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Missouri spending $11M for all children to receive a book monthly through age 5
(The Center Square) – Missouri is spending $11 million for a nonprofit organization to mail a free book each month to all children up to age 5. Senate Bills 681 and 662 in 2022 created the nonprofit “Missouri Imagination Library” to operate through the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and partner with “Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library,” funded by the nonprofit The Dollywood Foundation. The legislation requires the general assembly to appropriate at least $2.5 million annually to fund the program. It was sponsored by...
Mike Kehoe, Crystal Quade agree to Missouri gubernatorial debate on policy
SEDALIA — Republican gubernatorial nominee Mike Kehoe and Democrat Crystal Quade agreed Thursday to a debate next month hosted by the Missouri Press Association. Kehoe did not participate in several Republican debates in the run up to the Aug. 6 primary. News stations have offered to moderate a Kehoe-Quade debate, but a date has not […]
Severe thunderstorm watch issued for the Ozarks
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the Ozarks. According to the National Weather Service of Springfield, the watch has been issued for parts of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma until midnight. “The main threat is large hail with damaging winds. While the chance of a tornado is thankfully limited, it […]
Mizzou scientists make strides in removing plastic particles from drinking water
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KY3) - Scientists at the University of Missouri created a new, specialized solvent designed to remove nanoplastics from water. Nanoplastics are microscopic particles, significantly smaller in diameter than human hair and invisible to the naked eye. “Nanoplastics can disrupt aquatic ecosystems and enter the food chain, posing risks...
Forecast: A seasonal and sunny weekend
I hope you like hot and humid weather because it's on tap all weekend! Tonight, lows will drop to the upper 60s under a mostly clear sky before we heat up again by Saturday. There will be plenty of sunshine throughout Saturday, with highs reaching the upper 80s and heat indices showing feels-like temperatures in the lower 90s. Humid conditions will continue throughout the day, with a chance for a spot shower down by the lake. In the evening, overnight lows will drop into the middle 60s under a clear sky.
Eddie Kelly Jr. in line for bigger role among Mizzou defensive ends, notes from full Friday practice
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The rotation keeps on rotating. Down one player after edge rusher Darris Smith’s season-ending injury earlier in the week, Missouri’s group of defensive ends was one fewer in number during Friday’s practice but still conducting business as usual. Zion Young and Johnny Walker...
Predicting the 2024 Alabama Football Season: Missouri Tigers
Alabama and Mizzou have not met since 2020 - a 38-19 ass-whupping by the Tide. Installment number eight of wild blind dart-throwing predictions takes us out to the north edge of the Ozarks. GAME 8: MIZZOU TIGERS. Coach: Eli Drinkwitz, age 41 (28-21, SEC 17-17 in four seasons at UM;...
College football preseason rankings: Can No. 9 Missouri take advantage of a favorable schedule?
Welcome to the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. In anticipation of the first four-round postseason in college football history, we’re counting down our predicted playoff field as the season approaches. The top five conference champions in the CFP selection committee’s rankings will make the playoff and the rest of the field will be filled out by seven at-large teams. Who will lift the national championship trophy on Jan. 20 in Atlanta?
3x3: Preseason Mizzou, SEC, and National College Football Storylines to Watch
The football season inches ever closer, and we’re going to get ready by taking a classic “Three by Three” look around the landscape. I will share three storylines that are intriguing to me each at Mizzou, in the SEC, and around the nation. Mizzou. 1. Answer High...
Shocking New Royals Stadium Location Emerges
After the Jackson County voters rejected a Royals stadium proposal, all signs were pointing to the team relocating to North Kansas City or Kansas. Kansas legislators had passed an aggressive plan to lure the Chiefs and the Royals away from Missouri and over to the Sunflower State. The latest reporting,...
Q&A: New Mizzou NIL agency CEO Brad Larrondo on school's success, revenue sharing, misconceptions
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Talking about the nitty gritty of name, image and likeness while seated in the back of a golf cart parked next to a Missouri preseason football practice, Brad Larrondo is perched between two parts of the college sports world that he knows well. Larrondo is the...
Rookie watch: These Missouri football freshmen could get playing time in 2024
In a preseason headlined by veteran experience and seasoned newcomers, some youngsters are making some noise. Missouri football is fast approaching its 2024 season-opener, which comes Thursday, Aug. 29 against Murray State on Faurot Field in Columbia. Behind the scenes, some true freshmen are drawing the plaudits of their peers and mentors. “I mean,...
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