Visitors to the Missouri State Fair in Sedalia next month will enjoy about $8 million in improvements to the grounds. This includes campground improvements, brick horse barn upgrades and major renovations at ...
Read More »Kansas City school district teaches critical race theory and 1619 Project
Kansas City is the only school district in Missouri that reported using a curriculum that both teaches lessons about critical race theory and includes the 1619 Project, a recent survey found. Two ...
Read More »Missouri attorney general to sue St. Louis over new mask mandate
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt plans to file a lawsuit to stop the return of mask mandates in St. Louis City and County “The citizens of St. Louis and St. Louis County ...
Read More »Attendance at Auschwitz exhibit at Union Station breaks record
A record 150,000+ tickets have been sold to the Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. exhibition at Union Station in Kansas City. “When we started planning this exhibition nearly six years ago, ...
Read More »Missouri school district spent $15,000 on critical race theory curriculum
Just a week after Gov. Mike Parson said Missouri was not teaching critical race theory, a St. Louis-area school district is preparing to do just that. The district paid $15,000 for curriculum ...
Read More »Kansas City will celebrate Missouri bicentennial Saturday
Kansas City will celebrate the Missouri Bicentennial this Saturday at the François Chouteau & Native American Heritage Fountain in the Northland. The free event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 ...
Read More »Missions leader Floyd McClung will be remembered at local service Saturday
Floyd McClung, an author and international missions leader, will be remembered at a local service this Saturday. It will be held at 10 a.m. at Shoal Creek Community Church in Pleasant Valley, ...
Read More »Church congregations band together for security training
Church safety has become a priority for many congregations across the country. Last weekend, a group called Peacekeepers trained church groups in safety and security in Southern Missouri. “This was an open-enrollment ...
Read More »Parson signs remaining bills passed by state legislature in 2021
Governor Mike Parson has signed the 13 remaining pieces of legislation passed by the state legislature. This brings to an end the bill singings for the 2021 legislative session. Below are the ...
Read More »Incremental increase in gas tax will begin in October
The Missouri tax on gas will increase by 2.5 cents annually beginning in October, eventually reaching 29.5 cents per gallon by 2025. Gov. Mike Parson signed the bill into law this week. ...
Read More »States ending extra unemployment see huge increase in people finding jobs
States that withdrew from the federal pandemic unemployment bonus in June saw improving jobs numbers and fewer individuals filing for benefits compared to other states, according analysis of federal data. The states, ...
Read More »The Lutheran High School of Kansas City is preparing lives for today, tomorrow and eternity
The primary mission of The Lutheran High School of Kansas City is to guide and mentor students on their faith journeys through adolescence and beyond. Our mission statement “preparing lives for today, ...
Read More »Missouri, Kansas attorneys general support Arkansas ban on gender transition for kids
The attorneys general of Missouri and Kansas have joined with 15 of their peers to defend a new Arkansas law that prohibits gender transition procedures for children. A prohibits a “physician or ...
Read More »Rep. Cori Bush spent $50K on security while pushing defund the police
Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush, member of the Democrat “squad,” is being called a hypocrite for spending over $50,000 on private security while she calls for defunding the police. Federal Elections Commission (FEC) ...
Read More »Missouri updates laws from 1980s that criminalized HIV transmission
Missouri has updated laws that make it a crime to transmit the HIV virus for the first time in more than three decades. Gov. Mike Parson this week signed a bill that ...
Read More »Census shakes up Missouri town population rankings
The 2020 Census has big winners and losers in Missouri’s municipal population rankings. St. Louis is again the biggest loser, dropping below the population it counted just after the Civil War in ...
Read More »Missouri school choice bill signed into law
Missouri parents will have greater choice in their children’s education after Gov. Mike Parson signed a school choice bill into law on Wednesday. “This legislation will empower students and parents with access ...
Read More »Grandview Christian School: On a mission to impact the world
Grandview Christian School is more than just an educational institution. It’s a place to grow spiritually, academically, and socially. It’s where teachers become mentors, and friends become family. Since 1975, Grandview Christian ...
Read More »Manhattan and Lawrence, Kan. rank among youngest metro areas in nation
Manhattan, Kansas is the youngest small metropolitan area in the nation, and Lawrence, Kan., ranks 12, a new study found. The U.S. population is getting older. Aging Baby Boomers and declining fertility ...
Read More »Ice cream socials will celebrate Missouri’s birthday on Aug. 10
As Missouri’s 20oth birthday approaches on August 10, communities across the state are hosting simultaneous ice cream socials. Below is a list of Kansas City-area events but there’s still time to plan your ...
Read More »Amazon loses advantage with new Missouri sales tax
Online retailers such as Amazon will lose the sales tax advantage over local businesses as a new Missouri law goes into effect. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed legislation that will allow Missouri-based ...
Read More »Missouri Right to Life disappointed with continued funding of Planned Parenthood
Pro-life leaders in Missouri expressed their disappointment on Wednesday after a special session ended with the state continuing funding Planned Parenthood. Lawmakers were called into a special legislative session last week by ...
Read More »Help homeless veterans on Independence Day
No veteran should have to suffer homelessness, but the good news is that the number of veterans experiencing homelessness is declining. A point-in-time survey by the Department of Veterans Affairs reports that ...
Read More »St. Louis sues state over new Second Amendment Protection Act
St. Louis and St. Louis County have filed a lawsuit to block Missouri’s recently enacted Second Amendment Protection Act. The lawsuit asks the court to declare the new law unconstitutional on both ...
Read More »Kansas City area offers numerous events for July 4 weekend
Dry weather is in the forecast for the July 4 weekend, and a number of activities are on tap for the Kansas City region. Visit KC offers several suggestions. Look to the ...
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