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“Fire in the hole!” Generations of area families are familiar with that cry from the popular ride at Silver Dollar City in Branson. “More than 25 million guests have been entertained by ...

Eighteen Christian colleges have closed permanently or have been forced to merge since the start of the pandemic, a recent report from Higher Ed Dive found. Schools shuttering their doors include Baptist, ...

Two Missouri bills banning biological men from participating in women’s sports are awaiting signatures by Gov. Mike Parson. The legislation protects female sports at the K-12 and college level while also creating ...

The Kansas City Council has approved a resolution that would make the city a sanctuary for people seeking or providing transgender services, even as the state’s attorney general is proposing a new ...

Missouri seniors soon may receive tax relief under legislation that Gov. Mike Parson is expected to sign, which benefits the state’s older residents. Under the bill, the first $6,000 of income from ...

The Missouri Legislature has some unfinished business to take care of before the session ends this week, including restrictions on initiative ballot petitions and transgenderism. Gov. Mike Parson already has said that ...

Area families don’t have to go far to explore an important event in Cold War history. They can do it at the National Churchill Museum, in a former church that was brought ...

Kansas City has formed a committee to consider slavery reparations for black citizens. After passing a vote in January to form the commission, Democratic Mayor Quinton Lucas appointed 13 people to sit on the ...

Missouri lawmakers this week celebrated gospel music as the Gospel Music Hall of Fame is set to be built at a former Baptist church in St. Louis. “I remember as a kid ...

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has made it clear that passing transgender legislation is a priority this year, even if it means calling a special session. “We have to realize that we have ...

The hills are alive with the sound of bluegrass. Spring has arrived in the Missouri Ozarks and with it, the annual Bluegrass & BBQ Festival all throughout May at Silver Dollar City ...

The Missouri House has approved a public safety bill that would provide bullet-resistant doors and windows for all school buildings in the state. If it becomes law, it would apply to first- ...

The historic Harlem Baptist Church just north of the Missouri River from Kansas City will be torn down. Jason Withington, one of the church’s trustees, told KCUR radio that they decided to ...

A Missouri judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked an emergency ban on childhood gender transition just hours before it was set to go into effect, UPI reported. St. Louis County Circuit Judge Ellen ...

The Missouri House voted down a bill Monday that would reinstate the primary while in Kansas, Gov. Laura Kelly signed a bill to reinstate the primary in the Sunflower State. The Missouri ...

Pro-life Missourians will gather at the state Capitol Wednesday, April 26 for the largest event of its kind, say organizers. The event is endorsed by dozens of organizations. The day begins at ...

More than one-third of Christians in states that don’t regulate payday loans say they have obtained them, despite believing that charging excessive interest is a sin. In a recent survey, Lifeway Research ...

Independence residents are pitching in to help a 93-year-old Korean War veteran whose car was stolen by a young person who pretended to be interested in buying it. “It was a gut ...

St. Louis brewing giant Anheuser-Busch is feeling the backlash from restaurants, bars and beer distributors over a new marketing campaign that features transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney. The beer company honored Mulvaney, who ...

Russell Stover Chocolates, the Kansas City candy company, has big plans for its centennial this year. “Over the past 100 years, Russell Stover has established itself as an American classic,” President and ...

John and Debbie Lindell have announced plans to step down as pastors of James River Church, the Springfield megachurch they founded more than three decades ago. The leadership transition to their children ...

Missouri Republican Representative Justin Hicks, who is Black, continues to speak out after a Black Democrat legislator asked him to state his ethnicity. Hicks, who represents St. Charles County, became the target ...

A Missouri House committee is considering a bill that would override existing law that restricts the possession of a concealed carry firearm in places of worship without consent or knowledge of persons ...

A Black Missouri Republican received applause on the State House floor during a heated debate on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives when said he identifies as “an American” after his ethnicity was questioned Black Democrat. ...

Families soon will have more reasons than just boating, swimming and fishing to visit the Lake of the Ozarks. Developers have announced plans for the Oasis at Lakeport development. The $300 million ...