Marine Corps League says new members are crucial for lobbying on Capitol Hill...
The Marine Corps League is working to recruit new members in Missouri on this Veterans Day weekend, noting numbers are crucial for lobbying efforts on key issues like Agent Orange and PTSD. Alan...
View ArticleFifty years later, two Missouri soldiers surprisingly reunite on an honor flight
Two northern Missouri men who fought side by side in the Vietnam War reunited decades later during a veterans trip to visit the nation’s war memorials. Steve Paulsell, the flight director for Central...
View ArticleMissouri veteran on honor flight leaves combat boots, tough feelings at...
A group of 108 veterans from World War Two and the Korean and Vietnam Wars are aboard an honor flight today visiting Washington, D.C. Steve Paulsell, the flight director for Central Missouri Honor...
View ArticleMissouri WWII veteran held honor flight, ‘mail call’ letters close to his heart
Before the days of email, social media and texting, getting letters from home was a way for America’s soldiers to stay in touch with their loved ones. Steve Paulsell, with Central Missouri Honor...
View ArticleMissouri soldier improving after getting critically injured in Afghanistan
A southern Missouri soldier is on the road to recovery after getting critically injured last month in Afghanistan by an explosive. Missourinet affiliate KXEO in Mexico reports Staff Sgt. Ian Ives of...
View ArticleFt. Leonard Wood leaders aim to make Thanksgiving special for thousands of...
One of Fort Leonard Wood’s largest meals of the year is being prepared at the southern Missouri base. About 300 food service workers are whipping up roughly 12,000 lunch meals and another 30,000...
View ArticleMissouri veteran says Pearl Harbor invasion was ‘biggest thing in his naval...
December 7, 1941 is a day that President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed as one which will live in infamy. It was the day that Japanese planes raced over the sky on the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor...
View ArticleSouthern Missouri soldier seriously injured in Afghanistan honored with flag...
A southern Missouri congressman says all members of Congress should travel to war-torn countries to visit American troops. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Salem, who serves as the GOP Conference Secretary,...
View ArticleCierpiot files Missouri Korean War Memorial legislation
Legislation that would designate a memorial in Kansas City as the state’s official Korean War Veterans Memorial has been filed by a western Missouri lawmaker. State Sen. Mike Cierpiot, R-Lee’s Summit,...
View ArticleMissouri Congressmen weigh in on Trump’s call to attack Iranian general
Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer backs President Donald Trump’s decision to order last week’s airstrike killing Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. The East-Central Missouri Republican tells Missourinet...
View ArticleFlags to fly at half-staff at all Missouri fire stations on Saturday to honor...
Funeral services are scheduled for Saturday morning in Lee’s Summit for a firefighter/paramedic who died Sunday (January 5) while battling a house fire in western Missouri’s Peculiar. The service will...
View ArticleRemains identified of missing Missouri WWII soldier
A southwest Missouri soldier, who was captured and killed as a prisoner of war during World War II, has been accounted for. The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) has announced that...
View ArticlePresident triggers Defense Production Act for private companies to help make...
President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act today, giving him the power to force non-defense companies to produce items that are in support of national defense. Joe Driskill, Missouri Military...
View ArticleParson: fallen Springfield officer “is a hero we will never forget”
(Updated with information from Springfield Police Chief Paul Williams, that the funeral service is private) Missouri’s governor has ordered U.S. and Missouri flags to be flown at half-staff Saturday at...
View Article(AUDIO) Governor answers several burning questions about Missouri’s response...
Gov. Mike Parson visited with Missourinet today about the state’s response efforts to COVID-19. Here’s the full interview: Copyright © 2020 · Missourinet
View ArticleParson mobilizes National Guard in Missouri’s fight against coronavirus
Gov. Mike Parson has signed an executive order to begin having Missouri National Guard members aid in the state’s battle against COVID-19. In a press release, Parson says soldiers will help to provide...
View Article(VIDEO) Summary of today’s press briefing about coronavirus in Missouri
Gov. Mike Parson announced today that more than 1,300 people have tested positive for the coronavirus and fourteen people have died. Some 15,600 people have been tested for the respiratory disease....
View ArticleMissouri River likely to enter minor flood stage this week
Levels on the Missouri River could move into minor flood stage from Nebraska City to northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph this week. Chairman Tom Waters with the Missouri Levee and Drainage District...
View ArticleSt. Louis County asks for National Guard help in COVID-19 response
St. Louis County Executive Dr. Sam Page has asked for help from the Missouri National Guard as the region prepares for an escalation of the COVID-19 virus. He made the formal request to Gov. Mike...
View ArticleMissouri’s veterans homes take strict measures against coronavirus
Some long-term care centers for senior citizens have had coronavirus outbreaks in Missouri and nationwide. Missouri Veterans Commission Executive Director Grace Link says she thinks the state’s seven...
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