Missouri lawmaker reflects on President Truman’s legacy and historical...
Most Missouri state offices will be closed on Friday, in observance of Truman Day. Harry Truman, America’s 33rd President, was born 137 years ago in southwest Missouri’s Lamar. He was born in 1884....
View ArticleWallingford to keynote Memorial Day Columbarium wall dedication in southeast...
Ceremonies in southeast Missouri’s Bloomfield and southern Missouri’s Fort Leonard Wood highlight events planned on Memorial Day across the state. The Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC) says its...
View ArticleMissouri’s Hawley praises progress on Fort Leonard Wood hospital project;...
Construction of the massive Fort Leonard Wood hospital project near southern Missouri’s Waynesville is progressing. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley (R), who serves on the Armed Services Committee, tells...
View ArticleFireworks, food and music plentiful at Missouri Fourth of July events, urban...
Missourians from all corners of the state have numerous Fourth of July celebrations to choose from, large and small. Several thousand people are in Jefferson City for this weekend’s popular Salute to...
View ArticleDignified transfer of Missouri Marine killed in Afghanistan
It was a somber and silent ceremony as President Joe Biden, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and others witnessed the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base of 13 service...
View ArticleGov. Parson sends Missouri National Guard to Louisiana. Missouri utilities...
Governor Mike Parson will deploy Missouri National Guard troops to Louisiana to help in Hurricane Ida recovery. About 300 soldiers are being dispatched after a request from the state of Louisiana...
View ArticleOnce days away from being euthanized, Missouri dog competes for national...
A Missouri dog has won American Humane’s “Service Dog of the Year”. Sobee, from central Missouri’s Holts Summit, is now in the running for the organization’s top title – the “Hero Dog Award”. The boxer...
View ArticleA Veterans Day love story (AUDIO)
Vance Nelson met his future wife at the end of the Vietnam War. The U.S. Air Force member was a Vietnamese interpreter stationed at a base in Thailand. It was at that base where he met Prapaporn...
View ArticleFBI in eastern Missouri focuses on recovery of souvenir military explosives...
The FBI in eastern Missouri has launched its first-ever initiative to recover military souvenir explosive devices that are stored at home where owners may be unaware of the potential danger. Interim...
View ArticleMissouri launches largest National Guard apprenticeship program in the U.S.
Men and women who put on a Missouri National Guard uniform to defend the United States of America can now earn a free apprenticeship certification for their military expertise. A new apprenticeship...
View ArticleU.S. Navy Blue Angels, U.S. Army Black Knights among performers at Missouri...
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are set to return to Missouri for the Spirit of St. Louis Air Show and STEM Expo. Aircraft lovers will see the latest in air technology along with classic WWII fighters and...
View ArticleRep. Wagner on Ukraine border mission: One of the most consequential trips...
Missouri’s 2nd District Congresswoman Ann Wagner recently visited the Ukraine border, as part of an official congressional fact-finding trip. Wagner is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee...
View ArticleMissouri lawmaker remembers his 9/11 mission – and his most difficult...
“Skipper, you’ve got to get back into the squadron,” an enlisted U.S. Navy member said to state Representative Mike Haffner. They were at Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia on the...
View ArticleMissouri’s Vietnam War veterans honored by state and U.S. Defense Department...
The Missouri Veterans Commission, state elected leaders and the United States Department of Defense commemorated the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War in a virtual ceremony based out of...
View ArticleBlunt: Give Ukraine what they need, when they need it (WATCH)
Missouri’s Senior Senator Roy Blunt insisted this week that the U.S. should step up efforts to help Ukraine, “not what they need when it’s convenient for us to manage to get it to them, but when they...
View ArticleA salute to Missouri’s military children
It is often said that when military members serve their country, so do their families. Missouri has roughly 43,000 members in military uniform and service civilians making sacrifices for their country,...
View ArticleMissouri has the highest veteran suicide rate in the country – and a state...
In 2018, 192 Missouri veterans committed suicide. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says Missouri’s veteran suicide rate is significantly higher than the national average – and the highest in the...
View ArticleVietnam-era veterans remembered at Fort Leonard Wood
Four Vietnam-era veterans were remembered Wednesday, in the presence of their fellow service members. Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen from Fort Leonard Wood were part of the ceremony to pay their final...
View ArticleFt. Leonard Wood home to hundreds of archeological sites (LISTEN)
Ft. Leonard Wood, all 63,000 acres of it, holds lots of military history, but there are more than 700 archeological and cultural sites on the installation, many dating back thousands of years. There is...
View ArticleMissouri House committee to find ways to reduce veteran suicide rate (LISTEN)
To listen to the Show Me Today interview with Representative Dave Griffith, click below. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs says Missouri’s veteran suicide rate is significantly higher than the...
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