Missouri Hemp Association Executive Director Dale Ludwig says the interest in growing hemp is huge. The group held its first-ever conference in central Missouri’s Columbia on Tuesday. Missouri is behind other states in licensing for hemp, but the chairman of the hemp association says the group is confident the ag department will have […]
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Audio: Over 4,000 medical marijuana cards issued in first month of the program
Missourians have been applying to get medical marijuana – in the thousands. By Tuesday afternoon, July 30, 2019, the state health department confirms that 4,546 patients and caregivers have been approved out of 4,806 applications received so far. The new state law says a doctor can approve patients from a list of illnesses and side […]
Audio: Missouri woman charged after leaving child unattended in hot car.
Charges have been filed against a woman who left her 2-year-old locked in a car in Springfield. A close call Sunday night. At about 7:30 Greene County deputies responded to a truck stop to check on the well being of a child. A 2-year-old was found in the vehicle sweating profusely and was […]
Audio: Authorities still searching for bodies of missing Wisconsin brothers
Authorities in northwest Missouri describe the search for two missing Wisconsin brothers as an “active death investigation.” Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish briefed reporters on Monday afternoon near a Braymer farm, explaining why it’s a death investigation. Sheriff Larry Fish tells reporters that investigators are searching multiple locations for the bodies of brothers […]
Audio: Missouri schools and other sites getting free Narcan to combat opioid overdoses
The head of the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services is touting his agency’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. Director Randall Williams says he signed an order this week to provide free naloxone for emergency use in high schools, college campuses, public libraries, and YMCA facilities. Naloxone, sold under the brand […]
Audio: Missouri will become third state to make insurers cover therapies for disabled kids
Missouri will soon become the third state in the country to make insurance companies cover therapies for disabled kids. In 2010, the Missouri Legislature passed a bill requiring insurance companies to cover therapies for the state’s autistic children. A measure passed this year expands the 2010 policy by mandating insurers to include physical, […]
Audio: 120,000 Missourians no longer on Medicaid but state’s Medicaid costs continue to climb
House Minority Leader Crystal Quade says 120,000 Missourians, including about 95,000 children, have reportedly been removed from Medicaid since January 2018. State Representative David Wood, who chairs a budget committee involving Social Services, says the number of Missourians on state healthcare has declined, but the state’s Medicaid costs continue to climb. Wood thinks […]
Audio: December federal execution date scheduled for convicted Missouri killer
A December execution date has been scheduled at the FEDERAL level for a man convicted of the gruesome killing of a Kansas City teenager more than 21 years ago. Federal prosecutors say Wesley Ira Purkey raped and murdered a 16-year-old girl who was walking home from East High School in 1998. The “Kansas […]
Audio: Missouri legislator says previous ACA requirement is main culprit for major decline in Medicaid figures
House Minority Leader Crystal Quade of Springfield says 120,000 Missourians, including about 95,000 children, have been removed from Medicaid since January 2018. State Representative David Wood, who chairs a budget committee involving Social Services, says he’s been following the reduction for months. He thinks the dip in numbers is largely tied to the Affordable Care […]
Deadline to enter North Central Missouri Fair Parade is Friday, July 26, 2019
Entries are still being accepted for the North Central Missouri Fair Parade in Trenton and spots are also available for Rock Barn courtyard vendors at the fair. Parade entries will line up by number for the “Making the Fair a Family Tradition” themed parade Tuesday evening at 5 o’clock with the parade to begin on […]
Video: Union Pacific train carrying sand derails south of Mercer
A train with cars carrying sand derailed south of Mercer Thursday morning. Union Pacific Senior Director of Corporate Communications and Media Relations Kristen South reports a southbound train derailed about 70 cars near the intersection of U. S. Highway 65 and Destiny Loop. No hazardous materials were spilled, and no injuries were reported with South […]
Audio: Missouri to get new leader of National Guard
The governor is set to announce today the next leader of the Missouri National Guard. Governor Parson has scheduled a press conference today at the state Capitol in Jefferson City to unveil his pick as the state’s next Adjutant General of the Missouri National Guard. Adjutant General Steve Danner, who is retiring, has […]
Audio: U.S. House could take up federal budget deal today
The U.S. House could take up today a 1.3 trillion dollar two-year federal budget plan. Congressional leaders and the Trump Administration struck a deal this week on the plan that increases military spending to about 738 billion. At a press conference this week in Washington, Missouri U.S. Senator Roy Blunt says he’s pleased with the […]
Audio: What’s the average federal payout for central Missouri tornado victims?
The federal payout for victims of the Jefferson City area’s tornado in May could reach several thousands of dollars. The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Nikki Gaskins tells Missourinet affiliate KWOS in Jefferson City the maximum funding from the feds can be as much as 30,000 dollars, but most victims pocket about 4,000 to 5,000 dollars. […]
Audio: Northwest Missouri Opioid Summit underway in St. Joseph
A scourge throughout the nation gets the full attention of those attending the Northwest Missouri Opioid Summit in St. Joseph. Opioid addiction has become a very real problem nationwide and has become an extremely difficult problem in Missouri. Missouri gets low marks for prescriber education, prescription guidelines, but especially as the only state […]
Residents in Grundy County need to report flood damage immediately
Grundy County’s Emergency Management Director Glen Briggs says anyone who has not yet contacted him regarding flood or storm-damaged property, should do so immediately. Briggs, who’s a First Ward Councilman, told the Trenton City Council last night that Grundy is among the 21 counties Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials are re-considering for a presidential […]
Audio: Missouri unclaimed property helps to pay $2 billion in overdue child support
More than 204,000 child support cases exist in Missouri with roughly 2.39 billion dollars owed to parents who have primary custody. State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick says a new automated system of matching unclaimed property owner names to those owing child support is blowing the previous year’s total out of the water. In 2018, his office’s […]
Audio: Crossroads Correctional Center and Western Missouri Center in Cameron are now officially consolidated
Two prisons in northwest Missouri’s Cameron have officially consolidated. State Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann says all Crossroads Correctional Center prisoners have been moved to Western Missouri Correctional Center. Pojmann says the move helps to bolster safety for workers and prisoners statewide. Many workers moved to other locations in the […]
Audio: LIFT program to help farmers, small businesses recover, rebuild
State Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick launched a program named LIFT, Linked Deposits to Invest and Fund a Timely Recovery, for small businesses and farmers hit by weather disasters. The LIFT program offers higher loans, lowest interest rates and faster approval than the states regular linked deposit program. That’s where state money (from investments) is […]
Audio: Most medical marijuana applicants in KC area will be denied in first year
Most applicants wanting to sell medical marijuana in the Kansas City area likely won’t be granted licenses the first year. Former GOP state lawmaker Lyndall Fraker of Marshfield is Missouri’s medical marijuana program director. He told the Kansas City Star that 73 people have pre-filed applications to sell cannabis in the city’s metro […]