[UPDATE: After a national backlash, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban will play the National Anthem before games after all. NBA Chief Communications Officer Mike Bass released a statement on Wednesday saying Cuban ...
Read More »Coalition of state AGs to fight unconstitutional Biden acts
Six state attorneys general have notified President Joe Biden that they would challenge any potentially unconstitutional executive actions or federal overreach. “We stand ready to meet with your administration to discuss more ...
Read More »People moving from Kansas while Missouri remains steady
More people are moving out of Kansas than all but five other states, while roughly equal numbers of people are moving to or from Missouri. United Van Lines released its Annual National Migration ...
Read More »Missouri City college student missing in Texas after car found crashed
Authorities are continuing their search for a Missouri City, Texas college student who has gone missing in Texas. Friends and family have now joined the search for 21-year-old Texas State University student ...
Read More »17 states have now joined Supreme Court election lawsuit
In a public show of unity that spans the nation, seventeen states have joined the Texas lawsuit before the Supreme Court to challenge the 2020 election results in four battleground states. The states ...
Read More »Missouri, Kansas join Texas in lawsuit alleging serious ‘swing state’ illegality
Missouri and Kansas are joining a growing list of states, led by Texas, in contesting the legality of how four states handled the Nov. 3 election. Eric Schmitt announced that the “Show-Me ...
Read More »Planned Parenthood loses funding after federal court ruling
Planned Parenthood was given a major setback this week when a federal appeals court ruled Texas and Louisiana may withhold federal funding to clinics performing abortions. It reversed an earlier appellate ruling ...
Read More »Salvation Army starting early in effort to ‘rescue Christmas’
Salvation Army kettles are as much a part of the Christmas season as festive lights and caroling. Because of the ongoing pandemic, the organization is getting an early start on this year’s ...
Read More »Look up. Those hazy skies is smoke from the West Coast
Residents of Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan are waking up to hazy skies today after smoke from western wildfires has reached the all the way to the Great Lakes. Blazes ...
Read More »Patrick Mahomes’ mother credits faith for keeping her grounded
Church has always been important to Randi Mahomes, the mother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. But during those turbulent, fast-paced years of professional baseball, she’d largely stopped going, until Pat’s ...
Read More »From riots to Hurricane Laura, Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Blessing respond to human toll
Now that Hurricane Laura has blown through the Gulf Coast, it’s time for families to begin rebuilding their lives and property. Two leading Christian relief organizations, Samaritan’s Purse and Operation Blessing, already ...
Read More »Laura growing to CAT 4 hurricane, will hit Wednesday night
The Gulf Coast of the United States is rapidly prepping for hurricane Laura which is “rapidly intensifying” over the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday morning. It is expected to become a Category 4 ...
Read More »Family Research Council documents state funding of abortion industry
A new study by the Family Research Council gives Missouri and Kansas credit for attempting to defund the abortion industry but also points out where work remains to be done. Missouri has ...
Read More »White House coronavirus expert Deborah Birx meets with Missouri officials
Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, praised Missouri’s box-in testing strategy, which involves testing, contact tracing, isolation and quarantine. “This box-in strategy that is being used here in Missouri ...
Read More »Barbecue Baptist Church hits the road to share hope – and barbecued pork
Pastors with a love for barbecue may want to follow the example of a Church in Navasota, Texas. Barbecue Baptist Church aims to bring a warm meal, a little levity and a ...
Read More »SpaceX Crew Dragon to splash down Sunday
The Crew Dragon spaceship is scheduled to return to Earth Sunday afternoon with a splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico. The two-person craft, built by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Corporation, will end a ...
Read More »Effort to defund Fort Worth police defeated by voters
The defund the police movement has been rebuked in the nation’s 13th largest city where voters approved the continuation of a tax that funds the city’s police department. More than 64 percent ...
Read More »Trump campaign Tulsa rally postponed to honor Juneteenth celebration
Anyone planning to travel to Tulsa for President Donald Trump’s campaign rally will have to wait a day. The event has been postponed from June 19 to June 20 because of a ...
Read More »Covid-19 cases vary widely between red and blue states
An analysis of red and blue states, and red and blue counties, indicates liberal areas were more affected by the Covid-19 virus than conservatives ones. The survey is an interesting insight into ...
Read More »Largest contract yet awarded for border security wall
President Donald Trump has awarded a North Dakota construction company a major $1.3 billion contract to build a portion of the security wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. In the largest contract to ...
Read More »Sen. Josh Hawley calls for investigation of meatpacking industry
The coronavirus pandemic is exposing many flaws in the nation’s supply chain for essential items such as food. Sen Josh Hawley, R-Mo., is calling on the Federal Trade Commission to begin an ...
Read More »Billy Graham chaplains minister during pandemic and tornadoes
Samaritan’s Purse, the disaster relief arm of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, is being stretched by pandemic response and the tornadoes that raged across Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana overnight last week. Teams ...
Read More »Increase in pandemic-induced substance abuse expected
Churches and ministries that work with those struggling with substance abuse may become more critical than ever during the ongoing pandemic. Mark Stringer, director of the Missouri Department of Mental Health, expects ...
Read More »Biden gets primary wins but Sanders takes largest prize
Senior Democrat, 77-year-old Joe Biden had good primary results in a half dozen southern states holding contests on Super Tuesday, but for the biggest prize he came up a loser. His win came ...
Read More »Wife of Pastor Tony Evans dies of cancer: ‘First sunrise from Heaven’
Respected pastor and evangelist Tony Evans has shared that his wife Lois passed away on the morning of Dec. 30 after battling a rare form of cancer. Evans, the senior pastor at ...
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