The pay raise would be on top of a 2% increase already scheduled to begin next month.
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After several days of record warmth and 70s... a major cold front will blow though the entire area later tonight with a likelihood of storms, a few of which could produce warnings. Tonight is a night that it is in your best interest to go to bed with your phone on and audible ways to get weather warnings.
The fire department on Thursday announced the loss of Capt. Ivan LaGrand, who began working in the fire department in 1996 and was planning to retire in about a year.
JEFFERSON CITY, MO — The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Friday announced the first case of the COVID-19 omicron variant detected in the state.
Fentanyl test strips were first developed as way to screen for people using fentanyl by testing their urine, but harm reduction groups found a way to utilize the strips to help keep the drug supply safer.
Just before Missouri Gov. Mike Parson condemned a St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporter for exposing a state database flaw, records show the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education was preparing to thank him for finding the glitch.
"His humor and care for his brothers and sisters in public safety will be greatly missed," the fire department said in a Facebook post announcing LaGrand's passing Thursday.
The Campaign Legal Center alleges in its complaint filed Wednesday that the Republican U.S. Senate candidate broke a state campaign finance disclosure law.
An investigation by multiple law enforcement agencies in Missouri, Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky resulted in the exposure of an ATV theft ring based out of Olive Branch, Mississippi.
Omicron, the latest covid variant is top of mind for Paducah doctors. Right now they have a lot of questions about the variant, and are working to find out how it will impact the Local 6 area.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri officials want to continue having a private company handle calls about jobless benefits in the state even though the unemployment rate has returned to pre-pandemic levels.
A federal judge in Missouri issued an order Monday partially blocking the Biden administration from implementing a vaccine mandate for certain health care workers.
By Friday afternoon, $1.1 million had been generated through GoFundMe for Kevin Strickland.
(CNN) -- The first tracings of dinosaurs in Missouri were found in the 1940s on the Chronister family's property when they were digging a well. In October, nearly 60 years later, another set of fossils from the same species were uncovered about 50 feet (15 meters) away.
The NFL and Rams owner Stan Kroenke will pay $790 million to settle a lawsuit filed by St. Louis interests over the team’s relocation to Los Angeles. The settlement announced Wednesday ends a lawsuit filed in 2017.
Kevin Strickland, from a wheelchair, spoke shortly after he was released from jail Tuesday afternoon and said he's thankful for his attorneys and everyone who listened to him over the years while he maintained his innocence.
The change is a sign of the pressures low-cost retailers face holding down prices during a period of rising inflation.
The ACLU says banning the books infringes on students' First Amendment rights by limiting access to ideas.
Missouri's health department says few fully vaccinated Missourians later caught COVID-19 and even fewer died from the virus.
Police responded to a burglar alarm at a local business around 12 a.m. Wednesday and encountered a man with a weapon.
The US Geological Survey is is reporting a 4.0 magnitude earthquake about 7 miles from Epps Township, Missouri.
BUFFALO, Mo. (AP) — Authorities say remains found at a southwest Missouri home were those of a missing woman who was photographed partially nude inside a cage.
The Missouri Farm Bureau, MFA Oil and MFA Inc., along with Doyle Manufacturing Company, are part of the lawsuit.
The lawsuit claims school officials violated the students’ First Amendment, due process and equal protection rights.
A second set of states has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers.
BALLWIN, Mo. (AP) — Police have identified three teens killed in a fiery crash in a St. Louis suburb that also seriously injured two others.
KYTC District 1 says the ferry has been closed for ramp repairs since Friday night.
The Missouri health department is giving nursing homes a legal pathway to temporarily shut down if they face staffing shortages because of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Police say the woman injured in the crash was taken to a local hospital and later transferred to a St. Louis hospital because of the extent of her injuries.
The victim was found in a vehicle, suffering from a gunshot wound. Police say the 18-year-old man was taken to Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, where he later died of his injuries.
DEXTER, Mo. (AP) — A man has been charged with ramming another man with a vehicle at a southeast Missouri truck repair business and killing him.
Kevin Strickland 62, was convicted in the April 25, 1978, fatal shootings of Larry Ingram, 21; John Walker, 20; and Sherrie Black, 22, in Kansas City.
Investigators said the man had a ticket to travel from St. Louis from Kansas City, Missouri, and was carrying a .40-caliber semi-automatic pistol at the time of his arrest.
Eight people were killed and more than 300 were treated after the chaos unfolded Friday night.
Authorities say a man suspected in multiple shooting deaths in and around St. Louis has been arrested and charged with murder in the killings of two people — including a 16-year-old girl.
A Missouri woman began working on new the legislation that targets drunk drivers after an accident in April that claimed the lives of three loved ones.
A federal lawsuit accuses the National Rifle Association of violating campaign finance laws by using shell companies to illegally funnel up to $35 million to Republican candidates.
The two people who were shot during the incident were taken by a private vehicle to an area medical facility. Police say their injuries were not life threatening.
University President Dr. Carlos Vargas set a vaccination goal of 70%. The deadline to meet that goal was Nov. 1. But, the university on Friday announced they have surpassed the goal.
Jerry Ott was reported missing Monday in Dunklin County, Missouri. Authorities now say he is dead, and two people are charged in connection to his death.
The mandate says companies with at least 100 employees must require their employees to be vaccinated or undergo weekly testing.
The Washington-based nonprofit campaign finance watchdog group Campaign Legal Center filed a federal complaint against Greitens' Senate campaign Thursday.
A 31-year-old southern Illinois man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a police officer at a gas station.
The storms caused power outages and damaged trees, power structures and some buildings, but left no serious injuries.
Police in suburban St. Louis say a woman is on the run after fatally shooting her ex-girlfriend's fiancée a day after the couple announced their engagement.
Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis.
The National Weather Service has confirmed five tornadoes hit in parts of southeastern Missouri and southwestern Illinois as severe storms raked the region on Sunday.
DUNKLIN COUNTY, MO — The Dunklin County Sheriff's Office is searching for 61-year-old Jerry Ott, who was last seen on Sunday.
On Monday, Nov. 1 the Cape Girardeau Public Health Center will be administering Moderna and J&J COVID-19 boosters.
The National Weather Service says an EF-3 tornado hit Fredericktown Sunday night, damaging homes, businesses and the main electrical substation that feeds power to the city of about 4,000.
