With food insecurity affecting roughly 13% of Missouri households and food prices rising, many families can’t afford a traditional Thanksgiving meal. One Branson nonprofit is making sure those in need can enjoy a good holiday meal and much-needed companionship

The American Heart Association has revised its CPR guidelines, aiming to educate more people without medical training in the procedure. It's designed to help more Missourians with a cardiac arrest beat the odds and survive.

The Missouri Department of Social Services announced Thursday that it will continue to issue partial payments of federal food benefits for November, while updating its systems to resume paying full amounts.

Some Missouri farmers and ranchers are angry over federal plans to import beef from Argentina in an effort to reduce beef prices at U.S. grocery stores. This comes as farmers were hoping better cattle prices would lead to greater reinvestment in the national herd, since cattle numbers have hit historic lows.

As Thanksgiving approaches, Missouri families are caught in the middle of a national food aid fight. A federal court ruling Friday (11/7) would have forced the Trump administration to pay full SNAP benefits, but the decision was paused following an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Local pantries are scrambling to meet the growing need.

State leaders applied Wednesday to the $50 billion federal grant initiative, which Congress included in the congressional spending package known as "One Big Beautiful Bill."

Independence and Hallsville school districts to continue four-day weeks with 62% and 75% voter approval.

Many Missourians are starting the week without the safety net they’ve relied on to get by – and a new report warns Missouri’s child poverty rate could climb sharply if federal food assistance ends.

Some of Missouri’s rural hospitals are fighting to survive. Eleven have already closed, and more than 30 are still at risk. Nationwide, more than 150 rural hospitals have closed since 2010.

Apart from a drafting error, the summary written by Secretary of State Denny Hoskins was deemed ‘sufficient’ by a Cole County judge.