Kansas, Uncategorized
Police offer reward for information leading to individual who beheaded police officer’s three-month-old puppyPARSONS, Kan. – Parsons Police Department is offering a $4,000 award for information leading to the arrest of someone who beheaded a dog belonging to one of their officers… Read More
National
Report: Inflation costs families around $3,500 this year(The Center Square) – A new report estimated the annual cost of elevated inflation this year will be around $3,500 per household. The Wharton School of the University… Read More
Christian Schools
Bethel Christian Academy wins Maryland discrimination caseA federal judge has ruled in favor of a Maryland Christian school that was denied access to a state voucher program based on its biblical views on marriage and… Read More
Culture
Why are You Cast Down, O My Soul | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for December 17As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears… Read More
State Government
Timeline of Sen. Dan Hegeman’s career and the positive impact he has left on the Missouri legislatureANDREW COUNTY, Mo. – First elected to the Missouri Senate in 2014, Sen. Dan Hegeman will be term-limited after the 2022 legislative session – but his diligent efforts and… Read More
National
Poll: Voters oppose new vaccine mandates to deal with omicron(The Center Square) – The latest strain of coronavirus has popped up around the globe, but the latest polling shows Americans are not in favor of new vaccine mandates… Read More
National
Senate votes to raise debt ceiling by $2.5 trillion(The Center Square) – The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday to raise the debt ceiling $2.5 trillion, a move that would avoid a default on the nation’s debt payments likely… Read More
Culture
Not To Be Seen By Others | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for December 16“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven. Thus,… Read More
National
Home prices at 45-year high, pricing many buyers out of the market(The Center Square) – Home prices are at a 45-year high, pricing many buyers out of an historic seller’s market, new data published by CoreLogic show. Annual… Read More
State Government
State Rep. David Gregory pre-files bill to ban Critical Race Theory from Missouri public schoolsJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – State Rep. David Gregory of the 96th District has prefiled legislation to prohibit the teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) and its principles within Missouri… Read More
State Government
Park Hill School District sued for discrimination and violating students’ constitutional rights after “Start slavery Again” petition was created by minority studentsRIVERSIDE, Mo. – Park Hill School District (PHSD) is being accused of discrimination and violating students’ constitutional rights in a federal lawsuit after its handling of an innapropriate joke… Read More
State Government
Marijuana legalization, criminal expungement to be addressed by legislature, ballot campaign(The Center Square) – Criminal justice reform wasn’t a priority for state Rep. Shamed Dogan, R-Ballwin, when first elected to the Missouri legislature in 2014. As he enters his… Read More
Government
Religious freedom proponents push back on Build Back Better Act childcare languageIn late October President Joe Biden announced the framework for his “Build Back Better” legislation, which would cost taxpayers close to $5 trillion over the next decade. The bill,… Read More
Christian Schools, Public Education
Making the switch: Five steps to withdraw your child from school mid-yearMany parents can feel overwhelmed at the thought of pulling their child from public school right in the middle of a school year. But take heart – it's not… Read More
Culture
Teach Your Children | Morning Routine Daily Devotional for December 15“When your son asks you in time to come, ‘What is the meaning of the testimonies and the statutes and the rules that the Lord our God has commanded… Read More
Local News, Uncategorized
After 2020 holiday plans were foiled by pandemic, the City of Carthage builds bigger, better celebration for 2021CARTHAGE, Mo. – With their big plans for last year’s Christmas cancelled due to COVID-19, Vision Carthage says they have reignited the community’s holiday interests for a comeback in… Read More
State Government
Doug Russell, former Missouri GOP State Party Chair, Named Campaign Chair for Taylor Burks for CongressLEBANON, Missouri – Taylor Burks for Congress announced today that Lebanon businessman DougRussell, former State Chairman of the Missouri Republican Party, is joining his team as CampaignChairman. Russell… Read More
National
AG Paxton: Texas will keep winning in court despite Biden administration’s disdain for state(The Center Square) – Attorney General Ken Paxton says it’s clear that the Biden administration dislikes the Lone Star State. He made the comments after the most recent lawsuit filed… Read More
National
Op-Ed: Bob Dole, stateman, politician, soldier and citizen"The proudest moment in my life, I'll remember most is the sight of all the wheelchairs on the White House lawn, when President Bush signed the Americans With Disabilities… Read More
Public Education
New Cato freedom report has state-by-state freedom rankings, including educational freedomThe Cato Institute, a nonprofit think tank, has released its 2021 “Freedom in the 50 States” report which considers how public policies affect individual freedoms economically, socially, and personally. Read More