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State Board of Education member resigns

Missouri School Board Association announced via Twitter that Claudia Greim has announced her resignation from the State Board of Education. “Claudia Greim has announced her resignation from the State Board of Education, opening the door for Gov. Greitens to appoint someone to that seat prior to tomorrow morning’s State Board meeting,” reads the Tweet. ABC

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Hawley’s human trafficking task force will offer assistance to struggling non-profits

Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley announced on Thursday that his statewide human trafficking task force will offer assistance to non-profits struggling to find funding for their anti-trafficking efforts. Hawley said a southeast Missouri group recently halted its work due to lack of funding. “Not only is finding the funding difficult, but the application process is

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Boone County Public Health and Human Services vaccinates largest number of students since 2009

Columbia and Boone’s Public Health and Human Services announced on Thursday that officials have provided thousands of Boone County students with free flu shots this year through its school-based flu clinics. PHHS nurses vaccinated 9,671 students between Sept. 26 and Nov. 10 in participating elementary, middle and high schools throughout Boone County. Officials said this

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6th driest November on record

The month of November is a record breaker here in mid-Missouri. The past 30 days have brought abnormally dry conditions. Typically, from November 1 – November 30 Columbia sees 3.14″ of rainfall, but that has not been the case. Rainfall amounts have only amounted to .36″ for the entire month, which ranks it among one

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