Outrage as petition calling for reinstatement of SLAVERY is circulated around Missouri high school

Administrators in a Kansas City area school district were furious after a racist petition was circulated in a local high school calling for the reinstatement of slavery. It is unclear how many students were involved and district officials have not offered details as to the precise language of the petition, but parents of kids who … Read more

Andy Cohen appeals for help locating missing childhood friend with history of mental health issues

Andy Cohen appeals for help locating missing childhood friend with history of mental health issues By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 06:06 BST, 4 June 2021 | Updated: 06:06 BST, 4 June 2021 Andy Cohen has lent his celebrity to the search for missing actor and playwright Andy Neiman. The Bravo TV star attended school … Read more

Ellie Kemper faces backlash after ‘racist’ pageant photo resurfaces

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper is facing backlash online after it emerged she was crowned the 1999 pageant winner for a Missouri organization that once banned black members and celebrated the wealthy white elite.  A photo of the actress being crowned the winner of the St Louis-based Veiled Prophet Ball when she was 19 years old … Read more

Working the night shift makes you three times as more likely to get into a car accident: study

If you work the night shift at your job, you are more likely to suffer from a chronic condition known as ‘shift work sleep disorder’ and three times more likely to be involved in a car accident, a new study says. Researchers from the University of Missouri found that people who work ‘nontraditional’ hours, such … Read more

Rusty Young, frontman and co-founder of country rock band Poco, dies of a heart attack at 75

Rusty Young, the frontman and co-founder of country rock band Poco, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 75. A spokesman for the musician confirmed to PEOPLE that Young passed away at his home in Davisville, Missouri. The musician — who’s full name is Norman Russell Young — formed Poco with Richie Furay, George Grantham and Jim … Read more

McMansion Ghost Town: Homes in former billion-dollar Missouri resort town have been left abandoned

When it was launched to great fanfare in 2006, investors were promised the new $1.6 billion Indian Ridge Resort Community in the Ozarks region of Missouri would feature a shopping mall, a 390-room hotel and the country’s second-largest indoor water park – and dozens of enormous, castle-like townhouses. But 15 years later, the 900-acre development … Read more

Jon Hamm soaks in the summer-like weather in tiny shorts and flip-flops during food run to a market

Jon Hamm soaks in the summer-like weather in tiny shorts and flip-flops during food run to a market in LA By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:10 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 07:10 BST, 29 March 2021 It was revealed over the weekend that Jon Hamm will voice the role of Iron Man in Marvel’s … Read more

Joe Biden remembers the 500,000 COVID dead at the White House

President Joe Biden acknowledged the pain of the nation on Monday as the United States marked more than 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus at a candlelit ceremony at the White House, but he also offered words of hope and healing. ‘Today we mark a truly grim heart breaking milestone,’ he said in a speech to … Read more