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St. Louis Cardinals superfan ‘Rally Runner’ sentenced to prison in Capitol riot case
Rally Runner is the 29th of the 37 Missouri residents charged in Capitol riot cases to be sentenced. Two other Missouri defendants have been convicted and await sentencing, and the cases of another six are pending.
Housing Prices Lead to National Tenant Organizing
Five groups have formed a Tenant Union Federation to link tenant organizing efforts across the country. The founding groups are in Kansas City, Louisville, Chicago, Connecticut, and Bozeman, Mont. The groups have backed local policy shifts and called for a national cap on rent increases, something President Joe Biden and...
Bass Pro implements more layoffs in Lebanon and Bolivar
LEBANON, Mo. — About 100 people are out of jobs at Bass Pro’s Boat Division plants in Lebanon and Bolivar. White River Marine Group said it reduced its aluminum boat manufacturing workforce by ten percent because of slowing consumer demand. Bass Pro Communications gave OzarksFirst the following statement: As you probably are aware, the current […]
Kansas City will fund a homeless shelter that accepts anyone — the city’s first
The Kansas City Council on Thursday unanimously approved funding for a low-barrier, year-round overnight homeless shelter in the northeast — the first of its kind in the city — after shelving a similar plan earlier this year. A low-barrier shelter accepts any person regardless of their race, gender,...
Bernie’s Redbird Review: Is It Quitting Time For The Cardinals? We’ll Soon Find Out.
Text message from a friend who loves the Cardinals and hates what he’s seeing from them. In a pathetically soft appearance, the Cardinals got swept and had the WKRP kicked out of them in Cincinnati for three straight nights. It was another disgusting turn in a season that has even the most loyal Cards fans seeing red.
Springfield Mayor Ken McClure among veterans welcomed home from Honor Flight trip
An unusually large crowd of family and friends gathered at Springfield-Branson National Airport late Wednesday to welcome home the 81 veterans who took the August Honor Flight of the Ozarks trip to Washington, D.C. Springfield Mayor Ken McClure normally stands by the door to shake hands with returning veterans. Mayor Pro Tem Matt Simpson handled that duty Wednesday because McClure, an Army veteran, was on the Honor Flight. Joining Simpson were several City Council members as well...
Football Pride Snub: NFL Team Refuses LGBTQ Celebrations
Despite the public celebration of hundreds of celebrities and organizations, including the NFL itself, one NFL team has notably refrained from publicly celebrating Pride Month. Kansas City Chiefs and Pride Month. Where team after team of various sports organizations have jumped at the opportunity to celebrate Pride Month with posts...
Three women faces charges for assaulting woman and her pregnant sister in Jefferson City
Three women are accused of assaulting a woman and her pregnant sister in Jefferson City. Ranika Lazard and Lanora Brown, of Jefferson City, and Brianna Jones, of Holts Summit, are charged with accessory to second-degree assault and accessory to fourth-degree assault. Brown is also charged with one count of resisting arrest. All three are being held without bond.
Tracking a quiet and mild stretch through the weekend
TODAY: Partly Cloudy skies form by this afternoon as a wave passes by to our southwest. Some may see showers and thunderstorms from this wave. The greatest chance for rain will be from Sedalia to the Lake of the Qzarks and west. Temperatures are not as hot today, but still warm, with highs reaching 90, feeling like upper 90s.
GM Signs Landmark Solar Power Deal for Three Assembly Plants
As part of an ongoing push around renewable energy, we’re announcing a 15-year renewable energy purchase agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy for three GM assembly plants. NorthStar’s Newport Solar project in Newport, Arkansas, will support the electricity needs of GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly and Lansing Grand River Assembly in Michigan, and the Wentzville Assembly site in Missouri by adding renewable energy directly to the grid we source from. The Newport project has a capacity of 180 megawatts. NorthStar Clean Energy is a unit of CMS Energy.
Reinvestment Corridor coming to Missouri, Kansas
The Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) is bringing a 24-mile bi-state reinvestment corridor to Kansas and Missouri. Rep. Emmanuel Cleaver, II paired with local officials Tuesday to announce the initiative that will connect Independence, Sugar Creek, Kansas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan. The Bi-State Sustainable Reinvestment Corridor project will involve...
If Missouri’s Bagnell Dam Failed? Disaster Downstream in 1 Hour
It sounds like a plot for a major motion picture disaster movie, but it's a real scenario that has already been played out by the Missouri National Guard. What if Bagnell Dam failed? It would mean disaster downstream in less than 1 hour. I remember the awesome sight of Bagnell...
Is Nuclear Waste Poisoning This Missouri Suburb? How 2 Moms Teamed Up for Answers, Even If They Die Trying
The first warning sign was the stench that seemed to fill the air of Dawn Chapman’s suburban St. Louis neighborhood in 2012. “You could smell burning, but there was something different about it, like jet fuel,” she says in this week's issue of PEOPLE. Her three children started to wake in the night with irritated eyes or bloody noses caused, she believes, by the caustic fumes.
THE COUNTY LINE: St. Pius president endures long battle with cancer
It’s the week before St. Pius X and the rest of the high schools in the state begin fall sports practice and the lead-up to the start of classes. Jim Lehn is casually dressed, working in his office. The president of St. Pius, Lehn runs the only Catholic high...
FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Blackcats ready to prowl on new field
Blane Boss hopes the brand new artificial-turf field his team will play home games on this year will give Herculaneum some bounce. This is Boss’s fourth season as the head coach, with a record of 16-17. On the old grass field at Dugan Memorial Stadium, it was the coach’s job to chalk the lines.
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