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Motherhood behind bars: Inside Missouri's first prison nursery
VANDALIA — Inside a women's prison in Vandalia, Missouri, incarcerated mothers are getting an opportunity many women before them never had, the chance to raise their babies behind bars. The Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center is home to Missouri's first prison nursery program and one of just...
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Mother returns home after having twins in Missouri's first prison nursery program
NEOSHO — Kathy Briggs spent years in and out of incarceration, struggling with addiction and wondering whether she would ever become the mother she wanted to be. Briggs spent nearly a year in Missouri's first prison nursery program at the Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia before her release in January 2026.
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Mexico Veterans Monument Dedicated Today
A new monument honoring military veterans is being officially dedicated today in Mexico, Missouri, for Veterans Day. The Central Missouri Veterans Monument will be dedicated during a public ceremony at 11 this morning at the intersection of Teal Lake Road and Huntingfield Road. The project was spearheaded by Mexico native...
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WRIGHT PROVIDES UPDATE ON SPARTAN FIELDHOUSE EXPANSION
Moberly School District Superintendent Cristina Wright provided an update on the district’s project to expand the new Spartan Fieldhouse during a Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, November 10. Moberly High School opened the new 20,000 square-foot
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Nation’s First Autonomous Railcars on Regulated Short Line Come to Mid-Missouri
Powered by St. Louis innovation, the Columbia Terminal Railroad will deploy autonomous, self-propelled railcars to serve Mid-Missouri business hub. Self-propelled, autonomous railcars will soon run in Missouri between Columbia and Centralia on the Columbia Terminal Railroad – the first time this technology will be deployed on a regulated short line in the nation – after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration announced a $16.2 million grant to modernize the 21.4-mile COLT railroad.
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Northeast Missouri student groups receive grants to combat hunger
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Several northeast Missouri youth organizations have been awarded grants through the Missouri Farmers Care Foundation's Drive to Feed Kids program to help address food insecurity in their communities. Local recipients include Atlanta FFA and FCCLA, Knox County FFA, FCCLA and Student Council in Edina, North...