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...

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...

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-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...

Missouri man charged with animal abuse after deceased dogs found in his pickup

BATES CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri man who is believed to have left two large dogs in a hot truck overnight has been called to court. Lafayette County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Thursday, Sept. 11, indicate that Martin R. Burrow,...

What USC coach Shane Beamer said about Missouri football before SEC opener 

Mizzou’s SEC slate begins with the Gamecocks. No. 22/23-ranked Missouri football will face RV/No. 24 South Carolina on Saturday in Columbia, Missouri. The game is scheduled for a 6 p.m. kickoff on Faurot Field and will air in primetime on ESPN....

LaNorris Sellers injury update for South Carolina football vs Missouri

COLUMBIA — South Carolina football star quarterback LaNorris Sellers is listed as questionable on the SEC injury report released Sept. 17. The No. 24 Gamecocks (2-1, 0-1) face Missouri on the road on Sept. 20 (7 p.m. ET, ESPN). Sellers was injured...

97% of Missouri to be considered child care desert, City Manager talks Nodaway County statistics

Nodaway County is one lost program away from being considered a child care desert. Within Missouri, 97% of its counties have been deemed under-the-threshold of the necessary amount of available child care programs. Nodaway County Economic...

Missouri-based grocery chain to purchase Wisconsin’s Festival Foods

Wisconsin-based Festival Foods, which has long branded itself as family- and employee-owned, will soon be purchased by a Missouri-based grocery chain, according to Wisconsin Public Radio. The agreement stipulates that 1939 Group, a holding company...

Missouri redistricting sparks fears of disenfranchisement among Black and minority voters

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Rev. Emanuel Cleaver III wants a second Civil Rights Movement in response to President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans who are redrawing congressional district boundaries to increase their power in Washington....

South Carolina QB LaNorris Sellers listed as questionable for Missouri game after leaving loss to Vanderbilt

Will South Carolina have LaNorris Sellers against No. 23 Missouri on Saturday night? Sellers was listed as questionable on the Gamecocks’ availability report on Wednesday. The quarterback left the Gamecocks’ 31-7 loss to Vanderbilt in Week 3 after...

Capitol dome to shine blue for United Way of Central Missouri anniversary

Gov. Mike Kehoe has ordered the Missouri State Capitol dome to shine blue in recognition of the United Way of Central Missouri celebrating 100 years of service to the region. The Capitol dome will glow blue Thursday into Friday, according to a...

Suit claims Missouri’s new congressional map may be an unintended result

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A new lawsuit that has been filed against Missouri’s newly passed congressional maps claims the effort may have had an unintended result. It claims voters in an area of Kansas City, Missouri, will vote for two members of...

Dry conditions could affect Missouri harvests and beef prices

A flash drought is leaving 94% of the state in at least abnormally dry conditions, according to the Sept. 11 U.S. Drought Monitor. Additionally, about 17% of the state is considered in severe drought conditions. Zack Leasor, state climatologist...

How Missouri’s jobs outlook fared in August

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) - The Missouri Economic Research and Information Center compiled the data for August. Missouri nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 5,900 jobs in August, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate...

United Way of Central Missouri marks 100 years with state capitol dome lighting

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri State Capitol dome will be lit blue Thursday night in recognition of the United Way of Central Missouri celebrating 100 years of service in the region. “Since 1925, the United Way of Central Missouri has been at...

Missouri's 'kissing bugs' are spreading an incredibly rare parasitic disease that's here to stay, CDC says

The CDC report shouldn't cause panic among the public, as it's still extremely rare to contract the disease, an infectious disease expert told 5 On Your Side. MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri woman in 2017 wasn't feeling sick, wasn't showing any...

Western Missouri Medical Center unveils new PET/CT machine at ribbon cutting ceremony

WARRENSBURG — The Western Missouri Medical Center held a ribbon cutting ceremony in its new diagnostic imaging wing on Wednesday, Sept. 17, to commemorate the installation of its new positron emission tomography and computerized tomography scan...

Missouri’s Josh Hawley commends FBI Director at US Senate hearing on Charlie Kirk investigation

The status of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is being examines by the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. So far, it’s featured both praise from Republicans and harsh critiques from Democrats on the job performance of FBI Director Kash Patel....