The state has a program to help Missourians with disabilities and their families save money and invest, tax-free. Missouri Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick tells Missourinet the accounts can …
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Mizzou opens $28 million Plant Growth Research Center
(Missourinet) The University of Missouri has opened a new $28 million state-of-the-art center housing research greenhouses and cutting-edge, controlled-environment plant growth chambers in Columbia. From droughts to …
Read More »Parson celebrates Pork Month in Missouri
(Missourinet) Missouri’s governor says getting young people involved in agriculture is critical to the future, with the average age of a Missouri farmer being 58. Missouri Department …
Read More »NCAA upholds sanctions against Mizzou’s athletics program
The NCAA announced on Tuesday that it is upholding sanctions against the University of Missouri’s athletics program in connection with an athlete tutoring scandal. MU Chancellor Alexander …
Read More »NCAA Expected to Uphold Mizzou Penalties
Mizzou asked the NCAA to Make It Right… the NCAA is expected to say it was right all along. Multiple sources have confirmed to KTGR that the …
Read More »Deputies investigate shooting at Cole County Jail
An inmate is recovering this morning after a shooting at the Cole County Jail. The Sheriff’s Department posted on their Facebook last night that during a weapons …
Read More »Parson focuses on jobs and infrastructure during Columbia visit
Governor Parson said in Columbia recently his top priorities are still the same: infrastructure and workforce development. “From my position, I don’t think you can do one …
Read More »State Rep talks nuclear energy
Will you ever see another ‘plume’ from a second cooling tower at the Callaway Nuclear Plant? Holts Summit State Rep. Travis Fitzwater has long pushed to get …
Read More »State Rep talks using tax credits for repairs
Jefferson City State Representative Dave Griffith still thinks tax credits are the way to go to pay for repairing state-owned office buildings . “I’m not a big …
Read More »Jefferson City man charged with making second terrorist threat
A Jefferson City man charged with making a terrorist threat in August is accused of repeating the offense earlier this month. ABC 17 reports Brian Groner is …
Read More »Case review scheduled for Joseph Elledge
Another court date has been scheduled for the man who prosecutors call the prime suspect in a Columbia woman’s disappearance. Joseph Elledge is in jail on a …
Read More »Boone County murder suspect caught on U.S.-Mexico border
A Boone County murder suspect who escaped to Mexico is now in custody. Authorities at the southern border arrested Garland Wisley in San Luis, Arizona as he …
Read More »Gunshots damage north Columbia house
There were some early morning gunshots in a north Columbia neighborhood. Investigators say the shooter put bullets into a house on Currituck Lane near Rangeline and Brown …
Read More »Robbery reported at Jefferson City Schnucks
Jefferson City police are looking for the guy who robbed a grocery store. Investigators say the robber demanded money at the courtesy area of the Schnucks on …
Read More »Treece, Jones part of meeting on crime with Gov. Parson
(Missourinet) The mayors and police chiefs of Missouri’s four largest cities will be in Jefferson City Monday morning to meet with Governor Mike Parson (R). They’ll be …
Read More »Pentagon chief fires Navy secretary over SEAL controversy
(AP) – Defense Secretary Mark Esper has fired the secretary of the Navy in connection with the controversy over a SEAL whose case has been championed by …
Read More »Flores back in court after guilty plea in DeBrodie case
One of the so-called caregivers looking at prison time over the death of Carl DeBrodie was due in court on Monday morning. The state’s charges are still …
Read More »Link: Nursing pay one factor in vets home wait list
You can bet it is tough to keep nurses on staff in Missouri’s veterans homes when they can go to the hospital up the street and make …
Read More »Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work
(AP) Newly revealed classified documents show that camps the Chinese government runs in the country’s far west are not for voluntary job training, as Beijing says, but …
Read More »Pro-democracy camp wins Hong Kong elections in landslide
(AP) — Hong Kong’s pro-democracy opposition won a stunning landslide victory in weekend local elections in a clear rebuke to city leader Carrie Lam over her handling …
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