Famous Missouri airman inspires seven brothers to follow in his footsteps
Missouri hero and fallen pilot 2nd Lt. George Whiteman was the first of eight boys in his family to join the military. His life was cut short on December 7, 1941 when Japan attacked the U.S. naval base...
View ArticleMissouri first lady: Missile defense should not be U.S.’s first line of...
Missouri first lady Sheena Greitens says the U.S. and international community should take several steps to deal with North Korea’s growing threats. Greitens, who is a Mizzou political science professor...
View ArticlePart of I-55 in southeast Missouri renamed for West Point Cadet; Senator...
(This story written by Missourinet news director Brian Hauswirth and news director Matt West at Missourinet Festus affiliate KJFF Radio) Legislation has been signed into law renaming a section of I-55...
View ArticleMissouri Congresswoman happy President Trump is making her amendment unnecessary
Missouri’s 4th District Republican Congresswoman is a fan of President Trump’s decision to ban transgender service in the armed forces. Vicky Hartzler pushed an amendment in the U.S. House this month...
View ArticleMissouri Congressman expects U.S. to shoot down North Korea’s missiles
North Korea is threatening to unleash four missiles near the U.S. territory of Guam within days. President Donald Trump is doubling down on his threats to wage “fire and fury” on North Korea after...
View ArticleUp to 500,000 visitors expected in St. Joseph for eclipse (AUDIO)
The Visitors Bureau in northwest Missouri’s St. Joseph is expecting up to a half-million visitors for Monday’s solar eclipse. St. Joseph will be the fifth-largest city along Monday’s eclipse path. St....
View ArticleMissouri Congressman fired up about Trump letting officers pack military’s heat
Congressman Lacy Clay, D-Missouri, says President Trump’s executive order to give local law enforcement some of the military’s extra weapons will create similar tensions that occurred after Michael...
View ArticleMissouri legislator calls comment perceived as racist a ‘cowboy-ism’
A social media post by Missouri State Rep. Warren Love, R-Osceola, calling for vandals to be “hung from a tall tree with a long rope” is creating public outcry and demands for his resignation. His...
View ArticleBlunt praises Trump, criticizes former Missouri Senator on Meet the Press
Missouri’s Republican U.S. Senator Roy Blunt appeared on Meet the Press during a nine minute segment Sunday. While speaking with host Chuck Todd, he said the U.S. policy of sanctions toward North...
View ArticleGreitens considers using National Guard if chaos follows Stockley verdict
Governor Eric Greitens has not taken the National Guard off the table to de-escalate possible disorder when a verdict is announced in a former St. Louis police officer’s trial. Activists have...
View ArticleGreitens urges Congress to have compassion for DACA immigrants
Governor Eric Greitens, R, hopes lawmakers in Washington will pass legislation that would protect immigrants from being deported if they came to the U.S. illegally as children. President Donald Trump,...
View ArticleMissouri Senator McCaskill emphasizes importance of Fort Leonard Wood...
(This story is written by Missourinet news director Brian Hauswirth and by reporter Gary Knehans at Missourinet Waynesville affiliate KJPW Radio) Missouri’s senior senator says building a new hospital...
View ArticleMissouri soldier’s plane shot down 47 years ago, brother is key in MIA efforts
On September 11, 1970, a mid-Missouri Vietnam War soldier disappeared when the plane he was in was shot down during a night mission. Rep. Mike Bernskoetter, R-Jefferson City, co-sponsored a resolution...
View ArticleMissouri school named after Confederate general to be renamed
The Columbia Public School Board has voted to form a committee charged with finding a new name for Lee Elementary School. Board President Darin Preis says school officials have already removed some...
View ArticleIs Greitens’s move a precaution or sign of which way judge will rule in...
Republican Governor Eric Greitens has taken initial steps to activate the Missouri National Guard in anticipation of possible unrest in St. Louis. The move is to prepare for a judge’s decision in the...
View ArticleMissouri Highway Patrol assisting St. Louis Police and protecting interstates...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol is assisting St. Louis Police, after a judge acquitted a former St. Louis police officer charged with murder. St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found Jason...
View ArticleAlumni group at shuttered western Missouri military school goes to court over...
Former students at the oldest military school west of the Mississippi River have taken a bank to court over its plan to auction off a monument. The alumni association of the recently closed Wentworth...
View Article(AUDIO) Listen to Bernie Sanders’s full speech at mid-Missouri college
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, speaks to a crowd of about 1,300 people today at Westminster College in mid-Missouri’s Fulton. Listen to the entire speech:
View ArticleVermont Senator Sanders emphasizes diplomacy during Missouri lecture
Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT) quoted former Republican President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1961 warning about the “Military-Industrial Complex” during a lecture Thursday morning before...
View ArticleACLU sues city of St. Louis, claims mistreatment of protesters
The city of St. Louis has been sued by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for alleged unlawful and unconstitutional police conduct against protesters reacting to a controversial court decision....
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