May 2026

Missouri Bar seeks public input on rural access to legal services

JEFFERSON CITY – A Missouri Bar committee is asking rural residents to share their experiences accessing lawyers and legal services. Responses will help the bar identify trends and inform recommendations to combat barriers to legal services.   The Missouri Bar’s Special Committee on Rural Practice is inviting residents of rural Missouri counties to take a short survey […]

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Missouri Bar seeks public input on rural access to legal services

JEFFERSON CITY – A Missouri Bar committee is asking rural residents to share their experiences accessing lawyers and legal services. Responses will help the bar identify trends and inform recommendations to combat barriers to legal services.   The Missouri Bar’s Special Committee on Rural Practice is inviting residents of rural Missouri counties to take a short survey

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Missouri honors fallen law enforcement officers at statewide memorial service on grounds of Capitol

JEFFERSON CITY – Members of Missouri’s law enforcement community from across the state gathered at the Law Enforcement Memorial Saturday to honor officers who died in the line of duty in 2025. The addition of Bernie Police Department Lieutenant Eddie Mays and Sikeston Department of Public Safety Officer Henry Franklin to the Missouri Law Enforcement

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Missouri’s Division of Cannabis Regulation announces recall for cannabis products originating from Sinse Cultivation Cherokee

JEFFERSON CITY, MO — The Missouri Division of Cannabis Regulation (DCR), in partnership with Sinse Cultivation Cherokee, LLC, CUL000053 has issued a marijuana product recall today for marijuana product M00001463153: Sinse – Prepackaged Flower – 14g – Permanent Marker source tag 1A40C0300000A29000061341. Pursuant to 19 CSR 100-1.100(4)(P), DCR may issue a public notice of recall

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MSHP reports arrests

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri State Highway Patrol has released its latest arrest reports.   Among those listed as arrested:   30-year-old Dustin C. Baker of St. Louis at 7:16 p.m. Saturday in Ste. Genevieve County on a patrol charge of driving while intoxicated. He was taken to the Ste. Genevieve County Jail on a

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Payroll jobs up, unemployment rate ticks up in March

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) has announced that the unemployment rate was 5.1 percent in March, up +0.1 percentage point from February, and up +0.5 percentage point from the same month, one year ago, based on data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The revised February unemployment rate was

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