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Missouri National Educators Association sues state of Missouri
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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July 5, 2025
Home/Latest News/Missouri National Educators Association sues state of Missouri Missouri educators are taking the state to court over private school vouchers. The Missouri National Educators Association – the MNEA – is suing the state over a...
Arkansas State University becomes part of educational doctorate degree network
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette
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July 9, 2025
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will join the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate, a nationwide network of more than 150 colleges and universities that aim to improve the Doctor of Education degree. The Carnegie Project on the...
Banterra Bank marking golden anniversary Friday
The Metropolis Planet - Kentucky
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MARION — Banterra Bank is celebrating its 50-year anniversary with special events in branches throughout its six-state footprint from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday, July 18. All locations will offer celebration activities including refreshments and...
Missouri judge again blocks many of state’s anti-abortion laws
News Tribune - Missouri
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July 5, 2025
A Missouri judge blocked many of the state's abortion restrictions Thursday, reimposing a preliminary injunction against them just a little over a month after the state's highest court had lifted a previous hold. The order by Jackson County...
VIEW FROM THE SIDELINES: Athletics has built a family culture at SIUE, setting up their teams for long-term success
Alestle - Illinois
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Sports at SIUE reached a new level of success during the 2024-25 season, driven by the family-like culture built within the different teams. Multiple teams for SIUE showed significant improvement or continuing success built on from the season...
KCMO leaders weigh $399K plan to clean up blighted Robandee Shopping Center
KSHB - Missouri
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July 17, 2025
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Kansas City, Missouri, leaders will decide on Thursday whether to spend $399,000 to remediate blight at the Robandee Shopping Center on Bannister Road. Neighbors say the area needs improvement. Graffiti, trash, and a burned...
Kansas City, Mo., church piano player charged in sex case involving children
KSHB - Missouri
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July 9, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas City, Missouri, man is facing eight charges that accuse him of child molestation, statutory sodomy and sexual misconduct with a child under 15. 50-year-old Montiero Murray was arrested on July 2, 2025, for alleged...
Hickman Mills Board of Education removes superintendent, appoints interim to ‘ensure stability and continuity’
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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July 9, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - The Hickman Mills School District is undergoing a change in leadership, effective immediately. Tuesday night, the district’s board of education announced that Superintendent Yaw Obeng had been relieved of his duties. The...
Local church seeking donations for Texas flood victims
KOAM TV 7 - Kansas
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COPYRIGHT 2025 BY KOAM NEWS NOW. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. THIS MATERIAL MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST, REWRITTEN OR REDISTRIBUTED. Noel, MO (KOAM)--Elk River Baptist Church in Noel, Missouri, is collecting donations to support Texas flood victims,...
Gov. Kehoe to sign nearly 40 Missouri bills into law over the next week
Missourinet
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July 8, 2025
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe’s bill signing pen may run out of ink by next Monday. He’s scheduled to sign nearly 40 bills into law by the 14th, the final day he’s required to take action on bills passed earlier this year. On Wednesday at the State...
Neil Glass returns to education as Trinity Lutheran School principal
Southeast Missourian
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“We work all our lives for retirement, but when you get to retirement, it’s like, ‘Now what?’” Glass said. “I’m healthy and I still feel good, and I thought, ‘Man, I’m just too young to be retired’. ... I was praying and started looking for...
Preventable mental health deaths top Missouri's latest maternal mortality review
KBIA - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Mental health was the leading cause of death for pregnant and postpartum Missourians in the state’s latest maternal mortality review, followed by cardiovascular disease and infection. Based on the new Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review [PAMR]...
Former member of Kansas City church band accused of ordering area boys to strip
KCTV 5 - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A former member of a Kansas City church band and piano teacher has been accused of ordering area boys to strip before he allegedly touched them inappropriately. Jackson County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on...
Deported man found in Missouri pleads guilty to illegal reentry
KMBC 9 - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Deported man found in Missouri pleads guilty to illegal reentry UP. SEE YOU IN A BIT. KATIE. THANK YOU. YOUR NINE THINGS TO KNOW. START WITH A VOTE ABOUT A VOTE IN JACKSON COUNTY. COUNTY LEGISLATORS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A SPECIAL RECALL ELECTION...
Mystery Winner Bags $250K at this Missouri Gas Station
KHMO 1070 AM - Illinois
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July 8, 2025
Let's be honest. Monday is not normally the day of the week when you expect great things to happen, but it just did for one lucky Missouri person who is now a quarter million dollars richer. The identity of the mystery winner remains unknown. Does...
Board extends President Tatum's contract at Northwest Missouri State until 2029
NW Missouri Times
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July 8, 2025
Dr. Lance Tatum, President | Northwest Missouri State UniversityDr. Lance Tatum, President | Northwest Missouri State University Northwest Missouri State University's Board of Regents has decided to extend the contract of University President Dr....
UCM Associate Professor Named Missouri Children’s Champion
KIX 105.7 - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
Karrie Snider, Ph.D., associate professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Central Missouri (UCM), has been named the 2025 Missouri Head Start Children’s Champion by the Missouri Head Start Association (MHSA). The State Children’s...
Funding freeze to affect Missouri’s after-school programs
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Local after-school organizations are raising alarms about the Education Department's plan to withhold nearly $7 billion in funds for the next fiscal year. Those funds include money for programs such as the Boys and Girls Club....
Cassandra Gould on why faith leaders must fight for justice beyond church walls
USCatholic
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July 8, 2025
Cassandra Gould shares how her family history, faith, and time in corporate America shaped her call to grassroots organizing—and why now is the time for faith leaders to speak out. Listen on: Apple | Spotify This week on Just Politics, Rev. Dr....
The Daily Blend w/ AC: Betsy Knabe Roe & Donald Quist, PhD, "Echoes of Missouri at Montminy Gallery"
KBIA - Missouri
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'Echoes of Missouri' is on display now through August 2nd at The Montminy Gallery in Columbia. The exhibition explores African-American art, music, performance, culture, and history, with a focus on the legacy of John William "Blind" Boone. Donald...