Military base to have largest fireworks show in mid-Missouri
Fort Leonard Wood in south-central Missouri says the base will celebrate July 4th with the largest fireworks show in mid-Missouri. Long before the rockets’ red glare will light up the sky to recognize...
View ArticleMissouri Congressman knocks Nike, former NFL player for controversial...
Southeast Missouri Congressman Jason Smith is bashing Nike for pulling the plug on plans to launch sneakers with a U.S. flag from the American Revolution and for former NFL player Colin Kaepernick...
View ArticleMissouri gets federal grant to help retain nursing assistants at veterans homes
A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs grant has been given to Missouri to help retain certified nursing assistants at the state’s seven veterans homes. Missouri Veterans Commission Executive Director...
View ArticleHundreds on waiting list to get into a Missouri veterans home
Missouri has seven veterans home with an overall total of about 1,230 beds. The Missouri Veterans Commission has about 400 veterans waiting for a bed at one of the homes. That’s a drastic difference...
View ArticleMissouri WWII Marine’s remains accounted for
Nearly 76 years after paying the ultimate sacrifice for his country, the remains of World War II Marine Corps Platoon Sgt. George E. Trotter, of Kansas City, have been accounted for. The U.S. Defense...
View ArticleParson signs bill to create veterans’ treatment courts in Missouri
Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill into law creating a veterans’ treatment court. Bill Wise reports. House Bill 547, sponsored by Jefferson City Republican Dave Griffith, requires each Missouri circuit...
View ArticleMissouri motorcycle helmet repeal bill vetoed
The motorcycle helmets will have to stay on. Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed today legislation with several major provisions, including one that would let motorcycle riders cruise without helmets. On the...
View ArticleIn Kansas City, presidential candidate Buttigieg praises Veterans Community...
Democrat for President Pete Buttigieg joined Jason Kander in Kansas City to learn more about the city’s Veterans Community Project (VCP) . Kander, a Democrat and veterans’ activist, is now working on...
View ArticleMissouri to get new leader of National Guard
Governor Parson will announce tomorrow the next leader of the Missouri National Guard. A press conference at the Missouri Capitol will unveil the governor’s choice as the state’s next Adjutant General....
View ArticleIraq War veteran, Purple Heart recipient to take over Missouri National Guard
A 26-year Missouri military member will lead a new mission – the state’s 12,000 National Guard soldiers. During a press conference today at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, Gov. Mike Parson...
View ArticleNavy SEAL killed in Afghanistan to be honored in north Missouri (AUDIO)
A post office in northern Missouri will be renamed for a Navy SEAL from Macon County who died in a 2010 helicopter crash while serving in Afghanistan. The United States Postal Service (USPS) will hold...
View Article(AUDIO) Missouri World War II Army veteran honored at annual military event
Hundreds attended the 10th annual Military Appreciation Day on Sunday at the State Fair in west-central Missouri’s Sedalia. Several uniformed soldiers showed up, along with veterans, family members,...
View ArticleHawley vows to be ‘bulldog’ about new Missouri veterans’ clinic opening delay
Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley wants to know why a new veterans’ clinic at Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis is not open for business. The $366 million project was expected to open in 2017. During a...
View ArticleVeteran’s home loan benefits hiked to fund other veterans’ services,...
The nation’s largest VA-backed mortgage lender has gone to battle over recent congressional increases to veterans’ fees for home loan benefits. In an Op-Ed recently published in The Washington Post and...
View ArticleStanding-room only crowd expected for Thursday’s Albright speech in Fulton
A capacity crowd of at least 1,500 people is expected Thursday afternoon for former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright’s lecture at Westminster College in mid-Missouri’s Fulton. Her speech...
View ArticleAlbright: from Waynesville resident to first female U.S. Secretary of State
The nation’s first female Secretary of State spent time Thursday in Fulton recounting her journey from a newspaper reporter in Rolla to the nation’s highest diplomatic post. But the biggest part of...
View ArticleThursday’s Missouri House hearing on alleged illegal slots expected to draw...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol and the Missouri Prosecutors Association will testify Thursday in Jefferson City before a House gaming committee investigating the issue of alleged illegal slot...
View ArticleHartzler: “Withdrawing from Syria is a mistake”
President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. soldiers from northern Syria has sparked rare bipartisan backlash, including from West-central Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler. Trump’s move has...
View ArticleMissouri soldier wounded by explosive in Afghanistan
A southern Missouri soldier has been injured in Afghanistan. Missourinet affiliate KXEO in Mexico reports Sgt. Ian Ives of Cuba stepped on an improvised explosive device on Saturday. According to the...
View ArticleThree Missouri GOP members support U.S. House resolution condemning Trump for...
The U.S. House overwhelmingly passed a measure Wednesday to condemn President Donald Trump for taking U.S. troops out of northern Syria. Congresswomen Vicky Hartzler and Ann Wagner and Congressman Sam...
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