MO State News

By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – The floods that swept across Reynolds, Iron, and Crawford Counties last week left behind heartbreaking devastation. The National Weather Service confirmed that this was a 1,000-year flood, dumping up to 12 inches of rain overnight and sending the Black River to record levels, rising more than […]

JEFFERSON CITY—The natural world is big and boisterous, full of singing insects, chattering birds, flashy butterflies, and other flamboyant creatures. Nature is also cryptic, minute, and quiet, full of micromoths flying with silent wings, fungi at work building soil, and millions of other unassuming life forms that we can all appreciate if we pause long

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Agriculture has announced the availability of Food Insecure Cost-Share Grant funds. A competitive grant program, the Food Insecure Cost-Share Grant will fund projects that support farmers markets and other economic development initiatives that work to reduce food insecurity in Missouri.   The Food Insecure Cost-Share Grant aims to

SEDALIA – Tickets to all Missouri State Fair concerts and events are on sale to the public now, while supplies last. This includes all concerts and events in the State Fair Grandstand, presented by CFM Insurance, the Governor Michael L. Parson Arena, and the Governor’s Ham Breakfast. These tickets will be available through Etix.com and by phone 1-800-514-ETIX/1-800-514-3849. Advance admission

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway has announced that a Madison County jury has convicted 54-year-old Roger Mickan of Fredericktown, of seven counts of Statutory Sodomy in the First Degree for events surrounding the repeated sexual abuse of a child that occurred in 2022. “This verdict gives the child and their family the

Last December, I wrote to you about the challenges of managing Missouri’s deer herd in the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) and our decision to pause targeted removal while we engaged with the public and considered the path forward. I promised your voices would matter. Over the past several months, we’ve had conversations with

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — On Wednesday, the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an Order allowing tariffs related to Empire District Electric Company d/b/a Liberty’s (Liberty) electric rate increase request to go into effect as of August 3, 2026, with the requirement of ongoing reporting to the Commission every three months.   In a previous

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – As communities across the state work to recover from recent severe weather events, the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCI) continues to provide insurance support and guidance to consumers navigating the post-disaster claims process.   “Navigating insurance after severe storms and flash flooding can be incredibly overwhelming, especially when families are dealing with the

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – Members of the Missouri Wing of Civil Air Patrol, U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, are assisting the American Red Cross with damage assessments in several southern Missouri counties affected by recent extensive flooding.   CAP ground teams are evaluating areas in Crawford, St. Francois, and Washington Counties.   “Whether it

JEFFERSON CITY — A 55-year-old man from Catlettsburg, Kentucky was seriously injured in a crash on I-55 in Perry County Tuesday afternoon.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports the man was taken to St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau by a Mercy Perry ambulance.   According to the accident report, the man experienced