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Bipartisan commission moving toward plan for new Missouri House districts

4 years 4 months ago

A bipartisan commission drawing a map for 163 Missouri House districts that will be used in the coming decade is “more than 50 percent” in agreement, members said Monday as they worked toward a Dec. 23 deadline. The 20-member House Independent Bipartisan Citizens Commission met for more than three hours Monday, but most of that […]

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Rudi Keller

New redistricting rules reduce county splits in Missouri House map

4 years 4 months ago

In Randolph County in central Missouri, there are places where a person can take two steps and move through three state House districts. The county, with 24,716 people, doesn’t have enough population for a single House district, yet after the 2010 census, it was split among four.  The same is true for Miller County, with […]

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Rudi Keller

Disaster in the Air

4 years 4 months ago
On the afternoon of August 1, 1943, a crowd of thousands gathered at Lambert Field to watch a demonstration flight of the locally built Robertson Aircraft Corporation CG-4A military troop and cargo transport glider. While the crowd hoped to see an exciting aerial display celebrating local contributions to the war effort, they instead witnessed the …
Brittany Krewson

Maplewood History: William Lyman Thomas Collection Is Donated To SHSMO

4 years 4 months ago
The important William Lyman Thomas collection of images and documents has been generously donated to The State Historical Society of Missouri by a direct descendant of Thomas and his wife, Kate, daughter of James Compton Sutton.  If you are a little foggy about what is included in this historic bonanza, here is a link to […]
Doug Houser