MO State News

MDC recalls notable news events of 2021

JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) had an assortment exciting news over 2021, including the state’s first black-bear-hunting season, the state’s first elk harvested with archery equipment, numerous fishing records broken, new “four-legged” and “two-legged” conservation agents, a new commissioner, and more.   See 2021 MDC news highlights below and follow the

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MSHP reports zero traffic fatalities over New Year’s

JEFFERSON CITY — Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provides the following preliminary statistics related to the New Year’s holiday weekend: No one was killed in a traffic crash during the 78-hour counting period, which began at 6 p.m. Thursday, December 30, 2021, and ended at 11:59 p.m. Sunday, January

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U-Haul: Missouri is ranked 39th in growth, Illinois is 49th

PHOENIX, Ariz. — Missouri is the No. 39 growth state in America and Illinois is 49th out of the 50 states, according to 2021 transactional data compiled for the annual U-Haul® Growth Index.   People coming to Missouri in one-way U-Haul trucks increased almost nine percent year-over-year, while departures rose more than 13 percent from

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