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Thirty students graduated March 3 from the University of Central Missouri’s (UCM) Hazardous Materials Removal Technician Certificate Program, marking the largest class in its history and …
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3/13/26
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A public community forum on 7-OH and Kratom will be held at 5:30 p.m. March 19 in the Nahm Auditorium at the University of Central Missouri.
Kratom and 7-OH have been listed as substances …
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3/13/26
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The gerrymandered congressional map pushed through the General Assembly by Republicans meets constitutional requirements for districts to be compact and contiguous, a Jackson County …
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By Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
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3/13/26
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The proposed constitutional amendment asking Missourians if they want to replace the income tax by adding a sales tax to services and other transactions moved one step closer to the …
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By Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
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3/13/26
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The Missouri House this week passed bills cutting extraneous teacher training requirements and adding supports for literacy in elementary schools. At the halfway point of the legislative session, the …
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By Annelise Hanshaw
Missouri Independent
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3/13/26
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The plan to completely overhaul the way Missouri funds higher education survived a committee vote Wednesday despite bipartisan misgivings about the impact on state colleges and …
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By Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
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3/13/26
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Warrensburg Parks & Recreation has placed coyote decoys at Lions Lake Park as part of a humane effort to help manage the number of Canada geese gathering around the lake and surrounding park …
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3/13/26
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WARRENSBURG – Every day, Johnson County Board of Services executive director Melissa Frey steps into her office at the JCBS headquarters to serve the 348 clients in Johnson County with …
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By Hasina Shah hasina.shah@warrensburgstarjournal.com
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3/12/26
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The Missouri House on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that would extend the statute of limitations for survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file civil action.
The bill , sponsored by …
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By Steph Quinn
Missouri Independent
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3/12/26
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A bill to protect ballot summaries written by politicians from judicial revision passed the Missouri House on Wednesday, as lawmakers moved to restore a law struck down …
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By Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
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3/12/26
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There are 32 attorneys, investigators and specialists in the Missouri State Public Defender Office dedicated to preventing the wrongful execution of innocent people on death row.
The agency …
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By Steph Quinn
Missouri Independent
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3/12/26
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Two candidates are vying for one open seat as the Southeast Sewer District Supervisor in the 2026 Municipal Election on April 7.
Those voted into each position will serve a five-year term. …
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By Hasina Shah hasina.shah@warrensburgstarjournal.com
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3/10/26
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WARRENSBURG – The Warrensburg City Council approved an ordinance for the city manager and city clerk to execute a contract agreement with J.C. Myers Construction for this year’s annual Curb and …
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By Hasina Shah hasina.shah@warrensburgstarjournal.com
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3/10/26
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Kingsville man seriously injured in Johnson County collision
A Kingsville man, 81, suffered serious injuries and a Pleasant Hill man, 16, suffered minor injuries at 12:39 p.m. Monday, March 9, …
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3/10/26
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WARRENSBURG – The historic Johnson County Courthouse is on track for its year-end completion date.
In a meeting with Straub Construction on Tuesday, March 3, Johnson County Presiding …
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By Hasina Shah hasina.shah@warrensburgstarjournal.com
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3/10/26
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The Missouri Senate unanimously approved legislation Tuesday clarifying that pregnant women can get divorced, making it the first non-budget bill to be sent to Gov. Mike Kehoe this …
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By Anna Spoerre
Missouri Independent
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3/10/26
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A proposed constitutional amendment that would give lawmakers broad authority to expand the state sales tax and use the revenue to eliminate the income tax won initial approval in the …
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By Jason Hancock
Missouri Independent
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3/10/26
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The first case challenging Missouri’s gerrymandered redistricting plan to reach the state Supreme Court questions whether lawmakers had the power to enact the plan at all.
The …
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By Rudi Keller
Missouri Independent
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3/10/26
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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats tasked with overseeing defense left a classified briefing Tuesday incensed about President Donald Trump’s war with Iran, as the United States and Israel continue …
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By Ashley Murray and Jennifer Shutt
States Newsroom
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3/10/26
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The first warning sign that all was not well with Miranda Malone’s mom was that she had lost a lot of weight.
It was June 2020, and Malone, of St. Charles County, hadn’t been able to visit …
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By Steph Quinn
Missouri Independent
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3/10/26
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