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Governor Kehoe awards Missouri Public Safety Medals to first responders and civilians for heroic actions in 2024

Governor Kehoe awards Missouri Public Safety Medals to first responders and civilians for heroic actions in 2024

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2025 Governor Kehoe awards Missouri Public Safety Medals to first responders and civilians for heroic actions in 2024 18 law enforcement officers, 11 members of the fire service, 2 corrections officers, 1 court...

Owner:  American Government
Missouri Attorney General’s Office Secures Commitment of Sexually Violent Predator in Benton County

Missouri Attorney General’s Office Secures Commitment of Sexually Violent Predator in Benton County

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that her Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Unit has secured the civil commitment of Goy Hamilton following a successful bench trial in Benton County, Missouri. The...

Owner:  American Government
Pharmacy Owner and Pharmacists Sentenced for Pill Mill Scheme Involving Hundreds of Thousands of Opioid Pills

Pharmacy Owner and Pharmacists Sentenced for Pill Mill Scheme Involving Hundreds of Thousands of Opioid Pills

A Texas pharmacy owner and three Texas pharmacists were sentenced today in Houston for unlawfully distributing more than half a million opioid pills and other commonly abused prescription drugs, including to individuals paid to pose as patients by...

Owner:  American Government
Governor Kehoe Appoints Dr. Gretchen Shull to the State Board of Education

Governor Kehoe Appoints Dr. Gretchen Shull to the State Board of Education

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo — Governor Mike Kehoe appointed a new member to the State Board of Education (State Board), Gretchen Shull (Webb City). The appointment is now subject to confirmation by the Missouri Senate in the upcoming legislative session....

Owner:  American Government
Join MDC for deer management open houses in northeastern Missouri

Join MDC for deer management open houses in northeastern Missouri

Body KIRKSVILLE, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...

Owner:  American Government
Attorney General Hanaway Secures Felony Indictments In Four Major Medicaid Fraud Cases In St. Louis

Attorney General Hanaway Secures Felony Indictments In Four Major Medicaid Fraud Cases In St. Louis

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Today, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway announced that a grand jury in Cole County has returned indictments in four major cases of alleged Medicaid fraud in the St. Louis region. Collectively, these cases account...

Owner:  American Government
Join MDC for deer management open houses in northwest Missouri

Join MDC for deer management open houses in northwest Missouri

Body ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Enjoy hunting deer or watching them? Want help managing private land for deer? Want to know more about the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) efforts to keep deer healthy? MDC invites deer hunters, landowners and...

Owner:  American Government
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Missouri pharmacies getting priced out by pharmacy benefit managers

Missouri pharmacies getting priced out by pharmacy benefit managers

Owner:  Gray Television Inc.
Strengthening Women’s Health in Ghana, Ongoing Response to L.A., Maui Fires, and More

Strengthening Women’s Health in Ghana, Ongoing Response to L.A., Maui Fires, and More

By Tori Gordon Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 570 shipments of requested medical aid to 47 U.S. states and territories and 14 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 13.4 million defined daily doses of medication. Medications...

Owner:  Direct Relief
“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role To Wage A Culture War

“His Audience Was Really Trump”: How New FBI Lead Used His Missouri AG Role To Wage A Culture War

from the missouri's-top-culture-warrior dept This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. After a fight with a Black student in a St. Louis suburb left a white student badly injured in March 2024,...

Owner:  Michael Masnick
Woman charged in Callaway County with child abuse for neglecting medical care over months

Woman charged in Callaway County with child abuse for neglecting medical care over months

A woman has been charged with child abuse after Callaway County Sheriff’s Deputies said she had not given proper medical care to a child. On September 25, 2025, deputies were told that an 11-year-old child was not getting needed medication or...

Owner:  Smith Family
Man airlifted to hospital after vehicle overturned in Phelps County

Man airlifted to hospital after vehicle overturned in Phelps County

A Texas County man was airlifted to a hospital after his vehicle overturned in Phelps County on Friday. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the crash happened at 12:45 p.m. on Highway J, north of Highway P. The 29-year-old man from Licking,...

Owner:  Smith Family
Baby involved in Highway 63 wreck in Kirksville taken to hospital

Baby involved in Highway 63 wreck in Kirksville taken to hospital

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — A two-vehicle rear-end crash on Highway 63 in Kirksville reduced traffic to one lane Friday afternoon until the wrecked vehicles were towed away. It happened just after 12:30 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 63 and Benton Way...

Owner:  Todd Parkin
As both sides dig in on shutdown, quiet cracks emerge over health care aid President Trump believed the government shutdown would deliver Republicans a swift and decisive political victory. But that calculation is looking increasingly shaky. Read More »
Missouri Rep. Ed Lewis set for Northwest Missouri State distinguished lecture
Takeaways from each of Missouri football’s remaining SEC opponents 

Takeaways from each of Missouri football’s remaining SEC opponents 

If there were qualms about the quality of Mizzou’s schedule, those can now be laid to rest. Missouri football’s final seven games of the 2025 season looks like a far more daunting stretch than some prognosticators gave it credit for in the...

Owner:  Gannett Co. Inc.
Missouri Guard troops working with ICE won't be paid during shutdown

Missouri Guard troops working with ICE won't be paid during shutdown

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe deployed National Guard soldiers to support immigration enforcement. The deployment coincided with a federal government shutdown, delaying pay for the volunteer soldiers. The decision has drawn criticism from state...

Owner:  Gannett Co. Inc.
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