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Salem Firemen Help Get One Person out of Pickup Following Two Vehicle Crash
Salem Police say no one required hospitalization following a two vehicle crash early Friday morning at West Main and Missouri Avenue. Reports indicate a pickup driven by 44-year-old Jose Tey Cusanero of Barton Road in Mt. Vernon made a left turn...

‘Domestic Terrorism’: Severed cables leave lasting impact in Missouri
STAMFORD, Conn. (KCTV) - Spectrum has offered an up to $25,000 reward for information about criminal acts considered to be domestic terrorism. Charter Communications, the parent company of Spectrum, announced on Monday, July 14, that criminals...

Target Expanding with 2 New Missouri Locations
If you're a fan of Target and live in Missouri, good news for you. The company has announced that there will be two new locations opening very soon. This word of Target expansion comes directly from the horse's mouth - Target's corporate site. In...
Crash west of Novelty injures two
NOVELTY, Mo. — A Thursday afternoon crash west of Novelty injured two. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said a 2001 Taurus driven by a 17-year-old male from Kirksville was heading west at 3:07 p.m. on Mo. 156, west of Novelty, when it left the...

Phillies Urged To Move For Struggling White Sox Star With Deadline Looming
By Hunter Mulholland is a Newsweek contributor based in St. Louis, Missouri. His focus is MLB Content. Hunter has been with Newsweek since April 2025 and previously worked at Fansided and STL Sports Central. He is a graduate of Westminster College...

25-year-old seriously injured after motorcycle crash
ROMBAUER, Mo. (WSIL) -- A 25-year-old was seriously injured after a crash in Butler County on Thursday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said the crash happened on July 17, at 1:19 p.m., along Highway Z, roughly two miles south of Rombauer. State...

Blues 11U wins championship
The Blues 11U travel baseball team bases in Cottontown completed its Summer with a championship in a World Series at the Lake of the Ozarks over the weekend. The Blues went 5-0 in the tournament and out scored their opponents 63-11, opponents that...

The Second Harvest Food Bank sees summer demands
Home » News » 2025 » July July 18, 2025 | By: Gavin McGough The Second Harvest Food Bank in St Joseph serves an eighteen county region in Northwest Missouri and Eastern Kansas. It works with local food pantries to distribute food from the US...

Judge allows former Missouri football Gary Pinkel to continue to drive following last week’s DWI arrest
Former Mizzou football coach Gary Pinkel can still drive, for now. Pinkel, 73, was arrested a week ago in Camden County for driving while intoxicated, and a judge there ordered that his driver’s license be revoked effective July 23. But on Friday,...

Think Twice Before Touching This Common Missouri Plant
Here’s another reason you won’t catch me hiking anytime soon, and it has everything to do with not knowing which plants are safe and which ones you need to run away from. I’m not really an outdoorsy person. I mean, I like being outside, hanging...

Mercer County Fair honors top poultry, rabbit, and swine exhibitors
Winners have been announced for the poultry, rabbit, and swine events held on Thursday, July 17, at the Mercer County Fair. Youth and adult exhibitors from across Missouri and southern Iowa participated in the day’s competitions, earning top...

Missouri radio control pilots meet in Columbia for summer Fly In event
On Saturday afternoon, radio control pilots from across Missouri came to a Columbia field to fly their RC planes. The construction of these planes can take anywhere from a couple hours to build to multiple years. The Mid-Missouri Radio Control...

Missouri woman disappears from Silver Creek
La’Datra Lasha Lynn Williams A Missouri woman has not been seen since May 20 in the Silver Creek area, and family members and local law enforcement agencies are looking for her. La’Datra Lasha Lynn Williams was last seen at 633 Hooker Road in...

Missouri Bracing for Multiple Days of Severe Storms
If you live in Missouri, it's not news to you that the state has seen an almost endless series of severe storm systems that have made their way across the state. That's why it may not surprise you to learn that forecasters are already talking...

Reactions to Research Medical Center ending labor and delivery, NICU services
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Research Medical Center, located at Meyer Boulevard and Prospect Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, will stop providing labor and delivery and NICU services as of Sept. 8, 2025. Reactions to Research Medical Center ending labor...

Bank loan officer graduates from Missouri Bankers Association leadership program
Legends Bank commercial loan officer Ashley Harris of Belle is among the latest graduating class of the Missouri Bankers Association Banking Leadership Missouri program. Harris was one of 21 bankers from across the state to graduate from the...

How Missouri governors 'quietly dismantled' an ethics watchdog
A new report has raised concerns that Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and his predecessor have failed to fill vacancies at the Missouri Ethics Commission. As a result, the state watchdog has been unable to investigate dozens of complaints of ethical...

MID-MISSOURI HISTORY: Pittrich family established farm near Brazito after immigrating from Prussia
A 14-year-old Bertha Schwarz immigrated to the United States with a sister and brother in 1855, eventually settling in the bustling and growing community of St. Louis. While living there, she met a fellow Prussian immigrant, Franz Pittrich, and...

Missouri Bans Controversial Reading Instruction Model
Missouri lawmakers have banned educators from leaning on a model of reading instruction called the “three-cueing” method as part of a bipartisan education package signed by Gov. Mike Kehoe on Wednesday. The law mandates that three cueing, which...

Missouri governor signs law repealing provisions of 2024 paid sick leave and minimum wage ballot initiative
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed House Bill 567 (HB 567) on July 10, repealing provisions of Proposition A, which voters approved in 2024. HB 567 repealed the paid sick leave requirements and the provision that tied future minimum wage...