From 2019 to 2023, 340 Missourians died while pregnant or within a year after pregnancy. Of those, 108 deaths were classified as pregnancy-related — meaning caused or aggravated by the pregnancy itself — and nearly 80% of them were preventable. The findings were part of the sixth annual Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Review, published this month by […]
Americans want to travel this year, but gas and groceries have climbed faster than paychecks have, and that squeeze is where the frustration lives. Somehow, ... Read more
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One in five Missouri children eligible for state-paid childcare services isn’t receiving help because there isn’t enough money in the state budget. There are 7,389 children on the waiting list to be enrolled in the state’s childcare subsidy program, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education told The Independent on Friday. No children have been […]
Incumbent David Casteel faces a challenger for the Missouri House District 97 seat in the Republican Party’s primary election on Aug. 4.
Three candidates are running for the Missouri House District 114 seat left vacant when Ken Waller died on Aug. 24, 2025.
Two Republicans and two Democrats are running for the county executive seat.
City officials say this year’s Herculaneum budget invests heavily in the future with upgrades to infrastructure and city services.
The Fox C-6 School District cut more than $6.4 million from this fiscal year’s budget compared to last fiscal year as it braces for potential …
The Jefferson College Board of Trustees approved a balanced budget that projects total unrestricted revenues and budgeted transfers of $43 million.
When I was pregnant with my son, I checked into signing him up for the Dollywood Foundation’s Imagination Library literacy program, which mail…