Seven Missouri students land spots in national spelling bee

Let the spelling of many extremely difficult words begin. Seven Missouri students will show the country what they’re made of at this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee. The competition is May 27-29 in National Harbor, Maryland. Missouri’s spelling …

Missouri State Fire Marshal investigates house fire near MSSU

DUQUESNE, Mo. (KOAM) — Just before 6 p.m. Thursday reports of a fire in the 4200 block of University Circle alerted E-911. Duenweg Fire, METS ambulance responded. Automatic mutual aid were notified from Webb City and Joplin Fire. On arrival firefighters …

MoDOT announce road closures for Northeast Missouri

HANNIBAL, Mo. (WGEM) - The Missouri Department of Transportation has announced several road closures for Northeast Missouri. For Clark County: Route Y will be closed for patching operations from CR 161 to Missouri Route 81 between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. daily. …

Bodies found in Missouri River believed to be girls who went missing while fishing in Omaha

Authorities believe they have recovered the bodies of three girls who went missing after going on a fishing trip last month on the Missouri River in Omaha, Nebraska. Lah Tray Moo, 18, Laiana Green, 18, and Eh Cress Moo, 11, were out on the water and …

Missouri Senate passes education budget

Zebra mussels threaten Missouri; MDC urges thorough boat cleaning to prevent invasion

The Missouri Department of Conservation is urging boat owners to help prevent the spread of zebra mussels. Zebra mussels are invasive and capable of disrupting fish numbers and aquatic ecosystems. They get their name from the dark zig-zagged stripes on …

Wapello County police arrest man for allegedly stealing from at least 16 schools across Iowa, Missouri

An Arkansas man has been arrested for allegedly burglarizing at least 16 schools in Iowa and Missouri, Wapello County officials said. OTTUMWA, Iowa — The Wapello County Sheriff's Office has arrested an Arkansas man who allegedly burglarized at least 16 …

Package to address Missouri’s childcare crisis waits its turn in legislative line

The Missouri Legislature has two weeks left in its regular session and a top priority affecting the state’s families and workforce hangs in the balance. Gov. Mike Kehoe and several other lawmakers in both parties want to pass a childcare tax credit package …

Fight is not dead to change Missouri’s paid sick leave requirements

Missouri’s new paid sick leave requirements have begun but the fight to change those requirements is not over this legislative session. From mid to late April, State Senate Democrats successfully blocked two attempted votes on a bill that would roll back …

Kansas City, Missouri, City Council approves efforts to stop predatory towing

KSHB 41 reporter Isabella Ledonne covers issues surrounding government accountability and solutions. Share your story with Isabella. Big changes are coming to the regulations covering towing businesses in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City, Missouri, …