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A baby girl was born in Jackson County, Illinois, probably in the Degognia Township, on this day 130 years ago. I am going to attempt to tell the life story of that girl today. Cora Emma Schuerenberg was born on July 25, 1894, the daughter of Gottfried and Emma (Engert)...

SCOTT COUNTY, Mo. (KBSI) – Firefighters with the Scott County Rural Fire Protection District mourns the loss of a longtime firefighter. Tony Smith passed away Wednesday, July 24. Smith joined the fire service more than 30 years ago. He joined Scott County Rural Fire District in 2010. Tony suffered...

LINCOLN–(KFOR July 25)–A preliminary injunction has been issued by the U.S. District Court in eastern Missouri in an Arkansas case against the U.S. Department of Education that stops a new Title IX rule from the Biden Administration. Nebraska, Arkansas and Missouri are among six states that filed a...

MISSOURI (KOAM) -- The Missouri Department of Transportation is inviting the public to discuss the transportation needs in their area.

ST. LOUIS — An 18-year-old was charged with assaulting a corrections officer and stealing the officer’s car to escape from a juvenile detention center, the St. Louis-Post Dispatch reports. The juvenile offender has been at large since the April 1 attack at the state-run Division of Youth Services...

Dr. Karla Eslinger brings a lot of experience in education to her new job. She takes over as Mo. Education Commissioner

Miracle Bird was born and raised in Missouri, developing a deep passion for service and community at a young age. As the Southeast Missouri Coordinator, Miracle has worked with the non-profit Renew Missouri to fight against environmental injustice in Black communities. The Legal Defense Fund's Marshall-Motley Scholars Program aims to...

Kansas lawmakers are trying to lure the Kansas City Chiefs and perhaps the Royals to the Sunflower State. Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) leaves office in January and has made it clear that one of his priorities is keeping the Chiefs and Royals in Missouri. His administration is currently working to put a deal together to make sure the Show-Me State is competitive with Kansas. The governor says Missouri will be competitive, telling reporters in Columbia in mid-June that “we’re not just going to roll over and let Kansas come in here and take two major franchises (Chiefs and Royals) out of our state without having some sort of package ourselves.” Sports economist Tom Kruckmeyer of Jefferson City joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” and blasts any possible tax incentives for the Chiefs or Royals, particularly the Chiefs. Mr. Kruckmeyer tells listeners that public subsidies for sports team facilities do not pay for themselves, describing them as a net drain on the treasuries of taxing jurisdictions. Mr. Kruckmeyer tells listeners that Governor Parson will likely propose the use of public funds, but notes the specifics are unknown. Mr. Kruckmeyer describes the Kansas City Chiefs as “fantastically profitable,” saying last year’s Chiefs profit was $95-million, citing Forbes magazine. Kruckmeyer tells listeners he’s been studying this issue since then-St. Louis Cardinals football owner Bill Bidwill moved the Big Red to Arizona in 1988.:

An educator with deep ties in the Ozarks and more than four decades of experience will be among those honored this month as one of Missouri's Pioneers in Education. Pam Hedgpeth, Clever, has been superintendent in Republic, a professor at Southwest Baptist University, and the executive director of the Greater Ozarks Cooperating School...

The new centers will be conveniently located next to Walmart stores in clinical office space that was formerly occupied by Walmart Health. CenterWell, the health care services business of Humana plans to lease clinical space and open senior-focused primary care centers at 23 Walmart Supercenter retail stores in Florida, Georgia, Missouri and Texas.

Some of the best states to drive in are right here in our listening area. According to the financial website, Wallet-Hub, Iowa is the best state, while Kansas is the third best state. Nebraska ranked 12th on the list while Missouri slipped down all the way to 37th. Wallet-Hub looked...

A February poll of Republican primary voters showed Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft had the most recognizable name in the race for governor. That shouldn’t be surprising. Ashcroft has held statewide office for eight years, and his father John ran statewide seven times, winning five elections for state...

Blake Flanders knows that enrollment at community colleges has dropped precipitously. He’s worried about what that means for the future. Flanders, president and CEO of the Kansas Board of Regents, said that Kansas community colleges have lost more than 40,000 total students since 2012, creating a sustainability issue for the system.

KANSAS CITY — The suspect arrested in the July 17, Amber Alert in Kansas is facing multiple charges and remains jailed in Wyandotte County. Just before 1:30 pm July 17, 2-year-old Jaxon Halley and his mother were forcibly taken at gunpoint by 39-year-old Darryl Livingston, Jr. during a domestic incident at their home, according to Kansas City, Kansas police.

The National Weather Service warns you might encounter some patchy dense fog during your morning commute. Patchy fog is expected early this morning across the central Missouri river valleys, as well as southeast Missouri. Visibility could drop to less than half a mile.

The beauty of the Ozarks has become a little more in question due to a lack of protection around property rights. That’s the perspective of Dan Chiles, Dave Coonrod and Kathy Christy, and it’s based in part due to the 2019 removal of local control of confined animal feeding operations, otherwise known as CAFOs.

Kansas City, MO – The Midwest is set to experience extreme heat in early August, with temperatures significantly above normal across the region. The US National Weather Service has issued a forecast predicting a widespread heatwave from August 1-7. According to the NWS, this heatwave will encompass much of the Midwest, pushing daytime highs into the upper 90s and low 100s.