Returning home to check on her teen son whom she thought was ill, the mother of Mohd Zahrin found her 16-year-old lying as she left him in the morning. When she moved ...
Read More »State health, safety and fire experts offer info on “invisible killer” and free alarms
The arrival of colder weather means more homes will be turning up the heat with fuel-burning appliances. These appliances include furnaces, ovens, space heaters, generators, indoor grills and fireplaces that can unknowingly ...
Read More »Washington Post blasted for story placement
The Washington Post sparked outrage Tuesday after publishing an article about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh returning to coach his daughter’s basketball team under its “public safety” category. While the article barely mentions ...
Read More »Missouri seat belt usage at record high
More drivers and passengers across the Show-me State are buckling up. New data shows that seat belt usage in Missouri has climbed to its highest rate ever. The latest Missouri Seat Belt ...
Read More »Garden City lays off entire police force
The small town of Garden City, Missouri, is without a single police officer after it laid off its entire public safety force. Located about 30 miles south of Kansas City, notified Chief ...
Read More »Safe Kids Kansas offers tips to keep trick-or-treaters safe
TOPEKA – On Halloween, ghosts and ghouls may give you a fright, but real dangers, like pedestrian accidents, falls, burns and poisonings are a scary reality. Safe Kids Kansas, the Kansas Department ...
Read More »Kindergarten girl assaulted by ‘gender fluid’ boy in school bathroom
A Georgia mom says her kindergarten daughter was sexually assaulted by a boy in the bathroom due to the school’s transgender bathroom policy, according to a federal civil rights complaint. Decatur, Ga., ...
Read More »Limo crash kills 4 sisters, 18 others
A New York family is grieving unbelievable loss. Four sisters from one family, two newlywed couples and two brothers from another family were among the 20 people killed when a limousine taking passengers ...
Read More »Missouri Planned Parenthood loses in court–again
A federal district court has ruled against abortion provider Planned Parenthood’s attempt to block a state law requiring that abortion doctors have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. The law is meant to ...
Read More »Who has more bad drivers: Missouri or Kansas?
State Line Road and a river divide Kansas City between two states. Now, something else divides the metro–how good a driver you are. A new study says Missouri drivers are some of ...
Read More »Family can’t believe driver got 4 months for killing loved one
A family is questioning the justice system after learning that the driver who struck and killed their loved one may spend only four months behind bars. The mother of Anthony Saluto, 32, ...
Read More »A horse may be your next seat mate on Southwest Airlines
During a time when most businesses are cracking down on the increasing abuse of obtaining unorthodox “service” or emotional support animals and taking them on planes or in restaurants, one airline is ...
Read More »McCaskill jumping gun on Duck Boat safety legislation?
Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has come under fire for proposing legislation to address the Duck Boat tragedy even as the investigation has just begun. Her “safety plan” comes after she and Senator ...
Read More »Did duck boat captain turn off camera before it sank?
The National Transportation and Safety Board has retrieved the “black box” that included details and audio and video recordings from the fateful duck boat. The Ride-the-Ducks amphibious vehicle found itself int he ...
Read More »Sunburn-causing melanoma avoided with sunscreen
If you’re wondering whether it’s worth the trouble and expense to use sunscreen, consider this: Only one blistering sunburn you get as a child or adolescent doubles your risk for skin cancer ...
Read More »Church safety seminar this Friday
Many shootings and other violent acts over the years have occurred in small churches and in small towns. It seems appropriate then that a national one-day seminar on church safety will take ...
Read More »Don’t let your church be the next site of a violent act
Many shootings and other violent acts over the years have occurred in small churches and in small towns. It seems appropriate then that a national one-day seminar on church safety will take ...
Read More »Higher fuel tax to fund improved highways, bridges
Missouri drivers, tired of having some of the nation’s worst roads, have been less resistant recently to increased taxes to improve them. Part of the lack of resistance could be the booming ...
Read More »10 Action Steps for Church Safety
PHILADELPHIA—More than a week after the horrific, tragic and frightening shooting at a rural Texas church, many church leaders are thinking seriously about their own church security and what may need to ...
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