2022, Local News
The Heartlander broke these significant news stories, and covered perspectives other media ignored in 2022In only its first full calendar year, readlion.com broke a number of substantial stories in 2022, and exposed vital details of news that other media in Missouri and… Read More
Internet, Missouri
Missouri asks consumers to report poor or no internet service, to secure state’s share of $42 billion for broadband(The Center Square) – Missourians are being encouraged to correct an FCC map showing broadband internet service by Jan. 13, 2023, to ensure the state gets its share of $42… Read More
Missouri, Sports
Researchers find academics improve for athletes playing in college football bowl games(The Center Square) – College football bowl games are known to create publicity for universities, increase donations from alumni and promote tourism for host cities. Players appear on national television,… Read More
COVID-19, State Government
Missouri has spent $8.82B of $11.8B in federal COVID-19 funds, state auditor reports(The Center Square) – Missouri received more than $11.8 billion in federal COVID-19 funding since April 2020, according to the latest report from Democratic Missouri Auditor Nicole Galloway. Through the end… Read More
Agriculture
FDA issues warning after tainted alfalfa cubes kill 45 horses, sicken 100 moreWith 100 horses developing neurological illnesses and 45 dying or being euthanized, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to horse owners not to feed their… Read More
Education, Missouri
Central Missouri professor receives $500K grant to study left-wing, environmental movements(The Center Square) – A University of Central Missouri professor will lead federally funded research to improve the understanding of domestic radicalization in left-wing and environmental movements. Jennifer Carson, a… Read More
Missouri, Weather
Missouri National Guard activated for winter storm bringing snow, dangerous wind chills(The Center Square) – Forecasts of record-low wind chill temperatures and snow accumulations led Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson to issue an executive order activating the State Emergency Operations Plan… Read More
Culture, Missouri
Freise brothers set to film first Hollywood feature film in hometown of Union, MissouriUNION, Mo. – The Freise brothers’ pursuit of their filmmaking dreams is now taking them from Hollywood back to their hometown of Union. Adam and Nathan… Read More
Missouri, State Government
Governor Parson selects Vivek Malek as treasurer(The Center Square) – Republican Gov. Mike Parson appointed Vivek Malek to serve as treasurer, marking be the first person of color to hold statewide office in Missouri. An attorney from… Read More
Education
Parents fought against 4-day school weeks in Missouri, but their district switched anyway: ‘A crisis on our hands’(The Heartlander) – The Independence, Missouri school district’s decision to switch to a four-day school week next fall has only intensified the rift between parents and public education. Even as… Read More
Education, St. Louis
Medical school lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis profanely warns students not to debate her progressive teachings on raceStudents at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis had better not question the institution’s uncompromising approach to race, which many find radical. That was… Read More
Christian Schools
This week in Christian education (Dec. 12-16)New Jersey Christian school fills shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child – Students and staff at Atlantic Christian School in the Egg Harbor Township of New Jersey filled 69 shoeboxes with… Read More
Public Education
ACLU sues Missouri school district over book-banning policy(Daily Caller) – The Missouri chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is suing a school district for its book reviewing policy that immediately removes challenged books following any… Read More
Culture
Missouri’s Ashcroft advocates for parental rights, asks the public to comment on proposed library rule to protect childrenJay Ashcroft proudly stands by his proposed rule that would forbid state libraries in Missouri from using state funds on materials that “appeal to the prurient interest of a… Read More
Culture
Commenting begins on proposed rules seeking to protect minors at Missouri public libraries(The Center Square) – Missourians have 30 days beginning today to comment on a proposed rule requiring state-funded libraries to have written policies describing what materials are appropriate for minors. Read More
Crime
Kansas City man guilty of leading Missouri-wide murderous drug ring distributing half-ton of methKANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City man was convicted this week of leading a criminal enterprise spanning the breadth of Missouri and connected to murders, violent assaults… Read More
2022 election
What all voters need to know about the constitutional amendments on Missouri’s Nov. 8 ballotJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Aside from picking their preferred candidates come this Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters also will decide whether to approve a handful of constitutional amendments on the ballot. Read More
2022 election
The politics and perils of pot: Even supporters of legal marijuana urge a ‘No’ vote on Missouri Amendment 3Even supporters of legal marijuana are part of a broad coalition opposing Missouri’s Amendment 3, a Nov. 8 vote on legalizing recreational pot. Read More
Crime
Parents sue Missouri school and staff members charged with shocking abuse of their autistic childParents of an autistic student are suing their child’s former school and some staff members in response to an alleged assault. The 13-year-old child was allegedly assaulted in March of… Read More
State Government
Missouri treasurer yanks $500 million in state pension funds from ‘woke’ asset management firmJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri has withdrawn $500 million of state employees’ pension funds from BlackRock Inc. over the firm’s prioritizing of left-wing social and environmental interests over… Read More