The event will feature more than 50 vendors and live music from local bands.

Kehoe introduced the Missouri Advanced Nuclear Energy Task Force after signing an executive order mandating the group.

Public comments can be submitted online on the Missouri Department of Transportation website until June 5.

In March, Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a lawsuit against CBD American Shaman over its sale of 7-OH products.

Other legislation that could be considered in the last week of the 2026 session includes a wide-reaching education bill and measures to limit vehicle inspections and raise the rural highway speed limit.

The cost of doing business in agriculture was already high before the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, which spiked fertilizer and fuel prices. Now, making any money this season may require farmers to cut back on certain resources.

Rising gasoline prices pushed inflation to its highest level in almost three years in April. Consumer prices were up 3.8% from a year ago.

New research finds that ICE raids and deportation fears disrupted local economies, reduced work among undocumented immigrants, and may have hurt some U.S.-born workers too.

Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates to defend the country during the Iran war, the U.S. ambassador to the country said Tuesday.

CoMoGives has a new name: CentralMOGives! Community Foundation of Central Missouri executive director Eric Sappington says the change was needed to be more inclusive and better represent the foundation's entire 10-county service area: "it's not just rebranding and a name change. It's really a change of the whole focus." May 12, 2026

Some good news on a Monday morning: the stock market is doing well despite the war with Iran! Financial advisor and LaBrunerie Financial president, Alex LaBrunerie, says a lot of it has to do with AI: "...these makers of semiconductors are probably as important or more important than oil is for the economy because we can't run our digital world or our electronic world without these semiconductors." May 11, 2026

Livestock theft remains an issue for Missouri's cattle producers.

'Access is the mother of use,' an expert said. 'The more there is...in the community, the more likely a young person is to use it.'

Because these cases raise similar legal questions and involve related facts, the Supreme Court has consolidated them for purposes of oral argument.

Although the learning management system is back online after it was hacked Thursday, MU officials are still encouraging students and faculty to be cautious while navigating Canvas.