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The drought has eased ever so slightly in parts of the Joplin metro area, but we still continue to see below average rainfall, thus ‘Extreme Drought’ conditions continue for certain areas. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, severe to extreme drought conditions continue over portions of the the Missouri Ozarks and far southeastern Kansas. Extreme …

One dead following a two car wreck.   The Missouri State Highway Patrol telling Newstalk KZRG the accident happened Wednesday evening, 4 miles east of Neosho on Highway H when a car driven by 90 year old George Eads of Granby failed to yield and struck a car driven by 25 year old Jeffery Parman of …

Missouri Governor Mike Parson took to Facebook to emphasize the importance of well-maintained state wide infrastructure. He noted that Missouri’s highway system is one of the largest in the country and due to Missouri’s central location in the country it receives a great deal of traffic connecting rule America with its big cities. Despite all …

Natural gas customers of Spire Missouri get ready to pay more.   In a news release, Spire announced that starting September first, an adjustment to the Weather Normalization Adjustment Rider, the average monthly bill will go up around a dollar forty three to just over two dollars.   Over one million Missouri customers will be affected.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — With recreational marijuana now on the ballot in Missouri come November, there is a growing question of how Kansas will respond. Currently Kansas lawmakers are working on medical cannabis legislation but, simply put, marijuana remains illegal in the state. So the ban remains in place while neighbor Missouri prepares for anticipated open …

A 16-year-old boy from Mt. Vernon, Missouri, was killed after a tractor-trailer accident Wednesday morning. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says it happened on Route UU, seven miles northwest of Mount Vernon, when the 2012 International LF687 truck the boy was driving went off the road and overturned. The Highway Patrol report does not identify …