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Patrick Mahomes’ wife sends two-word message to Chiefs QB and Travis Kelce after ‘mind-blowing’ joint announcement
talkSPORT
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August 21, 2025
Brittany Mahomes is delighted about her husband, Patrick Mahomes, and Travis Kelce's latest business venture. The three-time Super Bowl-winning pair are opening a restaurant named 1587 Prime in Kansas City, Missouri, and a major update has just...
Two men plead guilty in $3 million Ponzi scheme defrauding 90 Missourians
KTTN - Missouri
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August 18, 2025
Two Missouri men admitted Friday to operating a Ponzi scheme that defrauded more than 90 victims of at least $3 million over nearly two decades. James Johnson, 77, and Darrell Niswonger, 68, entered guilty pleas in U.S. District Court in Cape...
Howard Students ask “Whose Howard Is It?” Amid Financial Dilemma
The Hilltop - Washington D.C.
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August 18, 2025
Graphic depicting social media comments and posts from the “Whose Howard Is it?” Campaign. (Graphic by Eva-Sychell Mitchell/The Hilltop) The student-led “Whose Howard Is It” campaign recently gained momentum on social media, with a list of demands...
Despite looming ‘enrollment cliff’ Mid-Missouri private school numbers remain steady or growing
KBIA - Missouri
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August 18, 2025
Experts are anticipating an “enrollment cliff” to hit colleges in the coming years due to declining birth rates. However, student levels at private Mid-Missouri secondary schools appear to be holding relatively steady. Tuition makes up the vast...
New Trump henchman's disastrous record would make a North Korean general blush
Raw Story
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August 21, 2025
Andrew Bailey, Missouri hardly knew ye. But what we saw of ye was plenty more than enough. One of the most nakedly partisan attorneys general in Missouri history, Bailey has been tapped by President Donald Trump to become his quasi–number two man...
Chuck E. Cheese Launches First 'Clawcade'
MediaPost
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The Orange County suburb of Brea just outside Los Angeles is getting a first-of-its-kind arcade experience. CEC Entertainment, Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company, will open the 10th Chuck’s Arcade in the Brea Mall on Aug. 22. The new location will...
Cardinals Predicted to Trade Trio of Stars in Offseason
Newsweek
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August 18, 2025
By Andrew Wright is a Newsweek contributor based in Lancaster, South Carolina. His focus is MLB content. Andrew has been with Newsweek since April 1st and previously worked at Yardbarker, SEC Unfiltered and more. He is a graduate of Charleston...
The Penguins could soon be sold to the Hoffmann family. Who are they?
The New York Times
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August 21, 2025
There’s a saying employees of the Pittsburgh Penguins have long considered an inside joke, invokable whenever something strange occurs with the nearly 60-year-old, twice-bankrupted, five-time Stanley Cup-winning NHL franchise: We’re never boring....
Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority announces Show-Me Entrepreneurial Grants for Agriculture
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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August 16, 2025
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Agricultural and Small Business Development Authority (MASBDA) is now accepting applications for funding through the Show-Me Entrepreneurial Grants for Agriculture (SEGA) Innovation Grant Program. Missouri...
Cancer treatment development gets boost with new Mizzou R&D facility
Springfield News Leader - Missouri
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The University of Missouri is constructing a new Radioisotope Science Center with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy and the Missouri General Assembly. The center aims to increase domestic production of radioisotopes used in cancer...
SBA Offers Disaster Assistance to Missouri Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by July Storms and Flooding
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans to Missouri businesses, private nonprofits and residents to offset physical and economic losses from severe storms,...
Missouri gives out mobile sports betting licenses; Sports betting won’t start until Dec. 1 ‘Pretty frustrating’
KMOV - Missouri
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August 16, 2025
ST. LOUIS, Mo. (First Alert 4) - Missouri is getting closer to implementing sports betting throughout the state. Voters legalized sports gaming last year, and Friday the Missouri Gaming Commission announced standalone licenses for sportsbooks...
Upcoming Planned Roadwork for Northeast Missouri, August 18 – 29, 2025
Shelby County Herald - Missouri
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August 18, 2025
HANNIBAL – The following is a list of general highway maintenance work the Missouri Department of Transportation has planned in the Northeast Missouri region for the next few weeks. All road closures and planned roadwork may be viewed on the...
Missouri Congressman Believes Smithsonian May Be Hiding Evidence Giant Humans Once Roamed Earth
BroBible
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August 15, 2025
Nathan Papes/Springfield News-Leader / USA TODAY NETWORK - iStockphoto Audio By Carbonatix Missouri Congressman Eric Burlison believes the Smithsonian is hiding evidence that giant humans once roamed Earth. Oh, and that there may be four different...
The Innovators: One new downtown building, three new businesses
Daily Freeman Journal - Iowa
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By some estimates, women control as much as 85% of consumer spending in the U.S. Should it be surprising, then, that it’s women, and specifically, women-owned businesses that today are leading a retail revolution in downtown Webster City? The...
Opinion: Dunleavy was right to veto the interest rate cap bill
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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(iStock / Getty Images) Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed a bill passed by both chambers of the Alaska Legislature that would have capped interest rates at 36% on small consumer and business loans up to $25,000. He made the right call. Proponents of the...
AP Business SummaryBrief at 12:37 a.m. EDT
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding. The effort comes a year after...
Donations, volunteers drop for National Federation of the Blind of Missouri
KOMU 8 - Missouri
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COLUMBIA — The National Federation of the Blind of Missouri is facing a decline in donations and volunteer support this year. This is raising concerns about how the nonprofit will continue to meet the needs and programs of people in Missouri with...
Business in brief: New Little Free Library, SW MO Film Office launched
Springfield News Leader - Missouri
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Brightspeed sponsors Little Free Library in Springfield Fiber broadband provider Brightspeed partnered with Little Free Library and community members in Springfield to celebrate the installation of the first of two book-sharing boxes in Missouri...
Anheuser-Busch is investing $15 million in its flagship brewery
KMBZ - Kansas
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August 20, 2025
KANSAS CITY - Anheuser-Busch is investing $15 million in its St. Louis Brewery. As first reported on KMOX, the new investment includes funding for supply chain infrastructure to transport more beer ingredients to the brewery and customers. For the...