BOSTON, Mass. – Average gasoline prices in Missouri have fallen 9.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.52/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 53.9 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand 66.0 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. […]
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SEDALIA – Join us for a day of fun on the last Friday of the Missouri State Fair Fair, Aug. 21, Missouri Electric Cooperatives (MEC) Day! Special promotions and activities are planned for the day from MEC, including: Visit the MEC Building for exhibits featuring green initiatives, kids’ activities, prize drawings and Rural Missouri’s “People from our
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JEFFERSON CITY — With Independence Day coming up in July and other semiquincentennial (250th anniversary of the U.S.) celebrations, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourage people to look for red, white, and blue in nature through a holiday hike, bird watching, backyard fun, fishing, and other outdoor activities. MDC offers some suggestions to get started finding
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COLUMBIA, Mo.—Nothing says summer like biting into delectable, juicy sweet corn at a Fourth of July cookout. Whether boiled in a pot or charred over an open grill, savoring freshly picked sweet corn embodies the patriotic spirit of a midsummer celebration before fireworks light up the night sky. The term “freshly picked” is used since
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Team Missouri closed out its week at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games Friday with a final round of medals across track and field, tennis, bocce, swimming, and golf, capped by Friday evening’s Closing Ceremony in Minneapolis. Final Day Highlights Jefferson City:Track and field athlete Joseph (Joe) Collins added bronze in the 200m
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — Team Missouri turned in a championship-caliber day Thursday at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games, with volleyball, softball, and flag football all advancing to title matchups and earning silver medals, while swimming added another gold to the delegation’s total, on Day 4 of the national event, held June 20–26 at the University of
COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Fourth of July in Missouri might be hotter than a firecracker this year, according to University of Missouri Extension state climatologist Zachary Leasor. The heat wave is forecast to blanket the state with highs in the upper 90s or even the low triple digits, according to the National Weather Service.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. –The Missouri Department of Agriculture (MDA) and State Veterinarian Steve Strubberg, DVM have updated animal movement requirements for animals coming into Missouri from states with New World Screwworm (NWS) infested zones. Effective immediately, these changes shorten how far in advance Certificates of Veterinary Inspection (CVI) must be completed and alter entry
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Celebrating our American ideals, 250 years later Reflections of Missouri Chief Justice W. Brent Powell Growing up, the Fourth of July meant lots of family, fun, food … and of course, fireworks! But I’ve since come to appreciate what the holiday is meant to celebrate – the Declaration of Independence. And so this year –
By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the coming days, our nation will come together to celebrate 250 years since a group of farmers, lawyers, merchants, and ministers put their names on a document that changed the world. This Fourth of July, we are celebrating 250 years of the American Dream, and
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