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Caruthersville man killed in train collision
PEMISCOT COUNTY, Mo. (KFVS) - A man was killed Tuesday afternoon in a collision involving a train. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, 37-year-old Thomas B. Jackson of Caruthersville died just before 4 p.m. on August 20. The crash occurred on Gettings Lane at the railroad track in Hayti...
Sunrise Beach construction business owner charged with deceptive business practices
CAMDENTON, Mo. (KMIZ) A Lake of the Ozarks area business owner was charged with several felonies on Monday. Ricky Loren Simmons II, of Sunrise Beach, was charged with four counts of deceptive business practices and two counts of financially exploiting an elderly person. A criminal summons was issued for Simmons on Monday. An initial court The post Sunrise Beach construction business owner charged with deceptive business practices appeared first on ABC17NEWS.
Parents, NAACP question Francis Howell School District’s response after noose was found
ST. CHARLES COUNTY (First Alert 4) - A Francis Howell School District parent feels the school and district leaders are ignoring his experience after he found a noose hanging in an athletic stadium restroom. Mitchell Long has two kids in the district and says last Thursday, he was at his...
Members of Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council say they were fired without notice
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council, a key nonprofit organization serving low-income families in Kansas City, abruptly fired all of its staff members last Wednesday without prior notice. The sudden dismissals have left the community reeling and questioning the future of the organization’s vital programs. The...
Forgotten Chiefs storyline may not make the 53-man roster after all
Sustaining a dynasty is not an easy task in the NFL. The salary cap, draft and schedule are all systematically designed to pull every team to mediocrity. As division winners, the team faces other division winners in the following season. As constant playoff contenders, the team has to pay a premium to retain the players that got them to the postseason. As Super Bowl champions, the franchise picks dead last in the draft.
Missourians looking to change gender on driver's license have more hoops to jump through
Missourians looking to change gender markers on their driver's licenses will have a harder time doing so after a state agency quietly removed a key piece of paperwork. In early August, the Missouri Department of Revenue did away with Form 5532, which allowed Missourians to request a change of the gender markers on their driver's license or non-driver's license. Now, state residents must submit medical documentation validating they underwent gender reassignment surgery or obtain a court...
We can help bring civility back to politics by focusing on an overlooked tool: listening
Being civil seems like the bare minimum of what we owe each other, yet studies show that incivility is on the rise in our country. A 2019 Pew Research survey found that 68% of those surveyed wanted elected officials to exhibit a tone of civility and respect in politics. Yet we watch politicians talk past […]
Tuesday, August 20 Forecast: Locked in a mild mode through Thursday
Fall air is flowin’ in again. The mild temperatures got a boost from some passing cloud cover Tuesday. This kept afternoon highs in the upper 70s and low 80s. We’ve got a couple of more days of this before summer heat returns. Tonight will feature starry skies and bright moonshine. Temperatures will slip a few […]
Missouri OB-GYN talks public health in a ban state and drawing on identity to inform patient care
Editor’s Note: This is part of a series of conversations about voter-initiated efforts to restore abortion access across the country. In Missouri, getting an abortion was difficult years before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Lawmakers enacted restrictions that put up hurdles to abortion care: Doctors at clinics had to get admitting privileges to nearby […]
Missouri Standardized Test Scores Show Progress, Continued Challenges Statewide
Missouri students are showing progress on standardized tests administered by the state, with results in some categories approaching — and even exceeding — pre-pandemic levels. But in other areas — most notably English language arts — students continue to struggle. The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education revealed preliminary scores in the Missouri Assessment […]
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...
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