(AP) — Missouri business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at the end of this week while talks carry on between the largest U.S. freight railroads and their unions. The railroads have already started to curtail shipments of hazardous materials and have announced …

The transgender policy for the Wardsville school is dropped. The Blair Oaks Board removed the policy at last night’s meeting. It allowed students to pick a name and dress according to their gender status. They were also able to choose which bathroom they could use. The board hired a search …

(AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court won’t take up a lawsuit challenging a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. Supreme Court judges on Tuesday refused to take up a case seeking to knock the issue off the Nov. 8 ballot. The proposal would allow those age 21 and older to …

A young Hallsville man is dead after being electrocuted after crashing into a power pole. The 22 year old’s body was found by searchers along South River Road in southern Boone County Monday. His name hasn’t been released.

A biker accused in the death of a man from a rival gang sees charges against him dropped. Tonka Ponder was facing felony assault charges in the fatal shooting outside a Bagnall Dam strip bar last summer. Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson, who’s the special prosecutor in the case, isn’t …

Several Jefferson City High School athletes were hurt Monday after a volleyball team bus rolled into a parked truck and a dumpster. The driver had left bus before it started to roll away. Nine students had at least minor injuries. Their game with Lebanon was postponed.

(AP) — The Arizona Cardinals put their future in Kyler Murray’s hands, rewarding the dynamic quarterback with a massive long-term contract. Their first dividend was a dud. Murray had an uneven first game since signing the $230.5 million deal, leading a sputtering offense that had no chance of keeping up …

(AP) — The heads of the nation’s two largest rail unions said Sunday that the freight railroads’ move to begin delaying some shipments ahead of this week’s looming strike deadline is only an attempt to get shippers to increase the pressure on Congress to intervene and block a work stoppage …

(AP) — A Mid – Missouri judge has ruled that voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana during the Nov. 8 election. Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker on Friday tossed out a lawsuit that sought to remove the question from the ballot. Walker ruled that Joy Sweeney, the …

Reports have come in from Buckingham Palace that England’s Monarch, Queen Elizabeth II has passed away peacefully at Balmoral Castle at the age of 96.  Balmoral Castle is her summer home in Scotland. It has been reported by the NY Times that at the time of her passing, many of …