
Gov. Mike Parson has signed into law a bill that prevents victims or potential victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking from being denied a rental for being a victim. It expands to...
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