Missouri News

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 ...

Several prominent Missouri and Kansas politicians have responded to Thursday’s indictment of former President Donald Trump. “The Manhattan DA is undermining America’s confidence in our legal system,” Mike Pompeo, a former Wichita ...

The U.S. House passed energy bill amendment that would stop the Biden administration from banning gas stoves. Democrats saw dozens of members break rank and vote with Republicans to protect gas appliances ...

Kansas City area parents are concerned about the safety of their own children following Monday’s deadly shooting at a Christian school in Nashville. According to authorities, the suspected shooter, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, entered ...

The Midwest Parent Educators Conference and Curriculum Fair will be held March 31 and April 1 in Kansas City. Metrovoicenews.com is a sponsor of this annual homeschooling event. The annual event, which ...

More than six in 10 Missourians either disapprove or strongly disapprove of the way President Biden is doing his job. The “St. Louis Post-Dispatch” reported the poll of likely voters conducted by ...

Leaders of James River Church in Springfield,  Mo. say a woman’s amputated toes regrew during a service at its Joplin campus last week. The service was part of the church’s “Week of ...

Americans will learn what the government knew about the origin of COVID-19 after President Joe Biden signed into law legislation introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. What comes next, according to Hawley, is ...