Tag Archives: missouri

Some Missouri legislators hope it will be the greatest thing since sliced bread. That is, they hope to designate July 7 of each year as “Missouri Sliced Bread Day.” State Rep. Rusty ...

Some residents in Mexico, Missouri were literally knocked out of their beds early Sunday morning but it wasn’t an earthquake but a massive pipeline explosion rocked the city and surrounding area. Multiple ...

With a rare March snowstorm barreling towards Kansas and Missouri, state officials are warning drivers to stay home. And while Saturday is the calm before the storm with even some sun peaking ...

The Missouri Department of Revenue says it will begin issuing REAL ID -compliant driver licenses and nondriver identification cards beginning March 25. The move is the final step for Missouri to satisfy ...

In a major setback for Planned Parenthood in Missouri, a judge has ruled that state restrictions were not “undue” burdens on women seeking abortions. Current Missouri law requires that abortionists have hospital admitting ...

Missouri is catching up to many other states when it comes to vehicle inspections. The Missouri House of Representatives has given preliminary approval for doing away with mandatory vehicle inspections. Current state ...

Construction on Kansas City’s new international airport is moving forward thanks to an agreement that airlines will pay for increased expenses. The news came as city council members found common ground with ...

A man is dead after kidnapping a woman and child from a Jefferson City home Wednesday night and leading law enforcement on a high-speed chase into Illinois. A press release from the ...

Just as the ice has disappeared from streets in the Kansas City area, and temperatures are hitting the 50s Wednesday and Thursday, forecasters are warning of a snowy four or five days ...

Do you have questions about private education? Wondering what options are available to you or someone you know? Metro Voice will host its 21st Annual Midwest Christian K-12 Education Expo Saturday, March ...

As drones become more common and of greater use to both criminals and terrorists, state legislators are considering bills to ban their use in certain places like prisons. Since 2016, the Missouri ...

U.S. Rep. Vicky Hartzler, who represents Missouri’s 4th Congressional District, met with state lawmakers this week to discuss pressing federal issues. Hartzler, a popular Republican whose district encompasses a large rural swath plus ...

Metro Voice will host its 21st Annual Midwest Christian Education & College Expo Saturday, March 2 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free event has been attended by tens of thousands ...

Should inmates on death row be allowed to make an organ donation before their execution? That’s the question before Missouri legislators. A controversial bill before lawmakers would allow death row inmates to ...

Freezing rain is already falling across the area today as winter weather returns. The nasty, frozen precipitation may linger for several days as the unseasonably warm weather from the weekend is only ...

Kansas City stepped up for the homeless and at-risk families recently by their generosity and exceeded the campaign goal says the City Union Mission Executive Director Dan Doty. Doty announced today that ...

Forget the often silly names meteorologists give weather conditions. Just stick your head outside. It’s cold. But don’t keep it out too long on Wednesday as temps may stay in the single ...

The ninth annual MidWest March for Life will take place this Saturday in Jefferson City at the Capitol. Activities begin at 7:45 a.m. with the Capitol Prayer Walk. Those who wish to ...

Missouri’s Department of Revenue is in a pickle after it shocked state lawmakers Wednesday by announcing a $532 million dollar budget deficit. The news has state lawmakers wondering what happened, who’s to blame ...

The owner of an eastern Missouri fitness center in the town of Troy is defending herself from an online firestorm that erupted when a member said he was told to change out ...

Whoever staged the celebrations around tonight’s AFC Championship game between the Chiefs and the Patriots did a great job. Enter…the lunar eclipse. As seen from Kansas City, the Moon will be high ...

An Olympic figure skater who had just been suspended from the sport died Friday—apparently by suicide, USA Today reports. “My wonderful, strong, amazingly compassionate brother John Coughlin took his own life earlier ...

A St. Louis man is among four Americans killed this week in a suicide bombing attack in Syria. Governor Mike Parson says a Pentagon official called to inform him that Scott Wirtz ...

A Central Missouri film producer has produced a documentary that is shaking the public’s confidence in the Columbia, Mo. police department after allegations they protected a sex trafficking ring. Citizens for Justice, ...

Local meteorologists aren’t wasting any time in warning of a major winter storm striking Kansas and Missouri this Friday into Saturday. The storm will have significant impact on the Chief’s Sunday game. ...