The Missouri Supreme Court rejected the arguments of voting rights groups that voters who are afraid of contracting COVID-19 at the polls should not have to get a notary public to sign their mail-in ballots. The Missouri Conference of the NAACP, the League of Women Voters, and two citizens appealed that “The trial court erroneously […]
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14 lineworkers from four Missouri towns heading to Louisiana for hurricane Delta response
Hometown electric line crews from four rural Missouri towns left to drive to Louisiana on Thursday evening. They’ll perform recovery work after Hurricane Delta hits. The Weather Channel reports hurricane warnings have been issued for much of southwest Louisiana, which was hammered by Hurricane Laura several weeks ago. Governor John Bel Edwards says Hurricane Laura […]
Missouri Department of Conservation expands program providing outdoor recreation on private lands
The Missouri Department of Conservation is accepting applications through Nov. 13 for the Missouri Outdoor Recreational Access Program (MRAP). The MRAP program provides incentive payments and habitat improvement help to private landowners who open their properties to the public for walk-in hunting, fishing, or wildlife viewing. The recreation allowed on each property varies according to […]
Audio: Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce and license office to move to Eastgate Shopping Center
The Trenton Area Chamber of Commerce and state license fee office have plans to move to another location yet this year. Chamber President Debbie Carman made the announcement when she was an Open Line guest on KTTN. For more than one year, the chamber and license bureau occupied a building at 611 East […]
State Auditor issues monthly report on Missouri’s use of federal stimulus dollars received through CARES Act funding
State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released her fourth report detailing state government’s use of federal stimulus dollars intended for the COVID-19 response. In March, Auditor Galloway announced that her office would examine the state’s distribution and spending of funding received under the CARES Act and other federal assistance programs recently passed by Congress. The most […]
November ballot measure would impose two-term restriction on all Missouri statewide elected officials
Missourians will be heading to the polls in November, to cast ballots on a measure imposing term limits on all statewide elected officials. You’ll be voting in November on Amendment One, which would amend the Missouri Constitution to extend the two-term restriction that currently applies to the governor and treasurer to the lieutenant governor, secretary of […]
Audio: American Legion membership drive now underway
Major Dale Stepp American Legion Post 31 of Trenton is seeking new members. Adjutant Arnie Arneson says Congress changed American Legion membership eligibility last year to include anyone who was in the military and had an honorable discharge. Veterans previously had to be in the service during wartime to belong. Arneson believes anyone who gave […]
Trenton Utility Committee to recommend 20% and 15% rate increases to wastewater and water rates
Citing a need to generate additional funds for Trenton’s water and sewer departments, the Trenton Utility Committee has voted to recommend that the full city council consider an increase in rates. A discussion was held among three committee members and the Trenton City Administrator before a motion was made to request rate increases for both […]
State Auditor issues monthly report on Missouri’s use of federal stimulus dollars received through CARES Act funding
State Auditor Nicole Galloway today released her third report detailing state government’s use of federal stimulus dollars intended for the COVID-19 response. In March, Auditor Galloway announced that her office would examine the state’s distribution and spending of funding received under the CARES Act and other federal assistance programs recently passed by Congress. The most […]
Audio: COVID-19 could put MoDOT and travelers in a major bind this winter
COVID-19 could put the Missouri Transportation Department and the traveling public in a major bind this winter. At a legislative committee hearing, MoDOT Director Patrick McKenna says his department has a shortfall of more than 400 plow truck drivers and heavy equipment operators. He says the shortage could grow this winter. McKenna says […]
Blunt says vote on Supreme Court nominee different than 2016
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday has unleashed a political brawl on Capitol Hill ahead of the November General Election. President Donald Trump says he plans to announce a nominee this week to fill the vacancy and vows to choose a woman. U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, says Trump’s […]
Audio: Arrowhead Stadium to be used as voting site in November General Election
Another major sports venue in Missouri will be used as a voting site in November’s General Election. Kris Ketz reports from Missourinet television partner station KMBC in Kansas City. The Kansas City, Missouri Board of Elections says Arrowhead Stadium will be a centralized polling place for voters living in Kansas City, Missouri within […]
Governor Parson extends timeframe of Missouri National Guard help with COVID-19 response
Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order today to let the Missouri National Guard continue helping the state with COVID-19 response efforts. A press release today from the Governor’s Office says the order will allow soldiers to continue supporting the state in this role through December 30. “The National Guard has played a major […]
Bates City man charged with illegal firearms and drug trafficking
A Bates City, Missouri, man has been charged in federal court after law enforcement officers seized nearly two dozen firearms and illegal drugs from his residence. Daniel Dewayne Gregg, 57, was charged in a two-count criminal complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., on Friday, Sept. 11. The federal criminal complaint […]
Attorney General’s office announces first CODIS hits through SAFE Kit Initiative
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that his office has received results from sexual assault kits shipped to the lab and DNA tested, resulting in several CODIS, or Combined DNA Index System, hits. The Attorney General’s Office began shipping untested sexual assault kits to the lab from police departments last year, with the first batch […]
Audio: Northern Missouri congressman focusing on navigation and flood control
A congressman who represents northern Missouri describes the Port of St. Joseph as a major economic engine, saying farmers up and down the Missouri River depend on it to get grain to market. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Tarkio, met separately last week with both Missouri Farm Bureau and the Coalition to Protect the Missouri River […]
Missouri court says redistricting plan’s summary language has ‘major problems’
The Missouri Court of Appeals says part of the summary language for the Amendment 3 November ballot measure has “major problems” and needs new wording. In a written court decision Monday, the three-judge panel says the description, written by the Republican-controlled Legislature, “fails to acknowledge” what the amendment would do, which is to “substantially modify, and reorder […]
Audio: USDA currently in “big hiring phase” in Kansas City
A top official at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) says the agency is making progress in relocating two major facilities to Kansas City: the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agricultural Policy. USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Greg Ibach tells Missourinet the agency continues to transfer employees […]
Missouri Department of Transportation reports an increase in work zone crashes
The Missouri Department of Transportation reports an increase in work zone crashes despite decreased traffic volumes. MoDOT had had 39 truck/trailer-mounted attenuators hit in work zones this year. That compares to 19 hits at this time in 2019. Attenuators are described as being “like giant, crushable shock absorbers” that absorb momentum and reduce the force […]
MDC partners with Grundy Electric Cooperative for wildlife habitat projects
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is partnering with the Grundy Electric Cooperative on a project to benefit wildlife habitat and reduce power line right-of-way maintenance costs. Private property owners are also a voluntary partner. MDC’s Wires Over Wildlife (WOW) program provides expertise and cost-share money for converting overgrown brush and trees under electrical distribution […]