Cuban Missile Crisis veteran looks back at a world history hotspot (LISTEN)
Cape Girardeau Missouri Veterans Home resident, Jack ManDrelle, says he is thankful that he served in one of history’s hotspots. In 1960, he served on a Navy destroyer and survived to tell Ashley Byrd...
View ArticleMissouri prosecutors want to help Afghan prosecutors loyal to the U.S. escape
Prosecutors in Missouri are rallying around former prosecutors in Afghanistan who are trying to flee the Taliban-run government. Darrell Moore is Executive Director of the Missouri Association of...
View ArticleStaffing shortages at Missouri veterans’ homes are improving
Work to recruit and retain staff at Missouri’s nursing homes for veterans appears to be paying off. Veterans Commission Executive Director Paul Kirchoff said a federal grant, along with an 8.7% state...
View ArticleThis Missouri Veteran discusses how he got his sea legs (LISTEN)
Today as part of our series of interviews with Missouri Veterans, we meet a Navy seaman from St. Joseph, Dennis Dornhoffer, a resident of the Cameron Veterans Home. He tells Ashley Byrd about his...
View ArticleMeet the 2023 Class of Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame
In a salute to our nation’s heroes, seven military members have been inducted into the Missouri Veterans Hall of Fame. The 2023 Class inductees include Ray A. Carver, U.S. Army, Pierce City; Johnny J....
View ArticleAn accountant’s story: Spying during the Cold War (LISTEN)
Thanks to the support of the Missouri Veterans Commission, Show Me Today has been proud to interview a variety of military veterans. One of the most interesting is Air Force veteran Douglass Rathbun, a...
View ArticleFt. Leonard Wood soldiers to get a taste of home this Thanksgiving
Many of America’s warfighters are spending this Thanksgiving away from home, including about 12,000 U.S. Army soldiers at Fort Leonard Wood. To make the day special for the service members, the...
View ArticleBush praises four-day cease fire between Israel and Hamas
Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush is praising the Biden Administration over its role in the temporary cease fire between Israel and Hamas. The four-day pause in hostilities was brokered by the U.S.,...
View ArticleHawley threatens to oppose defense bill if it doesn’t include nuclear waste...
Missouri U.S. Senator Josh Hawley is threatening to oppose the National Defense Authorization Act if it does not include compensation for St. Louis-area radiation victims. The National Defense...
View ArticleGraves confident that payments to radiation victims will be in the final...
Negotiations continue in Washington over a final version of the National Defense Authorization bill, which currently contains funding for radiation victims in the St. Louis area. U.S. Senator Josh...
View ArticleGraves updates Missourinet on defense bill negotiations
Work continues in Congress on putting together the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for next year. U.S. Rep. Sam Graves, R-Mo. 6th District, is one of the negotiators for the...
View ArticleMeet the agency that helps to find the remains of missing U.S. military...
Occasionally, there will be stories in the news about a U.S. service member whose remains have been found and confirmed many years after the soldier vanished. A funeral with full military honors is...
View ArticleHawley blasts removal of payments to radiation victims from defense bill
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, is blasting House and Senate negotiators who have finalized the National Defense Authorization bill without funding for radiation victims in the St. Louis area....
View ArticleHawley will now focus on federal budget to get payments for St. Louis-area...
The federal defense bill is on its way to President Biden’s desk after the U.S. Senate passed it Wednesday and the House passed it Thursday. U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, delayed passage of the...
View ArticleState lawmaker’s mission is to lower Missouri’s veteran suicide rate (LISTEN)
A state lawmaker’s mission is to lower Missouri’s suicide rate among military veterans. Alisa Nelson talks to Representative Dave Griffith, of Jefferson City, about the bill he has filed for the 2024...
View ArticleMissouri Navy veteran looks back at his service years (LISTEN)
Today as part of our series of interviews with Missouri Veterans, we meet Navy Veteran Richard Youngs, a resident of the Cameron Veterans Home. He joins Ashley Byrd to reflect on his time served and...
View ArticleMissouri bill aims to combat the state’s suicide rate among military heroes
A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs report shows that 185 Missouri military veterans died by suicide in 2021. The federal report says Missouri’s veteran suicide rate is significantly higher than the...
View ArticleA tale of aviation ordinance from a Missouri Marine Veteran (LISTEN)
On the latest episode with the Missouri Veterans Commission, we return to the Cameron Veterans’ home to talk with Gary Black. A U.S. Marine veteran who served in aviation ordinance. He joins Ashley Byrd.
View ArticleMissouri awarded second federal grant to help address veterans home staffing...
Missouri has been awarded a federal grant to help bolster staffing at the state’s seven veterans homes. For the second year in a row, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded the one-time...
View ArticleWomen veterans continue to serve the community in southwest Missouri (LISTEN)
There’s a group in southern Missouri who continue to serve their community, long after they have served in the military. Ashley Byrd talks with Navy veteran Sabrina Bonnette about the work of a women’s...
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