A judge temporarily blocks Missouri’s gender-affirming healthcare rule.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s rule to restrict gender-affirming care for minors and adults in the state was set to go into effect Thursday.
The rule would ban all medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria unless the patient has gone through extensive therapy.
The block on the Attorney General’s rule will last until, at least, Monday while the judge considers the issue.
A judge temporarily blocks Missouri’s gender-affirming healthcare rule.
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s rule to restrict gender-affirming care for minors and adults in the state was set to go into effect Thursday.
The rule would ban all medically necessary treatment for gender dysphoria unless the patient has gone through extensive therapy.
The block on the Attorney General’s rule will last until, at least, Monday while the judge considers the issue.
A man from Morgan County is now awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of a dozen sex crime charges.
Investigators say Gilbert Silvey repeatedly abused the child until they finally came forward in 2018, telling another adult.
The jury found Silvey guilty on 12 charges, including:
He had previously served five years in prison for child molestation.
Silvey faces three life sentences for his crimes, plus another 72 years in prison.
Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson is announcing his run for President of the United States in 2024.
The 72-year-old Bentonville native announced his candidacy Wednesday morning in his hometown as the fourth Republican to join the race.
Hutchinson joins former President Donald Trump, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and executive Vivek Ramaswamy.
Many political experts anticipate that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will announce his candidacy at a later date.
Hutchinson has been an outspoken critic of Trump’s run for re-election, saying he should step aside due to his ongoing legal troubles.
He also says the former President is too focused on the past, campaigning on the 2020 election that he still believes was stolen from him.
A business boot camp at Missouri State University that originally excluded white males was later offered to everyone “irrespective of their race and/or sex.”
Last week, the equal protection project watchdog group filed a complaint to Attorney General Andrew Bailey, urging him to investigate. The Spring 2023 early-stage business boot camp was first offered exclusively to women and people who identify as BIPOC, an acronym for black, indigenous, and persons of color.
The university says the program, which has concluded, was designed to assist new and aspiring small business owners in establishing and growing their business.
KWTO will air a special roundtable discussion Wednesday evening regarding media bias and misinformation in the news.
The one hour live event begins at 6:06 p.m. on 93-3 and A-M 560 just after Town Hall News.
It will be broadcast from the studios of our sister station 93-9 The Eagle in Columbia.
Wake Up Mid-Missouri Host Branden Rathert will lead the discussion.
Rathert will be joined by the following local professionals:
Curtis Varns – General Manager at KMIZ-TV (ABC17)
Mark Horvit – Faculty Group Chair, Journalism Professions at the University of Missouri
Gerry Stitz – Spent 30 years with the Jefferson City News Tribune (retired)
Brian Hauswirth – 93.9 The Eagle News Director
Nine Republican Missouri State Senators joined Democrats in a vote on Tuesday on House Bill 2.
The vote was dealing with a specific ammendment within HB2, which is a budget bill, to allow, or to not allow, DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) training in Missouri public schools.
The nine Republican State Senators that voted with the Democrat State Senators to allow DEIB training in schools are as follows:
Mike Bernskoetter, Justin Brown, Mike Cierpiot, Sandy Crawford, Travis Fitzwater, Lincoln Hough, Tony Luetkemeyer, Cindy O’Laughlin, and Caleb Rowden.
Senator Lincoln Hough represents the City of Springfield.
Photo courtesy of Missouri Senate Republicans, @senatecaucus, on Twitter.
Nine Republican Missouri State Senators joined Democrats in a vote on Tuesday on House Bill 2.
The vote was dealing with a specific ammendment within HB2, which is a budget bill, to allow, or to not allow, DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging) training in Missouri public schools.
The nine Republican State Senators that voted with the Democrat State Senators to allow DEIB training in schools are as follows:
Mike Bernskoetter, Justin Brown, Mike Cierpiot, Sandy Crawford, Travis Fitzwater, Lincoln Hough, Tony Luetkemeyer, Cindy O’Laughlin, and Caleb Rowden.
Senator Lincoln Hough represents the City of Springfield.
Photo courtesy of Missouri Senate Republicans, @senatecaucus, on Twitter.
A man from Branson who is accused of murdering another person in Webb City has been apprehended in Springfield.
51-year-old Nicholas Berry was arrested just after 1:00 pm Monday on West Sunshine.
Investigators say he stabbed 39-year-old Maria Whitaker to death on April 9.
Witnesses saw the two arguing over money when Berry attempted to pat her down. Whitaker slapped his hand away, and Berry stabbed her in the chest and neck.
He is facing charges of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery and two counts of armed criminal action.
Berry is being held in the Greene County Jail, and will be extradited back to Jasper County at a later time.
The pedestrian tunnel at Missouri State University is etting closer to opening, almost a year later than expected.
MSU President Clif Smart says flooding delayed the project and crews found sewer and utility lines that nobody knew about.
Smart says the original estimated cost was 3.8 million, but price increases and delays pushed the cost to 6.6 million.
The pedestrian tunnel is expected to open in mid-May.