How Missouri’s jobs outlook fared in August

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center compiled the data for August. Missouri nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 5,900 jobs in August, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate...

Handing over the keys: 23-year-old Ryan Edinger replaces retired church organist of 50 years

“Church organists and church musicians don’t grow on trees, and Lutheran ones really don’t,” said Faith Lutheran pastor Roger Stites, reflecting on a challenge that has become all too familiar for congregations across the country: the scarcity of...

Father and son detained by ICE in Chicago on way to work; now held in Missouri

A father and son from the western suburbs are among dozens of people detained by ICE agents over the past few days in the Chicago area, and now they're being held hundreds of miles away from their family. Family and friends of Rodolfo and Jonathan...

Protesters rally against $12B cut to education in Trump plan, US House bill

U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, speaks at a press conference Sept. 17, 2025, outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom) September 17, 2025 3:54 pm WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Reps....

Find fun in southeastern Missouri state parks and historic sites

• Friday, Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. – Nature Journaling Workshop: Sketching Fast and Loose at Echo Bluff State Park. It isn’t always possible to take your time drawing an animal – or even a plant for that matter. Sometimes you just have to get something...

Jerry leaves Ben & Jerry’s, saying parent company ‘silenced’ activism

Greenfield said in the statement announcing his resignation that before agreeing to the merger with Unilever in 2000, he and Cohen negotiated the right to maintain their independence and continue supporting “peace, justice and human rights”...

Appeals court gives Missouri AG access to transgender patient records

A Missouri appeals court ruled the Attorney General's Office can access patient health records from the Washington University Transgender Center. This decision reverses a lower court's ruling that had blocked access to the records, citing patient...

Dr. Raghuraman Kannan named Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor

The University of Missouri Board of Curators has named Indian American professor Dr. Raghuraman Kannan and nine other University of Missouri faculty members as Curators’ Distinguished Professors and Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professors. The...

Art, history and community meet in West Plains, Missouri

Last weekend, “War & Memory in the Ozarks” opened at the West Plains Civic Center in collaboration with the Harlin Museum and the West Plains Council of the Arts. Cochram said that the exhibit “takes us on a journey through the Civil War, World...

Southwest Missouri educators are seeing positive impact of Missouri K-12 school cell phone ban

Students in grades K-12 can no longer use cell phones or personal devices in school. That's due to a new Missouri bill that prohibits cell phone use during the school day. Students are not allowed to use their personal devices during class,...

Everything Mike Shula said previewing South Carolina’s matchup with Missouri

South Carolina offensive coordinator Mike Shula met with the media on Wednesday to preview the Gamecocks’ upcoming trip to Missouri. Kickoff on Saturday is at 7 p.m. on ESPN. Here’s everything Shula had to say. I think it’s fair to say the...

Elks Mobile Dental Program takes pleasure in serving Missouri residents

The Elks Mobile Dental Program has existed since the early 1960s and they've been supported by the Missouri Elks Lodge. The program focuses on bringing dental care and access to individuals with intellectual and development disabilities, along...

ERLC trustees call interim president, form immigration-related task force

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated. WASHINGTON (BP) – Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission trustees named an interim president, voted to form a task force to study biblical immigration and unveiled a new Psalm 139 initiative during their...

Fired Missouri warden alleges discrimination in lawsuit against corrections department

The warden fired from Jefferson City Correctional Center in the aftermath of an inmate’s death is suing the state, alleging she lost her job due to age, gender, racial and disability discrimination. Doris Falkenrath, who was fired on June 13,...

Missouri River Outdoor Expo To Celebrate 20th Anniversary

PONCA, Neb. — A weekend of family entertainment, exploration and education is waiting at the Missouri River Outdoor Expo’s two-day 20th anniversary event set for this weekend at a scenic northeast Nebraska state park. The 2025 edition of the expo...

Kirk’s Murder Sends People to Church

Is the church going to be able to provide the moral clarity and courage for which Charlie Kirk was murdered? Though Kirk’s killing was a political assassination, it was as much a religious martyrdom as anything else. Yes, Charlie was political,...

Missouri lawmaker proposes creating ‘Missouri Rangers’ aiming to protect kids in schools

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - While the state of Texas famously has the Texas Rangers as its elite police force, a Missouri lawmaker is hoping to create the Missouri Rangers. State Sen. David Gregory said the team would focus only on school...

Missouri medical school faces DEI complaint: ‘More egregious than Harvard’

EXCLUSIVE — A conservative legal group is urging the Justice Department to investigate Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis over what it calls one of the most extreme “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” regimes in American higher...

A New Heyday: How Shelburne Farms Went From Gilded Age Estate to a Beacon of Sustainability Education

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Missouri school district places teachers on leave after Charlie Kirk posts; free speech experts weigh in

Across the country, people are facing backlash for comments made in the wake of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk's death.Social media users who find the comments rude or celebratory of Kirk's death have reported posts to employers, leading to...