The program uses cost sharing, where the state, employers and families each pay part of the child care expense.

Parks and Recreation is working with community members on Douglass Park's basketball court designs.

Jean Kuczka, a health and physical education teacher at Central Visual and Performing Arts high school and cross-country coach at Collegiate School of Medicine and Bioscience, was shot and killed three years ago while protecting her students.

MoDOT plans to expand the current three-lane highway to five lanes.

The Food Bank Market expects more people will need assistance during November due to the unavailability of SNAP benefits.

The Drug Enforcement Administration is holding its biannual National Take Back Day on Saturday, Oct. 25.

A statue of Confederate general Albert Pike, which had been pulled down during the Black Lives Matter movement, has been put back up in Washington, D.C.'s Judiciary Square.

Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim they've seized the Sudanese army's last base in El Fasher, Darfur — trapping hundreds of thousands and stoking fears the country could split in two.

In his first campaign to lead Ontario, Ford started out as a Trump-style populist. But tariffs changed his view and he is now a consistent thorn in the U.S. president's side.

Downtown Columbia (a.k.a. The District) kicks off its holiday season with a family-friendly 'Holiday Shop Hop & Holiday Lighting' this Saturday in the courtyard by Serendipity Salon & Gallery on Walnut Street. Executive director Nickie Davis says, "if you have not experienced it, you absolutely have to come out and experience it." October 27, 2025

The Missouri Symphony is treating its 55th anniversary as a major celebratory milestone, in part to compensate for the muted 50th anniversary that occurred during the 2020 pandemic. On today's show, executive director, Trent Rash, and musical director, Wilbur Lin, give us a preview of what's to come! October 24, 2025

Hermann celebrates its German heritage every year through Oktoberfest, where businesses open their doors for beer sipping, bratwurst-eating, and even a lederhosen contest.

This store is the first one in Missouri that is outside of the St. Louis and Kansas City areas.

Missouri-born music artist Chappell Roan has announced the launch of a project supporting LGBTQ+ communities throughout the country — including two community centers in Missouri.

"Our whole goal is to not only get veterans off the street, but to keep them from becoming homeless again." And thanks to contributions received from fundraisers like Casino Night (the 10th annual is coming up!), Welcome Home has been able to do just that since its founding in 1992. Guest: Megan Sievers, executive director of Welcome Home | October 23, 2025