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Florissant Patch​.‌com
  ​🌱 Patch AM: How St. Ferdinand in Florissant helped shape 200 years of faith
...upcoming Jubilee events, and how Florissant helped shape Catholic education and mission work across Missouri and beyond. • Brave KFC Worker Tackles Armed Thug After Refusing to Hand Over Phone (discernreport.com)...
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Warrensburg Daily Star Journal
  Warrensburg area police reports for June 30
...booked, and released pending state charges. It was later determined that the case would go through Municipal Court, and a city summons was mailed to the male. Geoffrey S. Carroll, 32, was arrested June 2 in...
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KSMU Radio
  Missouri lawmakers passed nothing on data centers this year — that could change
...Published June 29, 2026 at 10:45 AM CDT Sarah Kellogg / St. Louis Public Radio Members of the Missouri Rural Crisis Center and the No MO Dirty Data Center Coalition participate in a data center protest...
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Kansas City Star
  / Paywall
  Could Mark Turgeon be the one to get KC Roos hoops hopping? He has a local angle
...office occupied by the campus’ newest coaching regime is a rendering. The image portrays a reimagined Municipal Auditorium in downtown Kansas City, the Roos’ new home for the 2026-27 season. The team played...
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Griffon News
  LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP MU celebrates new med school in Springfield Jun 30, 2026 2 hrs ago
• University of Missouri leaders celebrated the opening of a new medical school facility in Springfield last week. The school purchased the $10.3 million building on East Battlefield Road. This expansion...
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Missouri Soybeans
  Missouri Soybean Association Endorses Nathan Willett for Missouri’s 6th Congressional District
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) today announced its endorsement of Nathan Willett for Missouri’s 6th Congressional District, citing his deep Missouri roots and commitment to...
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Jefferson City News Tribune
  New playground theme suggested for East Miller Park
...excited to get that area completely done." Stephi Smith ssmith@newstribune.com Stephi Smith is the city government reporter for the Jefferson City News Tribune. She writes mostly about parks, city hall board...
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Jefferson City News Tribune
  News Tribune to livestream Salute to America parade Saturday
...government and Lincoln University reporter for the Jefferson City News Tribune. She mostly writes about state agencies, the Missouri legislature and features on Lincoln University. Lizbeth joined the News Tribune...
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Columbia Daily Tribune
  / Paywall
  Columbia's general rule on residents using fireworks? Don't.
June 30, 2026, 4:02 a.m. CT The city of Columbia, Missouri, generally prohibits the use of fireworks, with sparklers being the only exception for residents. Columbia will host its annual "Fire in the...
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Columbia Daily Tribune
  / Paywall
  Shops at Sharp End transition timeline clarified by program leadership
...minority business incubator in Columbia, will remain open through September with limited hours. Central Missouri Community Action is using its reserves to fund the extension after ARPA funding ended. Most program...
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Springfield patch​.‌com
  ​🌱 Patch AM: Who will help decide how Springfield’s new sales tax money is spent?
You won't want to miss The Justice Open benefitting Legal Services of Southern Missouri on the Springfield Patch calendar Posted Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 2:18 am CT Hello Springfield! Stay connected with...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
  Data center developer under investigation for dilapidated Osawatomie building his company owns
...building. Posted KSHB 41 reporter Ryan Gamboa covers Miami County in Kansas and Cass County in Missouri. He also covers agricultural topics. Neighbors involved in a petition to launch the investigation...
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Business Times Missouri
  Governor Newsom announces appointments 6.29.2026
...LaPlante, Spinelli, & Donald from 2005 to 2006. She earned a Juris Doctor degree at University of Missouri, Columbia Law School and a Bachelor of General Studies at University of Missouri, St Louis. This...
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KZRG 1310 AM/102​.‌9 FM Joplin
  Q&A session on Amendment 5 held at Joplin City Hall
Q&A session on Amendment 5 held at Joplin City Hall Missouri's Amendment 5 is getting a lot of attention and area residents had the chance to ask questions at Joplin's City Hall Monday evening. The proposed...
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Springfield Daily Citizen
  Springfield City Council approves 120-day moratorium on new data centers
Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag delivers the annual "State of the City" speech as part of the Chamber of Commerce's monthly "Good Morning Springfield" program on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at AG Financial Arena...
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KSHB-TV ABC Kansas City
  Concerns rise over relocation of Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial at Washington Square Park
...relocation The local Korean American community is waiting with bated breath to find out the future of the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial. Posted and last updated KSHB 41 anchor/reporter JuYeon Kim covers...
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KSMU Radio
  Missouri and Kansas police use cameras to track license plates, but residents resist surveillance
...PM CDT Automated license plate readers near Prospect Avenue and Gregory Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri. There is a system of cameras in the United States that can track your movements from coast to coast...
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Kansas City Star
  / Paywall
  Wyandotte County administrator to resign at end of week. Here’s what we know
...Johnston recently informed government leadership of his decision to resign, according to that release. Mayor Christal Watson plans to propose who she thinks should temporarily replace Johnston as Interim County...
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Springfield Daily Citizen
  Andy’s seeks $4.4M in tax breaks for new Springfield HQ; City Council to hear plans in July
...an account yet? Register here. IN-DEPTH Andy’s Frozen Custard has filed a detailed plan with the city of Springfield for an industrial development project for the frozen treat company’s new headquarters....
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KZRG 1310 AM/102​.‌9 FM Joplin
  Joplin mayor stresses heat safety, talks budget priorities
Joplin mayor stresses heat safety, talks budget priorities JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — As summer temperatures settle over the Four States, Joplin Mayor Rob O'Brian is reminding residents that several city facilities...
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KBIA (NPR) Columbia
  Data centers have loud opposition, but supporters gathered at Missouri S&T to push them
...Louis Public Radio While data center supporters gathered inside, protesters assembled outside the Missouri S&T forum on data centers on Thursday. While many gatherings around data centers have been protests...
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KZIM-AM 960 Cape Girardeau
  State Grant Funds New $30,000 Gateway Sign in Jackson Ribbon-Cutting
...City of Jackson will have a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a brand-new Welcome to Jackson sign. The Missouri Division of Tourism’s Marketing Platform Development Grant Program provided financing for the new...
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NorthwestMoInfo​.‌com
  St. Joseph proposed data center developer withdraws application
...the 130-acre plot, causing the city to cancel the town hall meeting scheduled for July 16 at the Missouri Theater. The rezoning request is removed from consideration at the Planning Commission’s July 23...
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Southeast Missourian
  / Paywall
  Speak Out: Communism on the rise
...Moms Demand Action was an anti-gun/anti-American cult. That's one reason I voted against the last mayor; she invited them to a committee that, of course, was against our rights. Back the NRA and other pro-American...
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Griffon News
  LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP MU celebrates new med school in Springfield Jun 30, 2026 2 hrs ago
• University of Missouri leaders celebrated the opening of a new medical school facility in Springfield last week. The school purchased the $10.3 million building on East Battlefield Road. This expansion...
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Missouri Soybeans
  Missouri Soybean Association Endorses Nathan Willett for Missouri’s 6th Congressional District
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Soybean Association (MSA) today announced its endorsement of Nathan Willett for Missouri’s 6th Congressional District, citing his deep Missouri roots and commitment to...
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KWOC
  Tuesday, June 30, 2026
COOLING ITEM GIVEAWAY TO BE HELD TODAY AT MISSOURI HIGHLANDS HEALTH CARE IN POPLAR BLUFF Missouri Highlands Health Care will be distributing cooling items to area residents today during the ongoing heatwave....
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Jefferson City News Tribune
  YOUR OPINION: Question Amendment 5 claims
...is beside the point. Amendment 5 is not a data-center tax measure. It is a proposal to phase out Missouri's state income tax by expanding sales and use taxes. Missouri's graduated income tax asks more from...
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Jefferson City News Tribune
  YOUR OPINION: Don’t get fooled on Amendment 5
...what will be taxed. It gives the legislature the power to replace income taxes with a much broader sales tax and figure out the details later. That means voters are supposed to say "yes" now and cross our...
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KCUR
  Missourians are living with a double whammy of student loans and credit card debt
...time," Englehart said. In April, The Midwest Newsroom distributed a questionnaire asking people in Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa about their affordability pain points . Englehart was among...
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Springfield patch​.‌com
  ​🌱 Patch AM: Who will help decide how Springfield’s new sales tax money is spent?
You won't want to miss The Justice Open benefitting Legal Services of Southern Missouri on the Springfield Patch calendar Posted Tue, Jun 30, 2026 at 2:18 am CT Hello Springfield! Stay connected with...
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Park Hills Daily Journal
  / Paywall
  Missouri parks tax won every county in 2016. Backers worry about crowded primary this year
Missouri’s popular parks and soil sales tax faces a 10-year renewal in an August primary, as supporters worry anti-tax campaigns could drag it down. Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent Missouri’s popular...
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KMBC ABC 9 Kansas City
  Property tax credit proposal for Jackson County homeowners stalls in legislature
A measure to provide property tax credits to Jackson County homeowners stalled Monday in the legislature.The plan would apply to homeowners who paid higher property taxes in 2023 and 2024 because their...
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KZRG 1310 AM/102​.‌9 FM Joplin
  Q&A session on Amendment 5 held at Joplin City Hall
Q&A session on Amendment 5 held at Joplin City Hall Missouri's Amendment 5 is getting a lot of attention and area residents had the chance to ask questions at Joplin's City Hall Monday evening. The proposed...
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Spectrum News St​.‌ Louis
  Hot and humid week ahead, Shooting blocks from Energizer Park disrupts game, St. Louis prepares to be in PGA spotlight
...more local stories from across the country. Today's Big Stories 1. A hot and and humid week in Missouri Temperatures will reach the mid and upper 90s, but factor in humidity and it will feel more like...
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Branson Tri-Lakes News   +3 other publications
  Missourians will vote on a 40-year-old state parks tax in August. Can it pass again?
Visitors leaving Columbia's Rock Bridge State Park are bid farewell by the park's entrance sign. Missouri is one of eight states without state park entrance fees for both in-state and out-of-state guests....
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Springfield Daily Citizen
  Andy’s seeks $4.4M in tax breaks for new Springfield HQ; City Council to hear plans in July
...an account yet? Register here. IN-DEPTH Andy’s Frozen Custard has filed a detailed plan with the city of Springfield for an industrial development project for the frozen treat company’s new headquarters....
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KMOV 4 St​.‌ Louis   +1 other publication
  VOTER GUIDE: August 4 primary election in Missouri
...LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Voters will head to the polls on August 4 for the primary election in Missouri. Absentee voting is already underway, with the August 4 deadline to return ballots that are postmarked...
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KZRG 1310 AM/102​.‌9 FM Joplin
  Joplin mayor stresses heat safety, talks budget priorities
Joplin mayor stresses heat safety, talks budget priorities JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — As summer temperatures settle over the Four States, Joplin Mayor Rob O'Brian is reminding residents that several city facilities...
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Jefferson City News Tribune
 
...big agriculture stories: the U.S. Supreme Court’s major ruling in the Bayer/Roundup litigation and Missouri’s response to the emergence of New World Screwworm. We also break down Jefferson City’s proposed...
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Missouri business alert
  Missouri Minute: Parents organize against Amendment 5; Affordable Care Act enrollees drop
By MBA Staff Good morning, MBA readers, Missouri voters will decide this fall whether or not to extend the state's Parks, Soil and Water tax, which provides the majority of funding for the Missouri Parks...
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KTTN Trenton
  Government audit gives St. Clair County good rating, cites issues
...operations in St. Clair County are functioning efficiently, according to a newly released audit by Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick. The audit assigned the county a "good" rating while identifying...
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KBIA (NPR) Columbia   +3 other publications
  Missouri parent groups organize against Amendment 5 over school funding concerns
KBIA | By Annelise Hanshaw, Missouri Independent Published June 29, 2026 at 7:38 AM CDT Sarah Laub tried everything to get her son with learning disabilities a better education. She drove him to a private...
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Sikeston Standard Democrat
  / Paywall
  Millions already pouring into Missouri ballot fights over taxes and majority rule
Missouri ballot fights over Amendments 4 and 5 — reshaping income taxes and citizen-led amendments — have already raised $14.5 million and spent $3.3 million on ads. A yard sign opposing Amendments 4 and...
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Southeast Missourian   +11 other publications
  Missouri budget earmarks face scrutiny as Gov. Mike Kehoe’s deadline nears
With a $2B gap and waning surplus, Gov. Mike Kehoe faces Tuesday deadline to sign or veto Missouri’s $50.7B budget and $304M in earmarks under new fiscal scrutiny. Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decisions on the $50.7...
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Business 
 
Springfield Daily Citizen
  Lincoln Hough, Crystal Quade criticize term limits, lobbyist influence in Jefferson City
...coverage is made possible by the Merrill Lynch Nelson Hallam Group. Reflecting on their time in the Missouri General Assembly, outgoing state Sen. Lincoln Hough and former state Rep. Crystal Quade repeatedly...
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Missouri Independent
  Why Trump chose a deal over a wider Iran War, and what it means for Missouri
...impact on food production The consequences extended well beyond the farm. Higher fertilizer and transportation costs contributed to rising food prices, placing additional pressure on households already struggling...
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St​.‌ Louis Public Radio NPR
  Missouri flight school trains Black pilots in the spirit of the Tuskegee Airmen
...Piper Archer plane he has been flying out of the Charles B. Wheeler downtown airport in Kansas City, Missouri. Stokes is a graduate of the Red Tail Academy. Only 2% of pilots and aviation engineers are Black,...
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Jefferson City News Tribune
  City begins third phase of West Main historic property survey
...their homes as part of the process. Instead, he will take photos of each property from the public right-of-way to evaluate their architectural design, alterations and material quality. In addition to physical...
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Columbia Daily Tribune
  / Paywall
  Shops at Sharp End transition timeline clarified by program leadership
...minority business incubator in Columbia, will remain open through September with limited hours. Central Missouri Community Action is using its reserves to fund the extension after ARPA funding ended. Most program...
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KOMU -TV8 Columbia
  Columbia's Downtown District seeks community input as funding for Shops at Sharp End runs dry
COLUMBIA − Community members and city leaders sat in a circle of chairs at the Regional Economic Development Inc., or REDI, headquarters as they worked to discuss the future of the Shops at Sharp End. ...
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Park Hills Daily Journal
  / Paywall
  Missouri parks tax won every county in 2016. Backers worry about crowded primary this year
Missouri’s popular parks and soil sales tax faces a 10-year renewal in an August primary, as supporters worry anti-tax campaigns could drag it down. Rudi Keller, Missouri Independent Missouri’s popular...
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Kansas City Star
  / Paywall
  KC candidate blasts both parties with controversial slam; ‘These clowns’
...Democrats." Piker said viewers donated over $30,000 to Gray’s campaign during the interview. Kansas City Democrat Hartzell Gray emphasized his Democratic Socialist policy platform in a wide-ranging interview...
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Springfield Daily Citizen
  Springfield City Council approves 120-day moratorium on new data centers
Springfield Mayor Jeff Schrag delivers the annual "State of the City" speech as part of the Chamber of Commerce's monthly "Good Morning Springfield" program on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at AG Financial Arena...
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University Missouri-St​.‌Louis Current   +1 other publication
  UMSL Engineering Summer Camps plant seeds for future engineers in the St. Louis region
...drone exhibition by an engineer from Ameren during the Engineering Summer Camp at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. The university hosted 21 students from over 10 regional middle schools June 15-18, while...
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KBSI-TV Fox 23
  Supreme Court ruling gives a reprieve to states with grace periods for receiving mail ballots
...political strategies. Trump also has effectively taken over operations of the RNC, the GOP’s main fundraising and political operation. Calling Monday’s ruling "a tremendous loss," Trump used it as a way to...
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Springfield Daily Citizen
  Andy’s seeks $4.4M in tax breaks for new Springfield HQ; City Council to hear plans in July
...an account yet? Register here. IN-DEPTH Andy’s Frozen Custard has filed a detailed plan with the city of Springfield for an industrial development project for the frozen treat company’s new headquarters....
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KMOV 4 St​.‌ Louis   +1 other publication
  VOTER GUIDE: August 4 primary election in Missouri
...LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Voters will head to the polls on August 4 for the primary election in Missouri. Absentee voting is already underway, with the August 4 deadline to return ballots that are postmarked...
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The Narrative Matters
  EPA Brownfields Grant: Congressman Bell Secures $500,000 to Clean Up and Revitalize Land in St. Louis
...assessments, and community outreach—part of more than $7 million in EPA Brownfields funding awarded to Missouri. Representative Wesley Bell announces $12.3M in funding for transformative St. Louis projects. ...
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KBIA (NPR) Columbia
  Data centers have loud opposition, but supporters gathered at Missouri S&T to push them
...Louis Public Radio While data center supporters gathered inside, protesters assembled outside the Missouri S&T forum on data centers on Thursday. While many gatherings around data centers have been protests...
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KTTN Trenton
  Government audit gives St. Clair County good rating, cites issues
...operations in St. Clair County are functioning efficiently, according to a newly released audit by Missouri State Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick. The audit assigned the county a "good" rating while identifying...
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Southeast Missourian   +11 other publications
  Missouri budget earmarks face scrutiny as Gov. Mike Kehoe’s deadline nears
With a $2B gap and waning surplus, Gov. Mike Kehoe faces Tuesday deadline to sign or veto Missouri’s $50.7B budget and $304M in earmarks under new fiscal scrutiny. Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decisions on the $50.7...
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