Harrisburg
LATEST NEWS
Fertilizer tech: In search of smarter, cheaper nutrient sensors
There are sensors that measure nitrate and phosphate in the soil today. They’re called ion-selective electrodes. But Matthias Young notes they tend to be expensive and imprecise — at least, not cheap enough or precise enough to help farmers make routine fertilizer rate decisions. The University of Missouri...
Tiger Targets: Mizzou Soccer’s keys to success against Missouri State/Memphis
The soccer kickoff week coverage continues here at Rock M, now it’s time for Tiger Targets, a weekly preview taking a look at the keys to success for Mizzou Soccer for the week ahead. Today we’re taking a look at the keys versus Missouri State and Memphis, as Mizzou opens the season with a set of home games.
Study Reveals Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Receive Pain Medication During Emergency Room Visits
The study consisted of two phases. For the project’s first analysis, the research team examined a sample of over 17,000 emergency room patients at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Israel from 2015 to 2019, including information on each patient’s rating of their pain levels on a scale of zero to 10. Their analysis revealed that 38 percent of women patients received some form of pain relief medication, compared to 46 percent of male patients. This disparity was found across all pain ratings and types of pain relief medications. The authors conducted the same analysis with 4,000 emergency room records from the University of Missouri Health Care hospital, uncovering the same disparity that was present in the Israeli hospital.
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...
Headlines for Thursday, August 15, 2024
Thousands Lose Power in Kansas, Missouri as Storms Rolled Through Wednesday Night. KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KPR) — Thousands of people lost power late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning as severe thunderstorms rolled through the area. Utility company Evergy says outages from the severe storms overnight peaked at about 37,000 customers without power throughout its service area - with Topeka, Wichita, Newton and Leavenworth heavily affected. As of 8 a.m. Thursday, Evergy had restored power for 65% of the affected customers. As of 4 p.m., about 4,500 customers were without power with about 360 outage events. A statement at the Evergy outage map website reported that the Wichita, Topeka, Newton and Leavenworth areas saw the greatest number of power outages. Evergy crews from surrounding communities have arrived to these areas to assist with power restoration. Damage reports have included broken poles, downed wires and trees in powerlines. In Topeka, where winds caused extensive damage to the power grid, restoration for some customers is expected to take until Friday evening. In the town of Sedgwick, nearly two dozen poles are being replaced, and work to restore some customers will take until Friday. Customers in other areas are expected to be restored by Thursday night. Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued for northeast Kansas and western Missouri late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning.
Missouri organization opens doors to recovery (LISTEN)
“Opening doors to recovery.” That’s the mission of the St. Louis Empowerment Center. Alisa Nelson talks to Sheila Mihalick, the center’s assistant director, about the help provided to people free of charge, helping Missourians who need help with addiction, mental health, housing, jobs, and everyday essentials.
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.
88-year-old Missouri victim in Boar’s Head deli meat outbreak underscores risks for those most vulnerable
A lifelong lover of liverwurst, Sue Fleming relished the smoked sausage her husband brought home every few weeks from the grocery store deli. Patrick Fleming always made sure to buy Boar’s Head braunschweiger, the type she liked best, even though it could be costlier than other brands. “My whole...
Urgent hunt for lotto winner as $278k remains unclaimed – bosses warn the money could disappear forever
A LOTTERY player has only a month to claim their $278k winnings before the prize money expires. The individual purchased the ticket in St Louis, Missouri, in March this year. The ticket was purchased by a Show Me Cash player at a Phillips 66 gas station, according to FOX affiliate KTVI. The unknown individual purchased […]
Boone County at 'critical stage' in master plan process. How to provide comments
Boone County is reaching a "critical stage" in the master plan development process and so two open house options are available for residents to review three draft land use plan options and provide feedback on recommendations. The first meeting is a virtual open house 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 21. Registration is required through the OurBoone.com website. A video of the meeting will be available on the website a few days after the meeting. There also in an...
Students, families brave storms for Mizzou move-in day
New University of Missouri Students on Wednesday were spared the usual unrelenting heat of August move-in day, instead trying to avoid the occasional drenching rain and thunderstorm. Students and MU volunteers said they were grateful for the relief. ...
Forecast: More rain chances Thursday, drier for the weekend
We are starting off with mostly cloudy skies and showers around this morning. This round of rain is all sub-severe. We have another round this evening with strong to severe storms. Thankfully, we are dry this weekend.
It’s essential to note our commitment to transparency:
Our Terms of Use acknowledge that our services may not always be error-free, and our Community Standards emphasize our discretion in enforcing policies. As a platform hosting over 100,000 pieces of content published daily, we cannot pre-vet content, but we strive to foster a dynamic environment for free expression and robust discourse through safety guardrails of human and AI moderation.