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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...

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...
Missouri State Parks seeks nominations for two positions on Trails Advisory Board
DNR’s Division of State Parks is accepting nominations for a general trail user representative and for an equestrian trail user representative for the Trails Advisory Board. The two representatives will serve three-year terms from Nov. 1, 2025,...

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...

WATCH: Vigil held for Charlie Kirk at Missouri Capitol
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A few hundred people have arrived at the Capitol steps in Jefferson City to honor political commentator Charlie Kirk. Kirk was shot and killed last week during a speaking event at a Utah college. Events honoring the...

Missouri Department of Conservation pauses $40 million project at Bennett Spring Fish Hatchery
NEAR LEBANON, Mo. (KY3) - The Missouri Department of Conservation paused a $40 million renovation of the Bennett Spring Fish Hatchery. The Missouri Department of Conservation posted this update to its website. It says the decision was made after a...

Missouri Gov. Kehoe addresses the possibility of National Guard troops in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe shared his thoughts for the first time since President Donald Trump said St. Louis needs saving and floated the possibility of sending the National Guard to the city. Many people are curious...

KMBC 9 Chronicle: Ride for the Fallen — Missouri officer’s sacrifice lives on through organ donation
BUT HE’S RIDING MY BACK. MY SON IN HIS SHORT LIFE HAD A VERY MEANINGFUL LIFE AND A VERY IMPACTFUL LIFE. BLAZE IS A TRUE HERO. NOT ONLY IS HE A HERO IN HIS COMMUNITY, HE’S A HERO. HERO. HE’S MY HERO. BECAUSE HE SAVED MY LIFE. MARK PRIEBE KNOWS...

Missouri man charged in connection with ‘grandparent scams’
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - More than a dozen people face charges in connection with a scheme to defraud elderly Americans out of money, including a Defiance, Missouri man. According to the Justice Department, Chaman Samael Silverio Balbuena, 31,...

Missouri coffee roasters face rising coffee prices
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KFVS) - Fall drinks are coming out at coffee shops across the United States, but prices are not falling. In fact, coffee prices may be reaching new highs. Coffee prices jumped 21% last month after tariffs went into effect, the...

Missouri 14-Year-Old Left Paralyzed After Spinal Football Injury
A fourteen-year-old boy based in Missouri has been left paralyzed after a horrific spinal football injury. So, when and how did this happen, and is there a chance he will be okay in the long run? Keep reading for more details on this tragic...

Rodeo Set to Begin 2025-26 Season at Missouri Valley College
The University of West Alabama's Men's and Women's Rodeo teams are kicking off their 2025-26 season at the Missouri Valley College Rodeo in Marshall, Missouri. The event starts this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. and concludes Saturday. Coach Daniel Poole...

Missouri coffee roasters face rising prices
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Fall drinks are coming out at coffee shops across the United States, but prices are not falling. In fact, coffee prices may be reaching new highs. Coffee prices jumped 21% last month after tariffs went into effect, the...

Missouri football’s recent night SEC games have been rare — and chaotic
Mizzou coach Eli Drinkwitz brought up a stat Tuesday that seemed unbelievable. Missouri football has only played three SEC home games with evening kickoff times since the beginning of the 2021 season. Surely not, right? Surely there were more than...

Missouri Obliterated in Terrifying Asteroid Strike Simulation
Let's begin by saying that there's a better than average chance that this will never happen. Maybe that thought will make you feel better about a new simulation that shows that it would only take seconds before Missouri would be obliterated if an...

LaNorris Sellers injury update: South Carolina reveals QB’s status vs. Missouri on Wednesday availability report
Ever since Missouri joined the SEC, there has been something on the line when facing off against South Carolina. The two will play for the Mayor’s Cup to represent playing in a city with the same name, Columbia. And of all the matchups throughout...

Missouri Educators See Phone Ban as Positive, but Students Are Mixed
(TNS) — It’s lunch time at Kirkwood High School, and students are filtering out of the building. Two boys make their way to a soccer field and toss a Frisbee. A small group of friends sit in the grass outside the auditorium. A picnic table near...

Missouri-based Schnucks buys Wisconsin’s Festival Foods, including new Hudson store
St. Louis-based grocery company Schnucks has purchased the Wisconsin chain Skogen’s Festival Foods, which has 42 locations around the state including a new one in Hudson. Skogen’s Festival Foods stores are unrelated to the Festival Foods-branded...