Springfield
Watchdog appalled after videoing children tipping drag queens at Springfield’s Ozarks Pridefest, challenges elected leaders’ support of itSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – A “Pridefest” here featured young children actually tipping dancing drag queens a la a strip club – and even one youth performing in drag who was… Read More
Jobs, St. Louis
Average wage in Ripley County $48K less than St. Louis(The Center Square) – The city of St. Louis had the highest average annual wage across all private industries in 2022 and Ripley County had the lowest, according to… Read More
Culture
‘Perversion of the radical left.’ Depravity displayed at recent Pride parades called out by Missouri lawmaker“We’re here, we’re queer we’re coming for your CHILDREN,” shouted marchers in a New York Pride parade. This was just one such example of the “perversion of the… Read More
Faith, Missouri
Old-fashioned tent revivals making a huge comeback in Kirbyville, MissouriKIRBYVILLE, Mo. – Branson-area residents now have the option to attend an old-fashioned tent revival set up by local entertainer Rich Watson, his wife and local evangelists. Three… Read More
Homeschools
Nonprofit fights discrimination against diplomas issued to homeschool high school graduatesA substitute public school teacher in Missouri and a correctional officer in Texas recently experienced discrimination in their careers on account of being homeschooled. Both graduated with homeschool… Read More
Energy
Ameren’s Missouri customers will pay more for electricity, exact amount not set(The Center Square) – More than one million Missourians with electricity provided by Ameren will be paying more for service, but the exact amount isn’t known.The Missouri Public… Read More
Culture, Opinion
Indoctrination nation: Missouri has moved to protect the youngest of children from age-inappropriate library books. Why won’t Kansas?Missouri has taken steps to protect its children from libidinous library books. Kansas obviously hasn’t. Why in the world not? Last week The Heartlander found a talking… Read More
Economy, Missouri
Missouri economy expanding as manufacturing sector adds jobs, increases wages(The Center Square) – Missouri is in an expansionary economy, according to a survey conducted by economists in the Midwest. Missouri’s Purchasing Managers’ Index for May was 51.2,… Read More
Missouri
Missouri counties get $4.9M in federal funds for 1.2M acres of tax-exempt land(The Center Square) – More than half of Missouri’s 114 counties will receive $4.9 million out of a total of $578.8 million in “payments in lieu of taxes” from… Read More
Springfield
Arena League football unveils Springfield team’s owner, logo and name – and it’s quite a catchSPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Arena League football announced the owner of its Springfield team and unveiled the new team’s name – the Ozarks Lunkers – during a press conference Wednesday. Read More
Missouri
Missouri parks now allowing harvesting of hay, drawing of water to help farmers deal with drought(The Center Square) – Missouri government agencies are allowing farmers to harvest hay and obtain water from state parks and conservation areas to deal with worsening drought conditions. Read More
Agriculture
Missouri governor joins coaltion to block California’s Proposition 12 limiting pork sales(The Center Square) – Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Tuesday that she’s a leader of a coalition that’s asking U.S. Congressional leaders to counter California’s Proposition 12 with a… Read More
Missouri
Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson encourages kids to help communities with CommUNITY Service ChallengeJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri First Lady Teresa Parson is encouraging kids to get out of the house and help others in their community this summer. Parson’s “CommUNITY… Read More
Gender Identity
Majority of Americans oppose trans athletes competing outside birth gender(The Center Square) – Nearly 70% of surveyed Americans say transgender athletes “should only be allowed to compete on sports teams that conform with their birth gender,” a poll… Read More
Missouri
Analysis: 50% of school buses fail inspection in St. Louis, Jefferson City(The Center Square) – School buses that operate in St. Louis and Jefferson City's public school districts had high rates of failed inspections performed by the Missouri State Highway… Read More
Free Speech
‘We should all be frightened’: landmark Missouri lawsuit over Biden’s ‘Orwellian’ censorship has judge’s full attentionA judge’s first crucial ruling is expected any time. But Missouri’s lawsuit fighting back against the Biden administration’s hectoring of Big Tech to censor conservative speech already has “landmark… Read More
COVID-19
Owner of Missouri companies indicted for $2.9M in COVID relief fraud, Clean Air Act violations(The Center Square) – A Missouri company has been indicted by a federal grand jury for fraudulently obtaining $2.9 million in federal pandemic loans and violating the Clean Air… Read More
Missouri, Springfield
Taxpayer funds support Springfield’s Ozarks Pridefest, where Satanic drag queen will perform for kids and familiesTaxpayer-funded organizations in Springfield, Missouri, are supporting this Saturday’s Ozarks Pridefest, which includes a drag queen known for lewd shows. What’s worse, critics say, is how the drag… Read More
Culture
Taxpayer funds support Springfield, Missouri’s Pridefest, where Satanic drag queen will perform for kids and familiesTaxpayer-funded organizations in Springfield, Missouri, are supporting this Saturday’s Ozarks Pridefest, which includes a drag queen known for lewd shows. What’s worse, critics say, is how the drag… Read More
AI, Congress
Congress must act urgently to protect personal data, kids and elections from growing threat of AI, Hawley warnsFacebook parent Meta may have unleashed the kraken with the apparent leak of its text-generating program “LLaMA,” while even more secure artificial intelligence models have already been used for… Read More