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Laredo Aldermen approves funds transfer, sewer project starts, clerk to take leave
The Laredo Board of Aldermen approved moving funds from Southern Bank to Farmers Bank of Northern Missouri during their meeting on August 12. The decision followed the presentation of a banking resolution. City Clerk Mercedes Scobee stated that the board voted to move the funds due to dissatisfaction with Southern...
Grundy County Democratic Central Committee meeting set for August 20
The Grundy County Democratic Central Committee has scheduled its next meeting for Tuesday, August 20, 2024, at noon at El Toro Restaurant, located at 1410 East 9th Street, Trenton, Missouri. This meeting, conducted following the Missouri Democratic Party by-laws, will focus on the election of officers to serve the committee...
Missouri Democrats, tired of seeing uncontested Republicans, recruit more legislative candidates
When Melissa Viloria was growing up in northeast Missouri, few people in power that looked like her. Viloria was born in Hawaii to a mother from Missouri and a father who immigrated to the U.S. from the Philippines. Her parents moved to Missouri in 1978. They found themselves among the few vocal Democrats of the […]
Missouri woman charged in scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family of Graceland
A Missouri woman was arrested Friday on federal charges connected to an alleged scheme to defraud Elvis Presley's family of millions and steal the family's ownership interest in Graceland, the former home-turned-tourist-attraction of the iconic singer in Memphis. Lisa Jeanine Findley, 53, of Kimberling City, was expected to make her first appearance Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. ...
More than morels: Missouri's fall mushroom season is underway
MISSOURI, USA — Mushroom hunters in Missouri are coming down from one of the most historic spring mushroom season this year. , popped out of the ground about a month ahead of schedule. Despite the early start, temperature fluctuations also caused morel season to last more weeks than usual.
Heat is likely killing more people in the Midwest and Great Plains than what’s recorded. Here’s why
In the St. Louis region, heat has killed at least one person this year. In Omaha, Nebraska, a child died last month after being left in a hot car. Outside of Chicago, a person died in a hot prison in June. Heat is the deadliest climate-driven disaster in the U.S....
Cardinals could ask for public funding to help with Busch Stadium renovations, top executive says
ST. LOUIS — A top St. Louis Cardinals executive indicated Thursday that the team could ask the city of St. Louis, St. Louis County and state of Missouri to help finance major renovations to Busch Stadium in coming years. Cardinals President Bill DeWitt III said the franchise would engage...
‘Unprecedented’: Second massive Missouri cannabis recall leaves some companies scrambling
State regulators issued two cannabis recall notices last week involving 135,000 marijuana products — more than double Missouri’s first massive cannabis product recall exactly one year ago. “I’ve never seen recalls of this magnitude in any other state,” said Nick Rinella, CEO of Hippos Cannabis. “This is kind of unprecedented.” Since the announcement, Rinella and […]
Scattered showers possible today, but lower temperatures and dry conditions on the way
Temperatures are expected to drop, and many places will remain dry through the weekend. The National Weather Service says there’s a 20-30% chance of scattered showers and storms across mid-Missouri today. In southern Missouri, there is a marginal risk for severe storms with large hail and damaging wind gusts. Those storms are expected to be south of the Lebanon area.
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