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Brace Yourself for a Shock on Your Missouri July Electric Bill
You might want to sit down for this. Have you received your electric bill yet this month? My Missouri bill that was formerly somewhat manageable has just exploded. Help. The website Energy Sage says the "average" energy bill for a Missouri household is around $144 per month. Obviously, there are many variables including what temperature you put your air conditioner on, the size of your Missouri space that you need to cool, etc. However, that number has been pretty accurate for our Missouri home...until now.
Missouri counties say they lose money housing people headed to state prison
The cost of holding someone in a Missouri county jail for those days and months before and after a conviction ultimately falls to the state. In 2024, the state spent about $50 million to reimburse counties for the cost. But it’s had trouble keeping up with that tab. That’s left counties stuck with most of […] The post Missouri counties say they lose money housing people headed to state prison appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Payment backlog leaves Missouri child care providers desperate, on the brink of closing
This spring, the state of Missouri owed Kimberly Luong Nichols $5,000 in backlogged payments for children at her Kansas City daycare who were part of a state subsidy program. For four years, she’s operated a licensed daycare inside her home, where she currently serves 10 children. Luong Nichols stopped drawing a salary last summer to […] The post Payment backlog leaves Missouri child care providers desperate, on the brink of closing appeared first on Missouri Independent.
What’s on your Missouri primary ballot this August
(The Beacon) – Voters will have a chance to weigh in on Kansas City police funding and who makes it onto the November ballot during the Missouri primary election on Aug. 6. The deadline to register to vote in the primary is July 10. You can think of a...
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you shoot your own fireworks on the Fourth of July?
Fireworks stands are plentiful in Mid-Missouri, so there's plenty of opportunity to make your own home fireworks display for the Fourth of July. The post QUESTION OF THE DAY: Did you shoot your own fireworks on the Fourth of July? appeared first on ABC17NEWS.
USA Today Readers Say America’s Best Dog Bar is in Missouri
I would like to have been in the room when this idea was first presented. A place to take your dog where you can also sample tasty brews. That is how the concept of a dog bar was born and now USA Today readers say the best ones in America are in Missouri.
50 Missouri Families Have 50 Missing Daughters Still Not Found
If you have children and know where they are, you have a luxury that some Missouri families to not have. As I write this, there are 50 Missouri families who recently had 50 daughters go missing and they still have not been found. This is the latest update from the...
Remembering two Missouri servicemen who hold some of the highest military rankings
Two Missourians, General John J. Pershing and General Omar Bradley, are celebrated as heroes for their leadership in World War I and World War II, respectively, and their busts are placed outside the Missouri House of Representatives to honor their contributions to the nation's military history.
Kansas man seriously injured after Missouri boating accident on Fourth of July
WARSAW, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas family’s boating trip ended with serious injury on the Fourth of July after one man was hit by a propeller at Lake of the Ozarks. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says that just before 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 4, emergency crews were called to mile marker 36 on the Osage arm of Lake of the Ozarks with reports of a boating accident.
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