The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s guidelines to states on how to request funding under counterterrorism grant programs include potentially illegal demands related to election administration, Democrats on the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee said Thursday. The Department of Homeland Security, which includes FEMA, sent states last month notices of available federal funding for non-disaster grants […]
Our country has hit 250. Relatively speaking, this is a very young age for a nation. The country we won our independence from is approaching 1100 years old. From this perspective, there’s time to heed the warnings that our most…
"I think we, as a society, at least here in high-income countries, really take for granted that we have food security, and I don't think we should be so blasé."
IRON COUNTY, Mo. - A flash flood emergency was issued for numerous locations in Iron and Reynolds County Friday morning as ongoing heavy rain hits the region. According to the National Weather Service, law enforcement has reported heavy rain producing 6 to 11 inches of rain. The rain has caused flooding in several locations, including [...]
A single-engine Piper sits on the ramp at the Jefferson City airport, a few minutes’ drive from the Missouri Capitol. On paper, it belongs to a limited liability company in Montana, a state with no general sales tax and no property tax on aircraft. The plane is one of at least 16 listed at Missouri […]
Missouri schools will be able to hire a new class of armed guards, and high school athletes will get a state-run avenue to appeal some eligibility and competition decisions under two bills signed Thursday by Gov. Mike Kehoe. The education provisions in a pair of bills create “Missouri Rangers” to respond to violent threats in […]
Detainees at the St. Louis County jail learned to tickle the ivories this spring. St. Louis Public Radio’s Lacretia Wimbley reports the piano lessons help to boost the spirits of residents at a jail that has struggled to provide them with enough recreation time.
ST. LOUIS - Heavy rain has been slamming communities south of metro St. Louis overnight, leading to significant flooding concerns from Steelville south to Annapolis. That rain is expected to end by 9 a.m. Friday morning Very warm and muggy Friday with additional storms expected Friday afternoon and night. Again, we’ll be watching for heavy [...]
The wait is over. The Rolling Stones are back with the new album Foreign Tongues, which is out now.The record is the band’s 25th studio album and was produced by Andrew Watt, who…