Missouri non-farm payroll employment increased by 1,800 jobs from January 2023 to February 2023, and the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point. Private industry employment increased by 1,700 jobs and government employment increased by 100 jobs. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 2.6 percent in February 2023, down from […]
(Missourinet) – The University of Missouri has been the only university in the U-S to create certain cancer-fighting radioactive elements called medical isotopes. The medical isotopes are created by a small nuclear reactor in Columbia. Now, the university wants to create a bigger reactor, that can do more. Director of the reactor program Matt Sanford: […]
(Missourinet) – Construction on new housing at the Army’s Fort Leonard Wood in southern Missouri hasn’t begun yet, and U.S. Senator Josh Hawley says he’s not happy about it. Hawley announced back in December that more than $41 million dollars would be spent this year and another $50 million next year to build 180 new […]
(Missourinet) – The State of Missouri Hiring Event is right around the corner. On-site interviews and even potential on-site hires will be offered by some of the state agencies. Human Resource Generalist Gloria Kliethermes, for the Missouri Department of Labor and Industrial Resources, advises anyone who plans to interview. The hiring event will […]
(Missourinet) – Imagine going on your lunch break and clocking back into work $5 million richer. A Missourian playing a $50 Scratchers lottery ticket found out they are $5 million richer after uncovering the top prize on a Missouri Lottery “Millionaire Blowout” ticket while on a lunch break. The player in Marceline in […]
(Missouri Independent) – Efforts to restrict foreign ownership of Missouri land got yet another hearing Wednesday in the Senate Committee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Public Safety. House Bill 903, which is the combination of four bills proposed in the Missouri House, would lower the maximum amount of Missouri farmland that can be owned by foreign […]
(Missouri Independent) – The Missouri Senate passed two separate tax relief bills Thursday as part of a bipartisan compromise effort. SB 143, sponsored by Sen. Doug Beck, D-Affton, is a combination of tax credits and exemptions pushed for by Democrats. The bill raises the tax credit limit for food pantry donations, exempts diapers and feminine […]
(Missouri Independent) – A wide-ranging education bill cleared the Missouri House this week that includes a boost to minimum teacher salaries from $25,000 to $38,000. The bill also seeks to increase the amount the state can give school districts for each year’s operating budget. The bill now heads to the Missouri Senate. Missouri ranks 50th […]
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced that his office successfully defended the conviction of Stephen C. Ingram for the possession of more than 20 still images of child pornography at the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. The appeals court upheld Ingram’s original sentence of nine years imprisonment. “As Attorney General, I will enforce the […]
A second Mexican national has been sentenced in federal court after a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper found more than 88 pounds (40 kilograms) of methamphetamine and a firearm during a car stop on Interstate 70 in Saline County, Mo. Gustavo Renteria-Rojas, 39, a citizen of Mexico residing in Evanston, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. […]
(Missouri Independent) – A Senate committee heard proposed legislation Wednesday that would enshrine the role of county sheriff’s departments into the state constitution. The resolution, Senate Joint Resolution 42, was introduced to the Senate Committee on General Laws by Sen. Jill Carter, R-Granby. If enacted into law, it would make it impossible for a sheriff’s department […]
(Missouri Independent) – More than 200,000 lead service pipes carry drinking water to Missouri families, according to a new estimate from the Environmental Protection Agency. New lead water pipes have been banned for more than 30 years. But the EPA estimates that 9.2 million American households still get their water through aging lead pipes. Just over […]
On Wednesday, April 5, a deadly tornado swept through Bollinger County, Missouri, devastating homes, families, and businesses in the Glenallen area. Preliminary damage survey results from the National Weather Service rate the tornado as an EF-2 with an estimated peak wind speed of 130 miles per hour. Five fatalities were confirmed as well as several […]
An ex-employee of the U.S. Postal Service has been accused in an indictment of stealing checks from the mail and then depositing them in her own account. Porcia Denise Rhodes, 26, of St. Louis, Missouri, was indicted on March 8 on four counts of bank fraud and one count of theft of mail by an […]
A man from Belleville, Illinois was sentenced Thursday to 100 months (8.3 years) in prison for a 2020 carjacking in St. Louis. Darrell Gilkey, 26, was one of two men who carjacked a 2019 Dodge Charger on Sept. 19, 2020. A man and a woman were unloading items from the Charger on Washington Avenue in […]
A former Potosi, Missouri police officer appeared in federal court Thursday to face charges of sex trafficking, solicitation of child pornography, and coercion and enticement of a minor. Matthew N. Skaggs, 39, was indicted on March 29 and arrested Wednesday. The indictment alleges that between January 1 and August 10 of 2022, Skaggs enticed or […]
A man from Florida caught with more than $12,000 in Walmart gift cards that he’d bought using stolen bank account information pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal felony. Juseph Eugene Suero-Olmeda, 23, admitted using stolen bank information to purchase Walmart gift cards. He then shipped the cards to an associate in Florida. The Wright City […]
Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces that six troopers will graduate from the Patrol’s Law Enforcement Academy on Friday, April 14, 2023. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. in the Academy gymnasium, 1510 East Elm Street, Jefferson City, MO. The graduation ceremony will be live-streamed on the […]
Swift Prepared Foods, a subsidiary of leading global food company JBS USA, has opened its newest facility – Principe Foods, which produces high-quality Italian meats and charcuterie. Company executives were joined by local, regional, and state leaders as they cut the ribbon on their new facility today in Columbia. “We are excited to welcome Principe […]
You can help guide broadband development efforts in your community by completing a short, anonymous online survey for the Missouri Office of Broadband Development. The survey, conducted by the University of Missouri Extension, is at this link.. “As we continue making historic investments in Missouri’s broadband infrastructure, we encourage public feedback to inform our efforts,” […]
