Texas A&M softball lands commitment from Missouri Tiger LHP
Texas A&M lands Mizzou LHP Taylor Pannell, NCAA saves record-holder, to help fill key bullpen roles after losing Kennedy and Leavitt.
Missouri’s Improve I-70 Project moving full-speed ahead
Missouri’s over $2 billion Improve I-70 Project that will add a third lane and connect St. Louis to Kansas City is in full swing. Eric Kopinski, MoDOT’s Improve I-70 Project Director, told Missourinet what travel will look like in the construction areas this summer.
Missouri Football: 2025 Tigers Season Preview and Prediction
Missouri Football: 2025 Tigers Season Preview and Prediction originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
Missouri Senate passes bill banning student cell phone use during school hours
On Tuesday, the Missouri Senate passed Bill 68. The bill requires Missouri schools to have a policy restricting students’ use of phones during the school day.
Senate passes abortion resolution as session nears its end
Senate Democrats are back to filibustering a resolution that would allow Missourians to vote to ban most abortions again.
Resolution passes to put abortion ban on the ballot in 2026
The Missouri Senate on Thursday approved House Joint Resolution 73, which will put a near-total ban on abortion on the ballot in the November 2026 general election.
Missouri lawmakers approve referendum to repeal abortion-rights amendment
Six months after Missouri voters approved an abortion-rights amendment, Republican state lawmakers on Wednesday approved a new referendum that would seek the amendment’s repeal and instead ban
Sen. Kit Bond, whose mastery of pork-barrel spending benefitted his native Missouri, dies at 86
Christopher “Kit” Bond, a Republican who brought billions of dollars in federal funding to Missouri during his four terms in the U.S. Senate and who was state's the youngest person to be governor, died Tuesday.
Southeast Missouri faces rising food insecurity; roughly 1 in 4 kids affected
Feeding America's latest Map the Meal Gap study revealed a significant increase in food insecurity at both national and local levels. In southeast Missouri, 22.4% of children live
Missouri governor’s plan to keep Chiefs and Royals stalled by a Senate filibuster
Some legislators in both chambers objected to the move since the House unexpectedly failed to pass the part of the budget funding capital improvement projects across the state last week.
Missouri man admits to leaving pet dog with serious injuries after hammer attack
CARROLLTON, Mo. (KCTV) - Charges have been filed against a Missouri man who admitted he attacked a beloved pet dog with a hammer and left it with serious head injuries. Carroll County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Wednesday, May 7, indicate ...
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should Missouri lawmakers approve incentives for pro sports teams?
The final hours of the 2025 legislative session are ticking down, and a plan to help fund stadium upgrades for Kansas City sports teams is at the center of a power struggle in the General Assembly. The Missouri House has approved the incentives.
Missouri man walks free after 37 years behind bars: 'I'm ready to live my life'
According to the Missouri Department of Corrections, approximately 19,000 people are released from prison every year. For Paige Spears, it took 37 years to walk free.
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe unveils plan to keep Chiefs, Royals in Missouri
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday unveiled a new proposal aimed at keeping both the Kansas City Chiefs and Royals in Missouri. The proposed “Show Me Sports Investment Act” would allow professional sports teams to access state funding for stadium development through a new bonding mechanism.
Christopher Bond, Former Missouri Governor and U.S. Senator, Dies at 86
A Republican known as Kit, he was the state’s youngest governor. When he retired from Congress after four terms, he said he didn’t want to be the state’s oldest senator.
Missouri House passes stadium-funding amendment similar to Kansas STAR Bonds
Missouri’s long-awaited counteroffer to the STAR Bonds package Kansas put together in hopes of luring the Chiefs or Royals across the state line passed Tuesday morning in the House of Representatives.
How changes in weather conditions have increased wildfire risks across the U.S. and Mid-Missouri
Wildfires in the US are on the rise due to human activities and weather conditions. Missouri is also at risk with increased fire weather days.
Raymore named Missouri Blue Shield community; designation follows passage of public safety sales tax
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe designated the city of Raymore a Missouri Blue Shield community. Kehoe created the Blue Shield Program in January 2025 through Executive Order 25-03.
Former Missouri Gov. and U.S. Sen. Kit Bond, a giant of the Republican Party, dies at 86
Bond had a major impact on Missouri Republicans, winning back the governorship in 1972 and sowing the seeds for the GOP's current dominance.
Missouri’s public schools soon to be cellphone-free
As part of a wide-ranging package of public school policy changes, the phone ban would allow school districts to craft their own cellphone policies. But, those policies must prohibit usage from the opening to closing bell.
Missouri parents suffer uneven legal representation when the foster system takes their kids
Missouri’s system for providing legal representation to families ensnared in the foster care system is highly decentralized and has little state oversight. The result is that some parents go without legal help at all,
Missouri legislature passes education bill that Democrats say could allow discrimination
The bill includes a provision prohibiting discrimination against natural Black hairstyles. But many House Democrats argue it also contains language that could protect campus student groups that engage in discriminatory behavior.
Christopher ‘Kit’ Bond, former Missouri governor and senator, has died. He was 86.
Bond’s political career spanned four decades, during which he went from young liberal whiz kid to born-again conservative.
Tri-Center's VanArsdol to continue running for Missouri Western
Tri-Center senior standout Isah VanArsdol is set to continue running at the next level for the Missouri Western track and field program.
Missouri Governor Establishes Task Force to Overhaul K-12 School Funding by 2026
Missouri Governor Kehoe has appointed a diverse task force to review and improve the state's K-12 school funding model by December 2026.
See how Sugar Land, Missouri City's real estate market fared in April
The median home sales price decreased in three of five local ZIP codes year over year.
'I feel terrible for these guys' Michael Earley speaks after Texas A&M's loss to Missouri
After being swept by Missouri, Texas A&M HC Michael Earley discussed the team's struggles and moving on to the Georgia series
Missouri State football adds to offensive line with Kansas transfer in portal
Missouri State football added a transfer offensive tackle from Kansas out of the portal. He played high school at Blue Valley West in Kansas.
Kehoe appoints 16-member task force to modernize school funding in Missouri
Less than two decades after its last major revision, Missouri’s public school funding formula is headed for a rewrite. A newly created 16-member Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force appointed by Gov.
Missouri spring turkey season numbers largest since 2006
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation shows hunters checked 46,562 birds during this year’s spring turkey hunting season. Missouri Department of Agriculture Wild Turkey Biologist Nik Oakley said great production in 2023 resulted in a large population of gobblers this year and led to an 8% increase in the overall harvest compared to
Dom Izzo's Missouri Valley/Summit League notebook: Explaining the new Valley-Summit partnership
Expect to hear later this month about the national television games coming for the Missouri Valley Football Conference this fall.
Missouri House sends governor radioactive waste testing plan
The Missouri House sent Gov. Mike Kehoe legislation Monday aimed at expanding testing for radioactive waste in the St. Louis area.
Missouri AG Bailey files suit against utility in Lexington gas pipeline explosion
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey alleges in a lawsuit Monday that one of the utility companies involved in last month’s deadly gas pipeline explosion violated state law.
Family sues Missouri for woman’s death on wintry road
A family is suing the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission, claiming snowy roads in January contributed to a car crash that killed their loved one.
One person seriously injured in DeKalb County crash
A 26-year-old man sustained serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash early Sunday morning near Clarksdale, Missouri.
Jensen reminisces on 17 years running Missouri Valley wrestling program
Keefer Jensen spent nearly the last two decades helping the Missouri Valley wrestling program reach new heights.