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Bears Share program tackles food insecurity, waste on Missouri State campus
Missouri State University
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September 2, 2025
Missouri State University is launching Bears Share, a pilot program designed to help fight food insecurity among students and reduce food waste on campus. Bears Share will provide students with timely access to leftover food from campus meetings...
Tree program helping Missouri landowners put down roots on the cheap
Missourinet
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September 2, 2025
(Licking, MO) — The Missouri State Forest Nursery is now taking orders for low-cost tree & shrub seedlings. Nursery Supervisor Mike Fianoni says they have nearly 70 species this year. He says they’ve brought back another option too, bundles of...
What Kansas coach Lance Leipold said about Missouri before Border War
Columbia Daily Tribune - Missouri
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Kansas coach Lance Leipold said he was at church with his wife on Sunday when a Jayhawks fan stopped him and told him to “kick their butt.” The “butt” in question belonging to Missouri football. “But (they) didn't say ‘butt,’” Leipold clarified....
Here’s what Kansas coach Lance Leipold said about Missouri football before Border War
Yahoo Sports
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Kansas coach Lance Leipold said he was at church with his wife on Sunday when a Jayhawks fan stopped him and told him to “kick their butt.” The “butt” in question belonging to Missouri football. “But (they) didn't say ‘butt,’” Leipold clarified....
Missouri City in its 'comeback season,' leaders say
Fort Bend Star - Texas
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Missouri City, after rebounding from a series of setbacks in recent years, is primed to gain a bigger profile in the region without comparing itself to its peer cities, leaders said at the annual State of the City of Missouri City Address last...
Labor Day climatology and a look into September
KMIZ ABC 17 - Missouri
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September 1, 2025
The first day of September has started off on the cooler side with the afternoon high only reaching up to 78 degrees. On a typical Labor Day in Columbia, Missouri the average high sits seven degrees warmer at 85 degrees. Rainfall totals for the...
Rallygoers hope that Trump-pressured redistricting push is tipping point in Missouri politics
St. Louis Public Radio - Missouri
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September 1, 2025
After Don Looney stepped to the microphone on Monday at Shaw Park in Clayton, the longtime United Auto Workers union member decided to go “off script.” Looney was speaking to hundreds of people enraged about Gov. Mike Kehoe’s decision to bring...
KU to host watch party for Missouri game; SEC pregame show headed to Columbia
Lawrence Journal-World - Kansas
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Kansas and Wagner players take the field during the second quarter on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. Photo by Nick Krug Kansas fans who do not make the trip to Columbia, Missouri, to see the long-awaited renewal of...
Conservation Corner: Martian hues invade Missouri
West Newsmagazine - Missouri
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H.G. Well’s 1898 novel, ‘War of the Worlds,’ told an enduring tale of Earth being invaded by aliens from Mars. One memorable aspect of the story was the red weed, a botanical transplant from the red planet. It was a crimson vine that threaded...
New ‘Pathway to Peace’ exhibit opens at USS Missouri Memorial
Honolulu Star-Advertiser - Hawaii
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September 1, 2025
A day of profound global significance — the formal end of World War II — occurred on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay when Japan officially surrendered in what signaled a hard-won hope for lasting peace. Eighty years later, the...
US Energy Giant Hopes To Expand Mining Despite Water Pollution Offences
Newsweek
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September 1, 2025
A major U.S. mining company has applied to extend and expand its operation in Sydney, Australia, despite being fined hundreds of thousands of dollars for offences relating to water pollution, according to local news. Peabody Energy, which is...
Going Places: Missouri High School Ace with 97 MPH Fastball Cracks USA Baseball Junior National Team Roster
Sports Illustrated - New York
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September 1, 2025
Brody Crane's right arm is taking him places. Next weekend, one of those places is 7,624 miles from home - in Okinawa, Japan, where he'll pitch with USA across his chest. Crane can be ready to pitch in a moment’s notice - especially when USA...
Wildlife rescuers respond after owl is found in heartbreaking predicament: 'They worked tirelessly'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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August 31, 2025
"They are amazing and kind." by Jamie SpekaAugust 31, 2025 A heart-warming rescue mission by animal control officers in Gladstone, Missouri, serves as a reminder of how vital animal protection services are within communities. In early August, the...
How dangerous is a pesticide? It depends on who you ask
News Tribune - Missouri
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September 2, 2025
Missouri has nearly 27 million acres of farmland. Nearly all of it is blanketed by pesticides. Crop farming is integral to Missouri's economy, and pesticides are meant to ease the process. But these substances also come with risks. The level of...
Missouri Valley Football Conference coaches skeptical NCAA settlement will change retention concerns
Grand Forks Herald - North Dakota
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August 30, 2025
GRAND FORKS — When Southern Illinois head football coach Nick Hill has an alum stop by practice, he hears about the glory years and tales of a time when players stuck out the entirety of a college career in one program. Hill’s current reality is...
Missouri will join Trump-pressured redistricting push to save House GOP majority
KRCU - Missouri
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August 29, 2025
Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe is calling state lawmakers back to Jefferson City to redraw the state's eight congressional districts, acceding to President Donald Trump's redistricting demands before the 2026 midterm elections. Kehoe's decision could...
New Missouri law establishes protections for belief-based student groups
KBIA - Missouri
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August 30, 2025
A new Missouri law will protect belief-based organizations on campus. Governor Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill 160 into law in July and it took effect Thursday. The bill covers a wide array of education topics, including preventing discrimination in...
Missouri State at USC: Who has the edge in the football season opener?
Long Beach Press Telegram - California
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August 29, 2025
Missouri State (0-0) at USC (0-0) When: 4:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum TV/radio: Big Ten Network/710 AM Line: USC by 35½ points NOTABLE INJURIES USC: OUT: CB Prophet Brown (lower body), K Caden Chittenden (undisclosed);...
Free pesticide disposal event Oct. 4 in Chillicothe
University of Missouri Extension
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CHILLICOTHE, Mo. – Missourians will have an opportunity to safely dispose of pesticides 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 4, at the Litton Agri-Science Learning Center in Chillicothe. Sam Polly, University of Missouri Extension pesticide safety...
Amtrak Announces Timeline For New York Penn Station Transformation, But Passengers Remain Skeptical
The Travel
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September 2, 2025
Recently, Amtrak stations and their amenities have often made the news. The federal government is now taking over Amtrak’s D.C. Union Station, and passengers have voiced their concerns about the newly introduced metal detectors at Gateway...