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14-year-old dies after jumping from a moving vehicle near Lebanon
A 14-year-old fatally jumped from a moving car in Laclede County on July 25. The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) reported that a man was traveling westbound with a 14-year-old occupant in a 2013 Jeep Wrangler on Highway 32, about 10 miles west of Lebanon. Around 8 p.m., Jamie L....
Back to School Shopping? Missouri’s Tax Free Weekend is Coming
I don't know about you, but back-to-school shopping gets more expensive each year for me. That's why I am so grateful for the no-tax weekend in Missouri so I feel like I am saving a little bit of money. Missouri's No Tax Weekend. I would if you could wait until...
Emergency Recall of Contaminated Vegetables Now Includes Missouri
If you let out a sigh of relief that vegetables you picked up recently in Missouri were not included in the recent emergency recall, it's time to withdraw that exhale as Missouri is now included. As we shared a few days ago, Illinois was a part of an expansion of...
MoDOT seeking public input on plans to improve I-44
GREENE COUNTY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) is looking to move forward with major upgrades to Interstate 44. The agency is seeking the public’s input on its plans to upgrade more than 250 miles of highway running across the state. MoDOT has five meetings planned in towns along I-44, including in Springfield. […]
Two Missouri women arrested for inappropriate conduct with jail inmate
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Division of Drug and Crime Control has announced the arrest of Shonda M. Martin, 36, of Bunker, Missouri, and Brandi N. McClanahan, 43, of Ellington, Missouri. The two women were arrested on July 25, 2024, on one count each of sexual conduct in the course of public duty.
How area hospitals and doulas are addressing the Black maternal mortality crisis
Earlier this year, Missouri hosted the state’s first Black Maternal Health Summit in Columbia. The summit’s keynote speaker, Commonsense Childbirth founder Jennie Joseph, was one of Time’s “Women of the Year” in 2022 for her tireless efforts to address the Black maternal mortality crisis—a particularly pressing issue.
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