State News
Resurfacing Project to Begin on U.S. Route 63 in Schuyler and Adair Counties
HANNIBAL – Drivers in Schuyler and Adair Counties will begin to see activity on April 1 as crews begin work on guardrail at various locations on U.S. Route 63, from the Iowa state line to 0.6 mile north of Bus. 63 near Kirksville, prior to the start of resurfacing operations scheduled in early May. Motorists…
Read MoreAlleged Scammer Arrested in Knox County
By Echo Menges Knox County, MO – Friday, March 8, 2024 – Knox County Sheriff Carl Knoche announced Friday that a scam artist was arrested in Knox County on Thursday, March 7, after allegedly stealing $95,000 in cash from a 79-year-old Knox County resident earlier in the week. Dongyi Guo, 27, of Flushing, NY, was…
Read MoreSchuyler County Republican Caucus Held at the Courthouse in Lancaster
On Saturday, March 2nd, the Schuyler County Republican Committee held the 2024 Republican Presidential Caucus. The meeting was brought to order at 10:am by County Republican Committee Chairperson Stephanie Jeffries. Sonny Smyser opened the meeting with a prayer, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. David Dufur was nominated and approved as the Caucus Chairman, and…
Read MoreNEMO Storm Spotter Training Coming in February
By Echo Menges The US National Weather Service St. Louis Office will host Storm Spotter Training at the Knox County Community Center in Edina, MO, on Thursday, February 22, 2024. This is one of two in-person Storm Spotter Training classes offered by the NWS St. Louis office in Northeast Missouri in 2024. Pre-registration is not…
Read MoreUnionville License Office Contract Up For Bid
JEFFERSON CITY – The Missouri Department of Revenue is announcing the upcoming Request for Proposal (RFP) of the license office in Unionville, Missouri, located at 1507 Main, Unionville, Mo., 63565. Bids will start being accepted January 17, 2024, and must be submitted by January 30, 2024. For a list of bid opportunities and bid response…
Read MoreMissouri Farmers Adopt Practices That Improve Their Land, Support Environment
By: Ceilidh Kern – November 28, 2023 On a small farm near Laddonia, Brian Willott waded through fields of dried corn stalks that had already been crushed into the ground. He had just finished harvesting his corn and soybeans and was preparing his empty fields to plant cover crops, which will hold his soil together…
Read MoreMissouri Edging Closer to Prescription Drug Monitoring Program
April 29 After a decade, Missouri is one step closer to shedding its designation, as the only state in the country without a prescription drug monitoring program, after a bill to establish one was passed out of the Senate. Senate Bill 63, sponsored by Sen. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, cleared what has historically been a stumbling…
Read MoreMU Plant Diagnostic Clinic Is Now Open
April 22 By Linda Geist, University of Missouri Extension Like humans, plants can get sick and need someone to diagnose their illnesses, says Peng Tian, the new lab director of the University of Missouri Plant Diagnostic Clinic. The Plant Diagnostic Clinic has served Missourians since 1965 to help clients, including county extension specialists, commercial growers,…
Read MoreAmeren Missouri Requests Electric Rate Increase
The Missouri Public Service Commission has established the deadline for those wishing to intervene and participate in an electric rate case filed by Union Electric Company d/b/a Ameren Missouri. Applications to intervene and participate in this case must be filed no later than April 30, 2021, with the Secretary of the Missouri Public Service Commission,…
Read MoreMissouri May Finally Have a Prescription Monitoring Program
By the Missouri News Network Missouri may no longer be the only state without a prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP). On Tuesday night, April 6, 2021, the Missouri Senate voted to pass Senate Bill 63, a bill that would finally implement a PDMP for the state, intended to regulate and monitor opioid prescriptions. Senate Majority…
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