CDC Announces Salmonella Outbreak In Missouri, Illinois

Atlanta, USA – April 15, 2023. Sign at the entrance of CDC Edward R. Roybal Campus, Atlanta, Georgia, USA The CDC is announcing an outbreak of salmonella involving backyard poultry in six states, including Missouri and Illinois. Seven people have …

Missouri House passes wide-ranging education bill as session enters its homestretch

3 Chesterfield, Missouri, residents among 8 killed in Kansas wrong-way crash

A southbound vehicle crossed into the northbound lanes to pass a slower car and collided head-on with the Missouri vehicle. FRANKLIN COUNTY, Kansas — Three people from Chesterfield, Missouri, were among eight killed in a wrong-way crash Sunday in Kansas. …

American Cancer Society opposes bill to change Missouri’s tobacco laws (LISTEN)

The American Cancer Society wants Missouri cities to be able to continue to change their tobacco laws. Alisa Nelson talks to Emily Kalmer, with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, who says the organization opposes a bill that would take this …

Push to allow online lottery ticket sales in Missouri adds new issue to budget talks

A provision quietly tucked into the state budget last week to allow the bulk online purchase of lottery tickets has set off a flurry of lobbying on both sides of the issue as lawmakers finalize their work this week on Missouri’s $49.5 billion spending plan …

Missouri House passes wide-ranging education bill as session enters its homestretch

The Missouri House passed a higher education bill loaded up with amendments on a 94-36 vote Monday evening, advancing largely bipartisan proposals as the end of session nears. The bill heads back to the Senate, where lawmakers can either send it to the …

(LISTEN): Powerful Missouri congressman impressed with cooperation this session in state Legislature

A Missouri GOP congressman who chairs the powerful U.S. Ways and Means committee is praising the cooperation this year in the GOP-controlled Missouri Legislature in Jefferson City. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Salem), left, visits with Missouri House chaplain …

Missouri Department of Revenue’s new mobile office at Statehouse in Jefferson City on Tuesday

You have an opportunity Tuesday in Jefferson City to see the Missouri Department of Revenue’s new mobile office. DOR’s new mobile office will be on display today from 9 am to 3 pm at the Missouri Capitol’s south lawn. Missouri Department of Revenue (DOR) …

Stone transferring to Missouri men’s basketball

The Missouri men’s basketball team welcomed its fifth commitment of the transfer portal window Sunday with the addition of graduate guard Jayden Stone. Stone, who spent two seasons at Grand Canyon, two years at Detroit Mercy and sat out due to injury last …

Missouri State Highway Patrol announces three promotions

Colonel Michael A. Turner, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has announced three promotions within the Patrol, that were effective May 1, 2025. Lieutenant Diana Hutzler of the Governor’s Security Division has been promoted to the rank of …