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Missouri State volleyball set to compete against state rivals at Missouri Challenge
Missouri State University’s volleyball team will participate in the first Missouri Challenge, facing three in-state rivals at Chaifetz Pavilion in St. Louis. The Bears are scheduled to play Saint Louis University on Thursday, Southeast Missouri...

Missouri Lottery Powerball, Pick 3 winning numbers for Sept. 17, 2025
The Missouri Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Sept. 17, 2025, results for each game: Winning Powerball numbers from Sept. 17 drawing 07-30-50-54-62, Powerball: 20, Power Play: 2 Check Powerball...

Missouri House Panel Urged to Fund Rural Addiction Recovery
A Missouri task force is focused on finding ways to prevent addiction and improve drug treatment. Robert Headley, a board member of Lane Change—a Christian nonprofit recovery center in southern Missouri’s Lebanon, shared how losing his daughter to...

Missouri bank opens first Arkansas branch in Rogers
Rogers gets state's first Academy Bank Kansas City, Mo.-based Academy Bank has opened its first Arkansas branch in Rogers. The new 1,700-square-foot branch is located at 4301 S. J.B. Hunt Drive in the city's Pinnacle Hills area and will offer...

Missouri Southern to honor John Ware on Saturday
JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) -- Missouri Southern returns to action this Saturday at home following their bye week. However, this week is about more than football as the Lions will be celebrating the life and legacy of former head coach John Ware. Check out...

Central Missouri Jennies volleyball to host Comfort Inn Invitational September 19-20
Caitlin Peterson Head Volleyball Coach | University of Central Missouri AthleticsCaitlin Peterson Head Volleyball Coach | University of Central Missouri Athletics Central Missouri Jennies volleyball will host the Comfort Inn Invitational at the...

LaNorris Sellers Injury Update: South Carolina QB Doubtful vs. Missouri
South Carolina's quarterback LaNorris Sellers is listed as questionable for the upcoming game against No. 23 Missouri after suffering a head injury in the last match against Vanderbilt. Coach Shane Beamer expressed cautious optimism regarding...

LaNorris Sellers injury update: South Carolina QB listed as questionable for Week 4 matchup vs. Missouri
South Carolina didn't provide much clarity on the status of star quarterback LaNorris Sellers with its first injury report of the week on Wednesday night. Sellers is listed as questionable for the Gamecocks' matchup against No. 23 Missouri on...

Sen. Eric Schmitt wants Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood to serve as ICE training site
by Mathew Pilger | Sep 18, 2025 Mo. U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt during an interview with Missourinet News Missouri U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt is urging federal officials to designate Fort Leonard Wood in southern Missouri as a training site for...

Columbia Ameren Missouri team places at National Gas Rodeo
An Ameren gas journeyman team from Columbia has returned home after placing in a recent national competition. Nate Knigge, Jordan Davis, Dallas Castagna, Chad Crawford and team captain Robert Hillerman II participated in the National Gas Rodeo...

Here Are the Best Times and Places to View Missouri’s Fall Foliage in 2025

State of Missouri pilot program provides more quality childcare and improves economy
COLUMBIA — State leaders and childcare advocates launched a new pilot program that provided more quality childcare across Missouri. The program called, Missouri Child Care Works, allowed childcare employers to get up to $625,000 for start-up costs...

South Carolina QB Sellers questionable to face Missouri
South Carolina starting quarterback LaNorris Sellers is officially listed as questionable for Saturday’s SEC contest at Missouri, per the conference’s mandated availability reports that released Wednesday night. Sellers exited last Saturday’s game...

Ballot measure update: Amendment related to voter approval of citizen initiatives certified in Missouri for 2026; no new measures certified for 2025
The Missouri State Legislature voted to send a constitutional amendment to the Nov. 3, 2026, ballot that would require voter approval of citizen-initiated constitutional amendments in each congressional district and add language prohibiting...

Missouri Senate leader appoints new appropriations committee chair
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, announced the appointment of Sen. Rusty Black, R-Chillicothe, as the new chair of the Missouri Senate Appropriations Committee, according to a news release from the Missouri Senate....

Missouri’s new congressional map may rest on whether lines can be redrawn mid-decade
The fate of Missouri’s new congressional map may come down to the answer to one question: Do lawmakers have the right to draw new lines in the middle of the decade? That question is at the center of at least two lawsuits filed against the...

Cows or vandals? Mystery remains about how northeast Missouri headstones were toppled
NEAR CALLAO, Mo. — "Devastating and shocking": That’s how a northern Missouri woman, whose relatives are buried in a small country cemetery, describes recent damage in the graveyard. Twelve headstones were toppled in Hull Cemetery, seven miles...

1 person shot to death Wednesday night in Kansas City, Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One person was shot to death Wednesday night in Kansas City, Missouri. Police received reports of numerous gunshots about 9:30 p.m. near East 10th Street and Prospect Avenue. Tonight just before 9:30pm officers were dispatched...

Who is on Missouri football SEC availability report for…
The biggest question entering Missouri football’s matchup Saturday with South Carolina is the status of the Gamecocks’ quarterback. So, good week for those SEC-mandated availability reports to return, then, right? South Carolina starting...

Preview: South Carolina football hits the road for next SEC matchup against No. 23 Missouri Tigers
The South Carolina football team (2-1) will travel to Columbia, Missouri to face the No. 23 Missouri Tigers (3-0) in its second SEC matchup of the 2025 season. The Gamecocks enter the matchup looking to bounce back after a 31-7 loss to the No. 20...