Area health departments are putting the finishing touches on plans to keep residents and travelers healthy during the FIFA World Cup. Officials are hopeful increased wastewater surveillance and unified messaging will help prevent outbreaks.

Dave Sorrell says he plans to focus on infrastructure and public safety if he's elected to the vacated Ward 4 seat.

The legislation includes many changes to state elections, including restoring voting rights to some parolees and allowing the use of campaign dollars for childcare.

The former state lawmaker will stop down from the state's top job in K-12 education after the Missouri State Board of Education accepted her retirement on Tuesday.

The high court also rejected lawsuits contending that the new lines passed in 2025 were not compact as required by law.

The board also tabled its discussion of a proposed policy that would allow it to forgo recording all open meetings.

State officials in New York say the Salmon River district's special education program confined young children with disabilities in wooden boxes. Parents weren't notified.

The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the abortion pill mifepristone can continue to be prescribed online or over the phone and sent through the mail.

The education secretary faced questions about the shrinking of her agency, limits on federal student loan borrowing and oversight of the education of students with disabilities.

The app was created to make drought and flood data easily accessible and understandable to Missouri residents.

Monday's crackdown seized nearly $60,000 of illegal revenue, according to Hanaway.

Summer may once have been a slower time, but an increase in summer college classes may mean the once-transient student population is now more stable.

On this month’s Socially Transmitted, KBIA's Rebecca Smith and Najifa Farhat take a look at pre- and probiotic sodas, such as Olipop, Poppi and Simply Pop, which claim to make you and your gut healthier. But what does the science actually show?

CoMoGives has a new name: CentralMOGives! Community Foundation of Central Missouri executive director Eric Sappington says the change was needed to be more inclusive and better represent the foundation's entire 10-county service area: "it's not just rebranding and a name change. It's really a change of the whole focus." May 12, 2026

The event will feature more than 50 vendors and live music from local bands.