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...

Two killed in crash on Missouri 87 in Cooper County, MSHP says

Troopers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol say two people died in a crash Wednesday afternoon on Missouri 87 in Cooper County. The crash happened near Hail Ridge Court, just north of Interstate 70, according to a post on X from Troop F of the...

Missouri State Legislature Redraws District Lines, Leaves Impact on Local Communities

Missouri House District 19 Representative Wick Thomas speaks during extraordinary session in Jefferson City. | Photo courtesy of Rep. Wick Thomas Julia Williams Editor-in-Chief On Friday, Aug. 29, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe called the Missouri State...

Preview: Missouri Cross Country at Nebraska Invitational 

After a home win at Gans Creek, the Tigers are ready to conquer new territory. On Saturday, September 20, the team will participate in the Greeno Dirksen Cross Country Invitational in Lincoln, Nebraska. With promising talent and an unknown course...

ICYMI: Missouri Set To Sign A New Congressional Map Into Law

People vote during Primary Election Day, August 2022 in St Louis, Missouri. Michael M. Santiago hide caption toggle caption Michael M. Santiago Various states in the U.S. are locked in a fight over redistricting. It’s all centered on which party...

Missouri workers can bet on paying more for health insurance next year

Father and son detained by ICE in Chicago on way to work; now held in Missouri

A father and son from the western suburbs are among dozens of people detained by ICE agents over the past few days in the Chicago area, and now they're being held hundreds of miles away from their family. Family and friends of Rodolfo and Jonathan...

Missouri Is Bracing for Sports Gambling – And Addiction

Missouri is set to become the latest state to launch legalized online sports gambling, with 10 licenses awarded, and companies such as Bet365, BetMGM, DraftKings, Fanatics, and others lining up at the doors. Now, however, not everyone is excited...

Football stays home to open MIAA play against Central Missouri

Via Missouri Western State University Athletics, 3h ago ST. JOSEPH, Mo . – Griffon Football (1-1) opens up MIAA play Saturday, as the Griffons welcome Central Missouri to Spratt Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. The game will be streamed live on...

Family seeks answers after Chicago area father and son arrested by ICE, sent to Missouri

A father and son from the western suburbs are among dozens of people detained by ICE agents over the past few days in the Chicago area, and now they're being held hundreds of miles away from their family.

Find fun in southeastern Missouri state parks and historic sites

• Friday, Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. – Nature Journaling Workshop: Sketching Fast and Loose at Echo Bluff State Park. It isn’t always possible to take your time drawing an animal – or even a plant for that matter. Sometimes you just have to get something...

Former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon speaks at historic lecture

Former Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon, the last Democrat to hold the governor's office, is speaking at the 20th annual Hancock Symposium and 60th John Findley Green Foundation Lecture at Westminster College on Wednesday. Nixon’s lecture, titled “Justice...

Missouri workers can bet on paying more for health insurance next year

Tania Hewett-Mader, who owns Alma Mader Brewing on Southwest Boulevard with her husband, is familiar with the stress of rising health insurance premiums many businesses are facing (Suzanne King/The Beacon). Tania Hewett-Mader, who owns Alma Mader...

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley Wants Riot Funders Held Accountable As FBI ‘Follows The Money’

Senator Calls for Legal Consequences as FBI Follows the Money in Ideological Attacks In a Tuesday appearance on Fox News’ Jesse Watters Primetime, Missouri Senator Josh Hawley stated his belief that individuals who knowingly fund riots leading to...

Missouri casinos see increased activity as sports gambling nears

Gambling is on the rise in the state. Casino.com states that Missouri's 13 casinos have reported a 9 percent year-on-year increase in August, from $163.3 million to $177.5 million in revenue from slots and table games. Of that amount, slots made...

Appeals court gives Missouri AG access to transgender patient records

A Missouri appeals court ruled the Attorney General's Office can access patient health records from the Washington University Transgender Center. This decision reverses a lower court's ruling that had blocked access to the records, citing patient...

Huge Fireball Ignites Skies from Missouri to Colorado

The skies over Missouri have been very active lately when it comes to meteors. Even though we're not in an active major meteor shower, a huge fireball was just spotted as it soared from Missouri to Colorado. This was the sight that appeared in a...

NASA Taps Missouri Student to Pioneer Lunar Construction Tech

Big thoughts and ideas can turn into big plans if you are smart enough and bold enough to see things through. A Missouri S&T student has nabbed a NASA award to go after the moon. Seriously. An S&T Miner wants to mine the moon Mo SnT - NASA/Canva -...

Missouri State men’s soccer ties No. 7 Saint Louis University

The Missouri State men's soccer team played to a 1-1 draw against No. 7 Saint Louis University on Tuesday night in St. Louis. The match saw both teams tied after a competitive game. Daniele Aracri, a junior at Missouri State, scored his first goal...

Dr. Raghuraman Kannan named Missouri Curators’ Distinguished Professor

The University of Missouri Board of Curators has named Indian American professor Dr. Raghuraman Kannan and nine other University of Missouri faculty members as Curators’ Distinguished Professors and Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professors. The...