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Your guide to Missouri’s newest education laws in 2025
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe has signed nearly a dozen new laws affecting education this July. Among the proposals that advanced this year are bills governing how public schools handle religious chaplains, cellphones and opening school activities to...

FDA warns consumers about bread recall in Missouri and Arkansas
(KOAM) -- The FDA is warning consumers about a bread recall in Missouri and Arkansas. According to the FDA, the recall includes "Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style ½ Loaf". The recall is due to possible undeclared hazelnuts in the bread. The bread was...

Perimeter Solutions Opens Fire Retardant Production Facility
110,000-square-foot facility can produce up to 360,000 pounds of PHOS-CHEK® fire retardant every day Advanced equipment and HEPA filtration deliver virtually zero emissions CLAYTON, Missouri (July 1, 2025) – Perimeter Solutions (NYSE: PRM), a...

How many H-1B petitions were made by Missouri employers during 2024?
Washington University in St. Louis Educational Services, Manufacturing 334 99.1% 0.9% Cigna Evernorth Services, Inc. Finance and Insurance 332 99.4% 0.6% Charter Communications, Inc. Information 327 98.8% 1.2% Mastercard Technologies, LLC...

War between intoxicating hemp, marijuana industries resumes in St. Louis
When St. Louis Alderman Shane Cohn filed legislation last year to regulate intoxicating hemp products, he didn't hear much about it from local residents or leaders of the fast-growing industry. "I did not get one call, email, etc., when I...

Embracing Local History: Part 164 – NINEVEH, ADAIR COUNTY’S UTOPIAN COMMUNITY – CHAPTER 2
By Blytha Ellis, President Adair County Historical Society and Museum Last week, we described the early life of Dr. Wilhelm “William” Heinrich Keil (1812-1877) who was responsible for starting three utopian communities, two in Missouri and one in...

For many Missourians, gender affirmation isn’t just medical
“You are safe, you are seen, and you are celebrated," reads the the motto of The Soul Collective salon in Columbia, Missouri. And on a rainy day in early June, the salon held a pay-what-you-can event where they offered gender-affirming haircuts...
Stabilizing prices, shifting interests in Missouri farmland market
While Missouri’s farmland market remains relatively stable, new survey data points to rising interest, and prices, for timberland and recreational properties. The latest Missouri Farmland Values Opinion Survey, conducted annually by University of...

MU Extension to host agriculture drone training event Aug. 7 in Albany
The University of Missouri Extension will host a full-day drone training event focused on applications in Missouri agriculture from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at the MU Hundley-Whaley Extension and Education Center in Albany. According to...

Senator Schmitt highlights benefits for Missouri's Whiteman Air Force Base
Senator Eric Schmitt | U.S. Senator Eric SchmittSenator Eric Schmitt | U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri has expressed satisfaction with the provisions in the recently enacted legislation known as the One Big...

Understanding a business administration degree: A look at Northwest Missouri State University
Dr. Lance Tatum, President | Northwest Missouri State UniversityDr. Lance Tatum, President | Northwest Missouri State University If you’re planning your future and considering a business administration degree, understanding the field can help make...

‘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...
Bob Westfall 1946-2025
Robert Paul “Bob” Westfall, Jr. 79, of Marville, Missouri, passed from this life at Mosaic Life Care in St. Joseph, on July 16, 2025. He was born on April 23, 1946, in Maryville, Missouri, to Robert Paul Westfall, Sr. and Roberta Frances Morris...

Trump promised to lower energy costs – his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most
The cost of electricity is poised to surge across the US in the wake of Republican legislation that takes an axe to cheap renewable energy, with people in states who voted for Donald Trump last year to be hardest hit by the increase in bills. As...

Cheapest premium gas in cities across Montgomery County in week ending July 12
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Allison Clements | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Montgomery County...

4 gas stations in cities throughout Perry County had the cheapest regular gas in week ending July 12
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.gov There were four gas stations in cities across Perry County selling...

Cheapest regular gas in cities across Bates County in week ending July 12
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Bates County selling...

Missouri Restaurant Association appreciative of new no-tax-on tips law, hopes it goes further in the future
(Missourinet) – The Missouri Restaurant Association calls the new “no tax on tips” law, recently signed as part of President Trump’s budget bill, a win for the state’s 230,000 hospitality workers. Buddy Lahl, CEO of the Missouri Restaurant...

Where were the cheapest places to fill up on regular gas in cities in Stoddard County in week ending July 12?
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Stoddard County selling...

'We all have a chip on our shoulder': Tigers talk playoffs, quarterbacks and rivalries at SEC Media Days
ATLANTA — Missouri took the stage Thursday at SEC Media Days with a confident message: belief in its identity, its locker room and the momentum from 21 wins over the past two seasons. Represented by head coach Eli Drinkwitz, defensive leaders...