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Early Thursday afternoon, unseasonably warm and humid conditions in Southeast Missouri, spawned multiple severe thunderstorms and a few tornadoes.
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Mon. April 8th, 2024 marked the second time Cape Girardeau and the region experienced a total solar eclipse within a seven-year period—a rare occurrence.
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In 2019, Carroll accused Trump of raping her in a department store in the mid-1990s and later sued him for battery and defamation for his denials. The first of two trials is set to begin April 25.
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A strong line of severe thunderstorms that began moving through the Southeast Missouri area, spawned multiple tornadoes and wind damage in the early morning hours of Wed. April 5th.
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Sen. Lincoln Hough, R-Springfield, expressed unease with the measure so soon after a deadly school shooting in Nashville.
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A federal lawsuit asks a judge to name the two car companies public nuisances for failing to install immobilizer devices that make vehicles more difficult to steal. The two brands make up more than half of vehicles stolen in the city since May 2022.
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With child care in some parts of Missouri as high as $12,000 a year, many Missouri families are struggling to pay it. State Rep. Hannah Kelly, R-Mountain Grove, has introduced a state tax credit for families within the income eligibility who also qualify for the federal child and dependent care tax credit by having earned income.
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Many Missourians don't take advantage of the opportunity to have their criminal records "expunged," which could increase their wages and opportunities. A bill before the Missouri House would make the process automatic. Expungement of all eligible crimes could result in billions in increased wages and economic activity.
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Both bills now go to the Missouri House, where leadership says they are a priority.
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A red flag law permits the courts to legally stop a person from possessing a firearm if they are considered dangerous.
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A new report looking at the medically underserved and disenfranchised population in the United States says that nearly 2 million Missourians and more than 100 million people across the country lack access to primary care, double the number in 2014. The report says community health centers can close the gap. Only one in 10 of the medically disenfranchised lack insurance. The number of health-center patients has grown by 6 million since 2015.
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Shares in the midsized lender continued to tumble as fears grow about First Republic's financial health grow even after it received a $30 billion lifeline from its bigger rivals last week.