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St. Louis Schools Face One of the Steepest Post-Pandemic Climbs Anywhere
The 74 via Yahoo News· 10 months agoWhen she enrolled her fourth grader at a St. Louis public school last fall, Krystal Barnett knew she...
Missouri’s bear population is growing. How many have been spotted near Kansas City?
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThere are about 900 black bears in the state, which is experiencing an annual growth rate of 9%,...
‘Not a great look.’ MO state government workforce is less diverse than state population
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPercy Johnson had worked in environmental health for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior...
Florida's rising minimum temperature propels it to the hottest state in the US, says study
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIf you gave people the chance to describe last year’s summer in one word, a good chunk of the...
The Rapper Huey’s Murder Eerily Echoed My Friend’s Death on the Same Bloody Streets
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPhoto Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Twitter/Associated PressWhen the well-known...
Clerks write 614 checks to themselves and steal $647,576 from Missouri city, feds say
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOver six years, two city employees wrote 614 city checks to themselves and embezzled $647,576 from a...
Overall crime is down in Springfield but rising shootings are 'our No. 1 problem'
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThirty-six hours after Kevin Schmidt reported a stray bullet had pierced the trunk of his '56 Chevy,...
Should Jackson County elect its assessor? Amid outrage, Missouri lawmakers want a change
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 5 months ago“I think the time has come for the citizens of Jackson County to be able to have their say on their...
Black people are twice as likely as white to be killed in Kansas City traffic crashes
Kansas City Star McClatchy Articles via AOL· 2 years agoBlack people are twice as likely to be killed in traffic crashes in Kansas City as white people,...
New tick diseases are emerging across the US and around the world — fueled by climate change — but...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA close-up of an adult female deer tick (right), dog tick (center), and a lone star tick...