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KC GIFT fighting systemic racism by investing in black-owned businesses
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City-based nonprofit is fighting against systemic racism by bridging the gap for black-owned businesses. The nonprofit KC GIFT has awarded $1.7 million in grants to 73 black-owned businesses. “We are going to continue to do the work and our goal is to make...
USDA and the Heartland Regional Food Business Center Make Available Over $3.7 Million to Farm and Food Businesses in First Round of Business Builder Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Heartland Regional Food Business Center (RFBC) have announced the availability of more than $3.7 million in Business Builder Grants to support small, mid-sized, and diverse food and farm entrepreneurs. These grants will promote business expansion, job creation, business capacity building, and increase local products in the local market. The funding is available for local food projects in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and northwest Arkansas.
Sale of Champions Auction Results
The Missouri State Fair celebrated youth in agriculture on Saturday, Aug. 17. The annual Sale of Champions highlighted the day, along with the inaugural Best of Missouri Sale, raising a total of over $350,000 for youth involved in agriculture. The Grand Champion Steer was exhibited by Beau Ann Graves of...
First case of red crown rot confirmed in northeast Missouri
COLUMBIA, Mo. — University of Missouri Extension state plant pathologist Mandy Bish reports confirmation of red crown rot, a yield-robbing soybean disease, in Marion County in northeastern Missouri. This is the first confirmed incidence of the disease in the state. In a news release, Bish said MU Extension specialists...
Several area schools begin classes today in north Missouri
Schools across several districts in the area have resumed classes, marking the start of a new academic year. Among the districts that have re-opened are Trenton R-9, Princeton, North Mercer, Grundy R-5, Laredo, Newtown Harris, and Milan. As students return to their classrooms, everyone should be thinking about the importance...
Our Warm and Mild Workweek Continues
OTTUMWA, Iowa (KYOU) -It was a gorgeous day across Southern Iowa and Northern Missouri with sunshine and temperatures in the upper 70s and low 80s. Overnight, we’ll have a mostly clear sky with lows dropping into the mid 50s. Tuesday we’ll have highs reaching the mid to upper 70s with a mix of sun and clouds.
Semifinalists named for 2025 MO Teacher of the Year. Here are the 4 from SW Missouri
Four educators working in the southwest corner of the state have been named semifinalists for the 2025 Missouri Teacher of the Year award. They are from Branson, Laclede County, Neosho and Spokane. The list was released Monday, the first day of class for many districts. ...
Bench trial surrounding 2022 Missouri voting law begins Monday
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A challenge to four provisions in Missouri's election law will be heard in court Monday. Specifically, challenges to Missouri House Bill 1878, previously blocked from going into effect, will be heard in a bench trial in Jefferson City. In June 2022, Missouri lawmakers passed an...
Missouri outlawed abortion. Now it’s funding an anti-abortion group that works in other states
On a recent Saturday outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview Heights, Illinois, a woman wearing a reflective orange vest and body camera flagged down a car pulling into the facility. “Hi, can I talk to you a second?” the woman, Sheri King, said to the driver, reaching for a...
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