About 57% of Missouri voters supported Proposition A on November 5th, 2024, and passage of the ballot measure will increase the minimum wage to $13.75 on January 1, 2025 and $15 on January 1, 2026. In ...

The new year is here and to begin Earth’s annual journey around the sun, here are 25 things I want to occur in sports during 2025. Let’s make it ‘Reid Roundup’ style. I’d like to see…The Kansas City ...

Cori Bush shocked the political world by defeating a ten-time incumbent and became the first Black woman to represent ...

Years ago, the father of my friend, Christy Pirrung, had a peanut farm in Plains, Georgia. A friend of his owned the adjacent ...

Netflix set records as the most-streamed NFL games in US history. The NFL and Nielsen said 65M US viewers tuned in for at least one minute of one of the two NFL games on Christmas Day. The Baltimore ...

On Dec. 31, 1862, cloaked by what likely was a cold, dark night in the dead of winter, groups of Americans of African descent — some free, others still enslaved — gathered together in secret. As a ...

From community events to significant milestones, these images highlight the people, places, and moments that made the year ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) Sir Eddie C ...

County Library Foundation’s Reading Garden Series for Young Audiences and The Novel Neighbor will host a 2025 Black History Celebration event with award-winning middle grade children’s book author Dr.

Ahead of the tough winter weather expected this Sunday, city leaders are warning the community to not take unnecessary risks ...