Persistently high interest rates have led Missouri lawmakers to significantly expand a state loan program for farmers and small businesses. Lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to a bill that raises the amount of state funds available to support low-interest loans.
Missouri lawmakers have passed a bill to expand K-12 private school scholarships statewide and pump hundreds of millions of dollars more into public schools. The scholarship accounts are funded by private donors in exchange for tax credits.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of a St. Louis police officer Wednesday who accused her former department of transferring her to another location because she is a woman.
The Wentzville School District superintendent will be receiving over $1 million over the course of nearly two months. The numbers were revealed after she announced her immediate sabbatical last week.
WASHINGTON PARK, Ill. - First responders were called to check on a man shocked by a live electric line while on top of a utility pole a around 8 a.m. The incident occurred at Kingshighway on Hill Avenue. He was not an electrical worker. Bommarito Automotive Group Sky Fox helicopter captured footage of the rescue. [...]
Authorities say skeletal remains found at a house in Springfield have been identified as those of a woman who vanished in 2008. Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon says a post-mortem examination identified the remains as those of Michelle Renee “Shelly” Bianco of Springfield.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are investigating a multi-state salmonella outbreak linked to herbs sold at Trader Joe's stores.