Sen. Claire McCaskill is continuing her push to reduce the number of sexual assaults in the military, but says the challenges are steep. She’s introduced legislation to deal with the way the military is hiring and screening and promoting people who are supposed to be preventing and monitoring sexual assault cases. She says will to work with military leaders [...]

National Weather Service assessment teams have confirmed five tornado touchdowns in Missouri from storms yesterday. Tornadoes with winds topping out at between 90 and 100 miles per hour caused damage near Knob Noster in northwest Missouri and near Carthage in southwest Missouri. Trees were uprooted, power lines were downed and outbuildings destroyed near Carthage. Those tornadoes [...]

As Memorial Day weekend approaches, the summer traveling season is just around the corner. Division of Tourism Director Katie Steele Danner says traveler sentiment and planning family vacations are up this year. Danner recommends that folks take advantage of Missouri’s waterways this season by planning a float trip on one of the state’s many streams [...]

The Missouri Tigers face Mississippi State in their first SEC Tournament game…it’s a battle of the defending tournament champs. Mizzou won the Big 12 title last year and the Bulldogs won the SEC crown. Their head coach John Cohen was an assistant under Tigers head coach Tim Jamieson. The Royals are 3-11 since May 6th. [...]

Park Hills native Nick McMillian was one mile away from the tornado that devastated much of Moore, Oklahoma yesterday afternoon.  He’s a student at Freewill Baptist College there.  Shortly after the tornado swept through town, he talked with his cousin, Stuart McMillian, at Missourinet affiliate KJFF, Festus. AUDIO: Stuart & Nick He also has posted [...]