MO State News

By Garrett Hawkins JEFFERSON CITY – Movie nights in the Hawkins house can be a real challenge. Picking a flick always leads to debate, but the bigger challenge is locating the remote. No one ever seems to know where the television, cable box and Roku remotes are! That wasn’t always a problem when I was […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Missourians using food pantries made difficult trade-offs to feed their families in 2021.   A new report from the University of Missouri found that 46 percent of food pantry clients had to choose between paying for food or utilities last year, while 38 percent had to decide between paying for food or

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Team members from Missouri State Parks invite the public to visit mostateparks.com and view the public information videos for  Harry S Truman State Historic Site and the following state parks: Ha Ha Tonka, Katy Trail – Western Section and Rock Island Spur, Wallace, Meramec and Knob Noster. After watching the videos, the public is

ROLLA, Mo.—The USDA Forest Service recently hosted unmanned aircraft system (UAS) training for 20 national forest resource managers from across the Eastern Region and parts of Alaska in Wisconsin.   Included in that training were a pair of pilots from Mark Twain National Forest. The newly trained pilots will provide additional capacity for the Forest to support

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and the Missouri Smallmouth Alliance (MSA) invite anglers to test their fishing skills and pursue a “Smallmouth Slam” by fishing MDC’s 12 Special Management Areas for bass to receive related pins and medallions. “Missouri’s Special Management Areas provide excellent smallmouth bass habitat,” explained MDC Fisheries Programs Specialist Andrew

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Summer Food Service Program is designed to provide breakfast, lunch and/or snacks to children living in eligible areas during the summer months and during times of public emergencies, when children do not have access to free or reduced-price meals at school.   An online interactive map is

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Economic Development (DED) is requesting public feedback on its proposed Broadband Infrastructure Grant Program, funded via the State of Missouri’s share of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). This $265 million program is intended to help providers and communities across regions invest in broadband infrastructure to bridge the

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – In a letter to Senators Roy Blunt and Josh Hawley, Missouri State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick today urged the United States Senate to pass the Unclaimed Savings Bond Act of 2021. The legislation would empower states to act on behalf of the Treasury Department to find owners of matured, unredeemed U.S. savings bonds

BOSTON, Mass. — Average gasoline prices in Missouri have risen 0.6 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.20/g Tuesday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 3,940 stations in Missouri. Prices in Missouri are 40.8 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.48/g higher than a year ago. The price of diesel

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. – Lucas Kunce joined Jonathan Capehart on MSNBC to discuss the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.   Full transcript of the interview is below:   Capehart: Kunce is a Democratic Senate candidate from Missouri and U.S. Marine veteran. Lucas, thank you for being here. Let me first get your reaction to what happened