Department of Conservation to host Black Bear Presentation Friday
By Jim Faris Missouri’s Department of Natural Resources is hosting a free event to inform Missourians on black bears. MDC’s “Black Bears of Missouri” features information on black bear behavior, as well as how to prevent conflicts
Feds cancel $4.9 billion loan for Grain Belt Express transmission line project

Grain Belt Express is expected to run from southwest Kansas carrying renewable energy through Missouri and Illinois before ending at the Indiana border (Robert Zullo/States Newsroom). The U.S. Department of Energy announced Wednesday it was cancelling a
Expanded roles and position battles during Chiefs Training Camp

Mike Caliendo works on a blocking drill/ Photo by Justin Peacock By MATT PIKE It was another hot day at Kansas City Chiefs training camp on the Missouri Western campus, but the Chiefs were still grinding hard
Chiefs President applauds St. Joseph, MWSU as Training Camp kicks off

Chiefs President Mark Donovan with St. Joseph Mayor John Josendale, Missouri Western President Elizabeth Kennedy, and Mosaic CEO Mike Poore.JPG By MATT PIKE It’s been here longer than they may have ever imagined, but the Kansas City
Missouri Supreme Court rules local governments can’t stack marijuana sales taxes

Robust Cannabis has a 75,000-square-foot facility in Cuba, Mo. with about 70 employees who come from the surrounding areas (Rebecca Rivas/Missouri Independent). By: Jason HancockMissouri Independent Cities and counties are not allowed to stack sales taxes on marijuana products,
13-year-old injured after motocross bike, SUV crash
BUCHANAN COUNTY—One person was injured in an accident just after 8p.m. Tuesday in Buchanan County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a KTM SX65 motocross bike driven by a 13-year-old Dearborn boy was southbound on SE 32nd
Justice Department says Deputy AG to meet with Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that Deputy Attorney Todd Blanche will meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted associate of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, sometime in the “coming days.” Blanche said Tuesday that Bond has directed him
Heavy metal legend Ozzy Osbourne dies at age 76

Heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne has died at the age of 76. Osbourne’s family announced the rock legend’s passing in a statement to The Sun on Tuesday: “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we
Brandy and Monica add Florida dates to their first co-headlining ‘The Boy Is Mine Tour’

Shortly after Brandy and Monica announced the their first-ever co-headlining run this fall, the duo are expanding the trek with three newly announced dates in Florida this December — in Tampa, Miami, and Jacksonville. Brandy and Monica
Eminem documentary ‘STANS’ to be released in theaters on August 7

STANS, the documentary detailing the inner workings of superfandom produced by none other than Eminem, will debut in theaters across the U.S. on Aug. 7. The film will be show in just over 135 AMC theaters for
