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Be careful driving on roads with farm equipment
Last year, there were 201 Missouri traffic crashes involving farm equipment and farm implements. In those crashes, four people were killed and 46 were injured. Scott Kubala with News 1st says the Missouri State Highway Patrol has provided some tips for motorists who may travel this harvest season...
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Teenager injured in Wayne Co accident
WAYNE CO, Mo (News First) - A teenager from Williamsville was injured in a one-vehicle accident Sunday night in Wayne County. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the accident took place...
Desloge VFW can help with disability veterans
DESLOGE, Mo. (News First) - If you are a veteran or know a veteran who may be having trouble signing up for their disability benefits, the V.F.W. in Desloge might be able to help out. Joe Misuraca...
Missouri offers free child microchips
SEMO (News First) - A program, now in its 20th year in Missouri, is seeing some success. Rodney Klein coordinates this special program that could help save your child’s life. Kleine says the MOCHIP...
Marine Corps League has a special fundraiser
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - The Marine Corps League seems to have a great chapter in southeast Missouri. They call themselves the Mineral Area Marines and Doug Robinson is the commandant of the...
Farmington seeking public input for new lane on Columbia St
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - The City of Farmington is looking for public input on the idea of adding a second lane to westbound Columbia Street, between Westmount Drive and the Highway 67...
News First And Show Me Live Radio Team Up in Southeast Missouri With Long Term Content Sharing Agreement
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - News First has teamed up with Show Me Live Radio, based in southeast Missouri, in a long-term content-sharing agreement that will provide the station with news content...
Missouri driver wins 27th Queens Royal at Farmington Empire Speedway
FARMINGTON, Mo. (News First) - A Missouri driver took the checkered flag and the big payday by winning the 27th Queens Royal at the Farmington Empire Speedway. Luke Turnboough takes a look at the...
SEMO football wins in double overtime
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (News First) - The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team improved 2-1 with a double overtime come-from-behind win Saturday night in Cape Girardeau. SEMO downed the...
Eight people injured in St Francois County accident
ST. FRANCOIS CO, Mo. (News First) - Eight people, including four juveniles, were injured in an accident in St. Francois County on Saturday afternoon. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol,...
Arnold man dies in Ste Genevieve Co accident
STE GENEVIEVE CO, Mo (News First) - A man from Arnold is dead following a one-car crash in Ste. Genevieve County Friday night after being chased by deputies from the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff’s...
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Concord Fire Department Reminds People To Get A Smoke Detector.
Where will you be for the April 8 total solar eclipse? There’s still time to grab a spot
By STEPHANIE NANO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Where will you be watching the April 8 total solar eclipse? There are just a few weeks left to pick your spot to see the skies darken along a strip of North America, whether by land, sea or air. For...
‘Oppenheimer’ set to overpower at the Oscars Sunday night
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hi, “Oppenheimer.” When Hollywood gathers for the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the blockbuster biopic is widely expected to overpower all competition — including its release-date companion, “Barbie” — at an...
Sex abuse survivors dispute Southern Baptist leadership and say federal investigation is ongoing
By PETER SMITH Associated Press - The status of a federal investigation into a leading Southern Baptist agency’s handling of sexual abuse is unclear. But this much is clear — survivors of abuse and their advocates remain deeply skeptical of leaders' intentions to...
Much of America asks: Where did winter go? Spring starts early as US winter was warmest on record
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Across much of America and especially in the normally chilly north, the country went through the winter months without, well, winter. In parka strongholds Burlington, Vermont, and Portland, Maine, the thermometer never plunged...
More schools making digital maps of facilities to aid emergency responders
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press When emergencies happen, the sooner police, firefighters and paramedics can arrive, the more likely it is that lives can be saved. That's the maxim underlying a growing movement to make digital maps of schools across the U.S. Though...
AMBER ALERT
KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE (NewsFirst) -- AMBER ALERT: Based on additional information developed during the search for 7-year-old Iris Crum, growing concern about her well-being, and a charge of Felony Child Abduction placed today by authorities in California, we are...
Biden is hoping to use his State of the Union address to show a wary electorate he’s up to the job
By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to use his State of the Union address Thursday to promote his vision for a second term to a dispirited electorate who questions whether he's up to the job and to...
New Madrid Sheriff’s Department Reports Stabbing
NEW MADRID, MISSOURI (NewsFirst) -- On March 4th, 2024 Deputies were dispatched to the 300 Block of Shelly Street located in Parma for an assault with multiple injured victims. Upon arrival, deputies made contact with the first victim who was drenched in blood with a...
NATIONAL NEWS
A Massachusetts town spent $600K on shore protection. A winter storm washed it away days later
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts beach community is scrambling...
Putin warns again that Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is threatened
By The Associated Press undefined President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready...
House passes a bill that could lead to a TikTok ban if Chinese owner refuses to sell
By KEVIN FREKING, HALELUYA HADERO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The...
Darryl Strawberry resting comfortably after heart attack, according to New York Mets
LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering...
John Kerry reflects on time as top US climate negotiator and ‘major breakthrough’ in climate talks
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Time was running out and U.S. Climate...
GOP lawmakers resist calls to tweak abortion bans. Some say they’ll clarify the laws’ few exceptions
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Republican-led states across the...