Van Galen embraces early challenges as he begins tenure as Missouri Southern president
Dean Van Galen began his tenure as Missouri Southern's 6th president on Wednesday.
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Kansas City makes masks mandatory in public
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City, Missouri is making masks mandatory inside businesses and other places that are open to the public amid a growing number of confirmed coronavirus cases. Mayor Quinton Lucas said Friday that starting Monday, visitors…
Virus cases jump in Branson area after tourists return
A jump in coronavirus cases after many businesses in the Branson area reopened to tourists has health officials concerned.
State: Local officials to make school decisions amid virus
Local officials will have to consider such issues as whether masks will be required, class sizes and how to improve the “digital divide".
Missouri's only abortion clinic gets license
After a yearlong legal battle, the state's Administrative Hearing Commission ruled in May that the health department was previously wrong not to renew the clinic's license.
Trump rally flop in Tulsa, but a hit on television
Fox News Channel, which aired Trump's speech live, had the biggest Saturday night audience in the network's 24-year history.
US: Company provided subpar steel for Navy submarine hulls
The supplier, Kansas City-based Bradken Inc., paid $10.9 million as part of a deferred prosecution agreement.
St. Louis Juneteenth march begins where slave case was heard
...The Old Courthouse, where Dred Scott’s lawsuit played out, a pivotal case that led to freeing the slaves.
Churchill statue temporarily removed for conservation
The statue’s base was unstable, and the statue was at risk of being damaged by construction equipment that is working on drainage.
How black history is taught in schools faces new scrutiny
Under new standards developed by teachers, Oklahoma students are urged to consider the differences between labeling it a “massacre” or a “riot".
Charges filed after fentanyl blamed in death of toddler
Officers called to a home found the child not breathing and unresponsive.
University of Missouri system announces 2.3% tuition hike
The tuition increase impacts campuses in Columbia, St. Louis, Kansas City and Rolla.
Positive Covid-19 case at Spring River Christian Village
Proactively, on June 16, 2020 all residents and associates were tested for COVID-19 and results are expected in near future.
Another person who attended Lake of the Ozarks on Memorial Day weekend tests positive for coronavirus
LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. (CNN) -- Another person has…
Feds seek $225M fine for pair who made a billion robocalls
State attorneys general of Arkansas, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and Texas also sued the two men and their companies.
Missouri man charged in death of 1-month-old daughter
He told investigators he had been tossing her into the air and catching her when he missed, and the baby hit her head on a table.
Missouri business group backs Medicaid expansion
The ballot proposal would expand coverage to adults earning up to 138% of the federal poverty level, which is about $17,600 annually for an individual or $30,000 for a family of three.
Webb City man sentenced for meth conspiracy
Aaron S. Sutten, 35, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge M. Douglas Harpool to 13 years and four months in federal prison without parole.
Missouri gas price average jumps 16 cents week-to-week, still lowest start to June in 16 years
"Missouri drivers haven’t seen the statewide average price this low at the beginning of June since 2004."
Springfield, Missouri officer struck by vehicle outside of police headquarters
The injured officer is Officer Mark Priebe, a 21-year veteran of the Springfield Police Department.
Missouri sees biggest increase in coronavirus cases in month
Improved testing could account for some of that increase but there could be other factors.
Comparisons drawn between Floyd's death and Missouri case
Missouri’s attorney general at the time, Josh Hawley, investigated the Missouri case but declined to file charges after medical experts concluded that the man died of “excited delirium."
Coronavirus continues to hit Missouri revenues
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has cut close to $428 million in state government spending this year to compensate.
Faculty Council rejects University of Missouri early start
The council instead voted to start classes on Aug. 24 and include a Labor Day break.
