Education and community feedback at La Plata Electric Association CommunityPowerX Night

Members got a chance to chat with LPEA board, learn about current state of power generation From left: Convergent Energy and Power Senior Vice President Katie Guerry, HydroWest CEO Sam Perry, Southwest Power Pool Vice President of Markets Carrie...

Church news – October 30, 2025

LIGHT OF THE VALLEY LUTHERAN CHURCH Each year on November 1, the Church celebrates All Saints’ Day—a time to remember with thanksgiving all the believers in Christ who have gone before us and now rest from their labors. In the Lutheran...

Missouri S&T professor named Engineering Unleashed Fellow

Dr. Wumaier Maimaitiyiming, an assistant teaching professor of mathematics and statistics at Missouri S&T, has been named a 2025 Engineering Unleashed Fellow. Maimaitiyiming is one of 29 fellows from 23 universities selected this year as part of...

RTDNA Scholarship & Fellowship Applications Now Open

Since 1970, the RTDNA Foundation has awarded more than $1 million in scholarships and fellowships to more than 600 young journalists as part of its mission as the educational arm of RTDNA. Recipients have gone on to enjoy careers from reporter,...

Missouri lays out path to modernize career and technical education system (LISTEN)

Governor Mike Kehoe says a new statewide report confirms that career and technical education is an essential part of Missouri’s long-term economic strength. Alisa Nelson talks to Travis Plume, an assistant with the Missouri Department of...

Missouri aid for moms and babies to continue as other food assistance ends during shutdown

Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe and state health officials on Wednesday announced continued funding for food assistance amid worry that key federal safety net programs will run dry as the government shutdown enters its fifth week. The Missouri Department...

Marvin’s mumblings

In 1997, I retired from my educational career to become a mission develop counselor for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod or LCMS. My first assignment was to go to Guinea, West Africa. There, I met with this missionary family, Tim and Beth...

Ideum creates animated introduction to Gustave Baumann: The Artist's Environment

Ideum, an experiential designer of interactive exhibits, collaborated with exhibit designers, curators at the New Mexico Museum of Art, and local artists to create a unique introduction for Gustave Baumann: The Artist’s Environment, an exhibition...

Missouri youngster’s ‘choir boy career’ began with a 1946 audition in Keokuk

Editor’s Note: Ken Weyand submitted this story he wrote and it ties in well with the 175th anniversary celebration Saturday at 1 p.m. at St. John’s in Keokuk. A private audition in 1946 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Keokuk turned out to be a...

Missouri is giving ‘one of the biggest millionaire tax cuts’ this year, report says

Missouri is the first state in the nation to tax income but not capital gains after the state legislature passed a law eliminating the state’s capital gains tax during the 2025 session. Capital gains are profits made from selling assets like...

Missouri Gov. Kehoe announces millions of dollars for food assistance

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe announced additional steps his administration is expediting food assistance for at-risk Missourians, given the impending loss of November Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Kristi Noem - Kristi Noem said immigration agents haven’t arrested or detained US citizens. That’s Pants on Fire!

During a press conference about a Midwestern immigration enforcement operation, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said federal agents have not detained U.S. citizens. Chicago, the center of the effort dubbed Operation Midway Blitz, is the...

Missouri WIC benefits to remain available in November

Women, Infants and Children (WIC) benefits will be available for redemption in Missouri into November, according to a news release from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS). WIC, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program...

Missouri opens with unlikely trip to MEAC power Howard

Coach Dennis Gates enters his fourth season at Missouri, looking to build off a successful 2024-25 campaign that featured 22 wins and an NCAA Tournament appearance, albeit a first-round loss. The journey will start Monday in an unlikely place:...

Missouri auditor adds intrigue to agency’s work through ‘World’s Greatest Audit Podcast’

If a podcast episode titled “The audit of Ray County and the mystery of the 76 hams” seems worth listening to, then Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick has succeeded. Unbeknownst to many, “The World’s Greatest Audit Podcast,” is recorded here...

'Lost' in Missouri jail cells: Missouri's competency restoration backlog soars despite attempts to fix it

A backlog of defendants deemed mentally unfit for trial persists despite public policy changes to address the crisis. ST. LOUIS — As a young girl growing up in Missouri, Megan Jolly loved to read, dance and dress up. For her 20th birthday, she and...

Missouri sees rapid growth in business use of artificial intelligence tools

Daniel P. Mehan, President and CEO | Missouri Chamber of Commerce and IndustryDaniel P. Mehan, President and CEO | Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, especially generative AI technologies...

Northwest Missouri State student attends national WWII museum conference on African American service

A student from Northwest Missouri State University attended a national teacher professional development conference in New Orleans this summer, where he learned new strategies for teaching history from multiple perspectives. Colby Johnson, a senior...

Cass Regional Medical Center staff complete Missouri Hospital Association leadership program

Three employees from Cass Regional Medical Center have completed the 2025 Missouri Hospital Association’s (MHA) Annual Health Care Leadership Series. The graduates are Tim Gillam, RN, Director of Inpatient Services; Courtney Shillington, MBA-HCA,...

Three generations of United States Marines

In a quiet corner of Caledonia, a family stands tall with three generations of United States Marines, each carrying the torch of duty in their own era. From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq and now to the control towers of Pensacola,...