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Evergy customers to see slight increase in billing

Evergy Metro, Incorporated has filed an application with the Missouri Public Service Commission seeking to adjust the demand side investment mechanism charge on customer bills. Evergy Metro does business as Evergy Missouri Metro. The demand side investment mechanism charge allows the company to recover demand side management program costs and incentives under the Missouri Energy […]

Missouri Governor Mike Parson

Governor Parson announces $209 million in additional expenditure restrictions

Governor Mike Parson announced over $209 million in additional expenditure restrictions due to COVID-19.  “It goes without saying that COVID-19 has had severe impacts on our anticipated economic growth. This is truly unlike anything we have ever experienced before, and we are now expecting significant revenue declines,” Governor Parson said.  Between March and April alone, Missouri saw […]

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Massive raid by Chillicothe Police Department, Livingston County Sheriff and other authorities net many arrests

Many investigations by the Chillicothe Police Department (CPD) and Livingston County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) took a significant step forward with the service of multiple arrest warrants and other investigations. The group enforcement consisted of approximately 40 law enforcement officers from the Chillicothe Police, Livingston County Sheriff’s Office, Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Probation and Parole, […]

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Audio: Missouri lawmakers hope to see a cattle slaughter facility in Missouri

Two state lawmakers testified Thursday in Jefferson City that an effort is underway to get a cattle slaughter facility in Missouri. State Reps. Don Rone, R-Portageville, and Dan Shaul, R-Imperial, testified before the Joint Committee on Agriculture. Rone says he and Shaul participated in a conference call this week with retailers, grocers and meat wholesalers. “This would be […]

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Cameron teen injured in two-vehicle crash

A Cameron teenager was injured in a two-vehicle crash late Thursday morning one mile north of Cameron. Seventeen-year-old Landon Swavey was taken by an ambulance to the Cameron Regional Medical Center with minor injuries. A truck driven by 38-year-old Cody Taylor of Stewartsville was northbound on Route EE when it allegedly made a left turn […]