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New Ranking Says Illinois Not Missouri a Best Off-the-Grid State
I consider this a major upset. For years, Missouri has been considered one of the best states to live off-the-grid. No more. A new ranking claims it's Illinois that's one of the best places to live away from civilization and no longer the Show Me State. This brand new off-the-grid...
Suspect slams into police squad car after eluding traffic stop
NASHVILLE, IL (KBSI) – A Ford Explorer was pulled over for high rates of speed on St. Rt. 127 on July 5 at around 10:30 p.m. The car continued Southbound reaching speeds up to 100 mph while entering Pinckneyville, IL. When entering the town the driver struck police officer’s stop sticks successfully deflating one of the tires. The driver swerved right striking a deputy’s squad car sending both vehicles off the roadway.
Missouri Gov. Parson to be in Kansas City for discussions about the Chiefs, Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The future of the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in the state of Missouri will be a topic of discussion Monday in a meeting between Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and local officials. Parson will be in Kansas City on July 8. Parson's office said in...
Major corporations, wealthy donors fuel growth of Missouri private school scholarship program
The largest donors to a tax credit program supporting private school tuition scholarships in Missouri are a Fortune 500 health care corporation, a cable company and the founding family of the Kansas City Chiefs. UnitedHealth Group Inc. has given the most since 2023 to the state’s K-12 tax-credit scholarship program, dubbed MOScholars, with a $2 […] The post Major corporations, wealthy donors fuel growth of Missouri private school scholarship program appeared first on Missouri Independent.
Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS Opens Next Week at Town & Country Players
Town and Country Players has announced their upcoming production of "Assassins: The Musical," the Tony Award-winning sensation that takes aim at American history like never before. Set against a carnival backdrop, "Assassins" delves into the lives and motives of history's most infamous presidential assassins and would-be assassins. From John Wilkes...
Josh Hawley Was An Early No-Fault Divorce Skeptic
Long before red-pilled streamers like Steven Crowder, Tim Pool, and Matt Walsh were agitating for an end to no-fault divorce laws, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) was urging conservatives to “reconsider” the wisdom of legal reforms that made it easier to dissolve a marriage. Just two years after the last state in the country adopted no-fault divorce, Hawley questioned the practice in an op-ed for National Affairs. Trump Angrily Demanded Mike Johnson Help Overturn Conviction: Report “Americans are in a disagreeable mood,” Hawley, then a plucky young lawyer with the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, wrote in 2012. The problem, he concluded,...
The power of a bullet: 20-year-old woman paralyzed after Maryland Heights shooting, collateral damage
MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. — A shooting in Maryland Heights has created life-altering wounds in the body and the minds of multiple people. On June 29 around 6:30 p.m., 20-year-old Scarlette Russell was at the Comfort Inn in Maryland Heights on Lackland Road when her ex-boyfriend approached the car she was sitting in and shot her in the back, according to the Maryland Heights Police Department's report.
St. Louis teen’s dreams comes true as youngest star in MUNY’s ‘The Little Mermaid’
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Leia Yogi is 16 years old and will take the stage as Ariel’s best friend, Flounder, in the MUNY production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.”. “My first real principal role at the MUNY, and I think once I do this,...
St. Louis man seriously hurt in crash south of Hillsboro
A St. Louis man was seriously injured early Thursday morning, July 4, in a one-vehicle accident on Hwy. 21 south of Tree Ridge Trail south of Hillsboro, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported. At 2:44 a.m., Jeffrey A. York, 65, of St. Louis was driving a 2003 Ford Escape north...
Payment backlog leaves Missouri child care providers desperate, on the brink of closing
The Downtown Children's Center in St. Louis, Missouri, was able to stay open for working families during the pandemic by using federal grants (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). This spring, the state of Missouri owed Kimberly Luong Nichols $5,000 in backlogged payments for children at her Kansas City daycare who were part...
Teen injured in shooting in Downtown West, person of interest in custody
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - A teen was injured and a person was detained at the scene Saturday after a shooting in Downtown West. The shooting happened just after 5 p.m. in the area of 15th Street and Market Street. St. Louis Police at the scene said they believe a person was firing towards the Stifel Theatre when a teen boy was grazed. A car traveling east on Market was also hit by gunfire.
St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals odds, picks and predictions
The St. Louis Cardinals (45-41) take on the Washington Nationals (41-46) Friday in the opener of a 3-game set at Nationals Park at 6:45 p.m. ET. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Cardinals vs. Nationals odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Missouri’s Poverty Level – Are You Poor & Not Even Know It?
Wealth can be a subjective term. What is rich to one person might seem like a pittance to someone else. Do you actually know what Missouri's poverty level is? Do you know that you might be poor (by state standards) and not even know it?. I don't want to cross...
National Eucharistic Pilgrimage to visit Alton
What’s called a National Eucharistic Pilgrimage is moving through the United States and will end at a special National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis later this month. There are four routes for the special procession, and one will move through Alton and Collinsville next week visiting three area Catholic churches and the convent at OSF St. Anthony’s Health Center.
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