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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 for the station's website and over the air. The streaming station signed on July 1st and has since...
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEWS
High Ridge man injured in Jefferson County accident
A man from High Ridge was injured yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon in a two-vehicle accident in Jefferson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident took place on ‘M’ Highway, just...
Jackson man sentenced in fentanyl case
U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who sold fentanyl to a federal informant to 12 years in prison. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office says 45-year-old Rodney...
Marble Hill Police Department resigns
The largest town in Bollinger County will be without a police department starting Friday. A news release from the Bollinger County Sheriff’s Department says on Monday all members of the Marble Hill...
Bonne Terre inmate nears execution date
Testimony begins in a hearing with life-or-death implications for Missouri inmate Marcellus Williams. The hearing on Wednesday addresses whether to vacate Williams’ 1998 murder conviction. Time is...
US Strategic Metals receives non-binding Letter of Interest
U.S. Strategic Metals, headquartered in St. Louis, formerly Missouri Cobalt in Madison County, has received a non-binding Letter of Interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for a...
Butler County man sentenced over shooting death for heroin conspiracy
U.S. District Judge Matthew T. Schelp on Tuesday sentenced a man who fatally shot someone in Butler County to protect a heroin conspiracy to 20 years in prison. James Odell Johnson pleaded guilty in...
SEMO road work updates
St. Francois County A portion of Route 221 in St. Francois County is closed as construction is now underway. This section of 221 is between Old Vandergriff Road and Howell Road near Doe Run. Weather...
Campaign For Lake of Ozarks Casino
A campaign to bring a casino to the Lake of the Ozarks is suing to bring the proposal before voters. The secretary of state's office last week said the campaign did not collect enough voter...
Former USPS mail carrier indicted on federal chargers
CAPE GIRARDEUA, Mo (News First) - A former U.S. Postal Service mail carrier in southeast Missouri who both stole and failed to deliver customers’ mail was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in prison....
Desoto motorcyclist injured after striking deer
DESOTO, Mo (News First) - A man from Desoto was injured last (Monday) night after striking a deer with his motorcycle in Jefferson County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident took...
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NEWS FROM AROUND MISSOURI
Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration, with vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump...
Brutally cold weather expected to hit storm-battered South and Northeast US this weekend
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis residents were urged to boil water and New Yorkers have been warned that roads could be covered with dangerous black ice this weekend as brutal cold and inclement weather continue to sweep across parts of...
Pipe busting cold into tomorrow. Then, some relief.
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Bitterly Cold Air Returns Today Into The Weekend! Pipe busting cold. Frost bite weather.
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Wastewater tests can find mpox, study finds. Expect more bugs to be tracked that way
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wastewater testing does a good job at detecting mpox infections, U.S. health officials said in a report Thursday that bolsters a push to use sewage to track more diseases. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
A first-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people who have liver failure
By The Associated Press Surgeons externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood, a step toward eventually trying the technique in patients with liver failure. The University of Pennsylvania announced the novel...
Icy winter blast gripping US blamed for deaths from coast to coast
By JONATHAN MATTISE, ADRIAN SAINZ and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A new layer of ice formed over parts of Tennessee on Thursday after a deadly storm blanketed the state in snow and sent temperatures plummeting earlier this week — part of a...
Congress votes to avert a shutdown and keep the government funded into early March
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress sent President Joe Biden a short-term spending bill on Thursday that would avert a looming partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies into March.The House approved the...
Early Morning Police Pursuit Across Two States ends with four in Jail.
PADUCAH, KY - On Thursday, January 18, 2024 at approximately 3:29 AM, the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office was notified of a vehicle pursuit in Illinois that would be entering Kentucky. The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office in Illinois was attempting to stop a...
NATIONAL NEWS
McConnell will step down as the Senate Republican leader in November after a record run in the job
By MICHAEL TACKETT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving...
Humorously morose comedian Richard Lewis, who recently starred on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ dies at 76
NEW YORK (AP) — Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in...
Supreme Court, moving quickly, will decide if Trump can be prosecuted in election interference case
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to...
Wendy’s says it has no plans to raise prices during the busiest times at its restaurants
AP -- Wendy's says that it has no plans to increase prices during the busiest times at its...
Lower auto prices are finally giving Americans a break after years of inflationary increases
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer -- DETROIT (AP) — Price increases for cars and trucks in the...
Boeing given 90 days by FAA to come up with a plan to improve safety and quality of manufacturing
Associated Press -- The Federal Aviation Administration is giving Boeing 90 days to come up with...