Missouri’s next Lt. Governor reflects on his military service
Missouri’s next lieutenant governor served in the Army from 1975 to 1980. State Senator Mike Parson (R-Bolivar) joined the military when he was 19 years old. His Army career included working as a...
View ArticleMissouri legislator remembers close call with missile during Vietnam War
State Senator Wayne Wallingford (R-Cape Girardeau) has a vivid memory of his Air Force crew surviving a near-death experience during a Vietnam War flight mission. Imagine the most extraordinary Fourth...
View ArticleMissouri Congressman: Salem VA clinic will extend hours to full time
The Salem VA clinic in south central Missouri will extend its hours to full time from the current three days a month, according to 8th District Congressman Jason Smith. He tells Missourinet the clinic...
View ArticleMissouri to pay final respects to longtime MIA Korean War soldier
After 66 years, a fallen Missouri Korean War soldier will be laid to rest on Saturday. Army Corporal Donald Matney, of the southern Missouri town of Seymour, was 18 when he was assigned to Company H,...
View ArticleMissouri U.S. Senator backs expansion of military history project
The U.S. Congress has passed a measure that would expand a Library of Congress project which collects stories from veterans. U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) supports the legislation that would also...
View ArticleMissouri’s largest military base makes Thanksgiving special for personnel
What’s very likely the biggest Thanksgiving feast in Missouri takes place at the Fort Leonard Wood military installation. The base provides nearly 11,000 meals during its annual lunch celebration and...
View ArticleEmbattled Missouri military official is back to work
Larry Kay has resumed his duties as the executive director of the Missouri Veterans Commission. He was placed on administrative leave at the end of July. According to Missouri Veterans Commission...
View ArticleFirst U.S. airman killed in Pearl Harbor attack is famous Missourian
On December 7, 1941, Airman George Whiteman of Missouri was the first U.S. pilot killed when Japan attacked America’s naval base on Pearl Harbor. During the military strikes, he rushed to his P-40B....
View ArticleMissouri family receives some closure from investigation of 1952 military...
Remains of a 1952 military plane crash victim have been identified as those of a man with family in Missouri. Army Private Robert Dale Card, originally of Kansas, was among 52 service members killed...
View ArticleBusiness hours expanded at south-central Missouri VA clinic
The Salem VA clinic has increased its hours to full time from the previous two days a month, according to the clinic’s leaders. The facility is now open Monday through Friday from 8 to 4:30 p.m. for...
View ArticleNational Guard to build new training site in northwest Missouri; Danner says...
(Reporter Nadia Thacker at Missourinet affiliate KFEQ Radio in St. Joseph contributed to this story) Buchanan County has transferred land to the Missouri National Guard for the construction of a new...
View ArticleMissouri’s McCaskill: Trump’s trashing of intelligence officials helps...
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) says President-elect Donald Trump has given Russian President Vladimir Putin a gift by dismissing the CIA’s conclusion that Russia hacked emails to try to...
View ArticleGreitens declares state of emergency for Missouri, activates National Guard;...
Missouri’s Governor has declared a state of emergency, as Winter Storm Jupiter approaches. Governor Eric Greitens (R) has declared a state of emergency ahead of the ice storm and has activated the...
View ArticleMissouri’s McCaskill supports Trump’s U.S. Defense and Homeland Security picks
U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) says she won’t let party labels get in the way of good public service and plans to support President-elect Donald Trump’s U.S. Defense and Homeland Security...
View ArticleState Rep. Elaine Gannon: Thomas Surdyke’s “nature was to put others first”
(KREI Radio reporter Greg Armbruster contributed to this story] Legislation has been filed to rename a section of Interstate 55 in Jefferson County for a southeast Missouri native who died last year in...
View ArticleMissouri’s Democratic Senator plunges into tricky territory on cabinet votes
Missouri U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill has offered her view on several of President Donald Trump cabinet choices. The Democrat, who is up for reelection next year, is being scrutinized in a state that...
View ArticleWashington Vietnam War Memorial replica planned for Missouri town
By Matt Greenwood, KTJJ Radio Perryville in east-central Missouri will have more than 58,000 names on a full scale replica of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Mike Lundy with the Missouri...
View ArticleMissouri U.S. Senator seeks to bolster congressional oversight on Russia...
President Trump has been flirting with the idea of lifting U.S. sanctions on Russia and U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri) wants Congress to have a say in whether that can happen. She’s among a...
View ArticleMissouri’s Blunt says national security advisor’s resignation was the right move
U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (R-Missouri) says Michael Flynn’s resignation as national security advisor was the right decision. Flynn reportedly spoke with the Russian ambassador to the U.S. in December...
View ArticleMissouri’s McCaskill not opposed to Trump’s ‘historic’ defense spending planned
President Trump’s federal budget proposal reportedly includes a $54 billion increase in defense spending, while cutting other federal agencies by the same amount. Trump calls the 10% hike in the...
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