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DEXTER - Veteran's Day activities commence here at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday with a patriotic presentation at the Bearcat Center, organizers said Saturday. American Legion Kenady Ivan Hanks Post 59 Commander Eric Smith told SEMO TIMES the event kicks off a series of three presentations for Veterans Day. "We'll have keynote speakers, members of the military on stage and of course the high school band will perform," Smith said of the morning event." Allen Hedrick is the featured speaker this year. "it's important that kids understand the importance and significance the day hold for us," he added. "A lot of kids don't even know what a veteran is, or what it means to be a veteran." Smith said the program includes bestowing

Popular Outlet Center Celebrates the Start of Deer Hunting Season with a Three-Day Shopping Extravaganza OSAGE BEACH – To kick off one of Missouri's biggest hunting seasons, Osage Beach Premium Outlets® will host their own version of hunting – bargain hunting. Taking place November 14-16, the inaugural Deer Widows Weekend presented by Under Armour will feature special events and sales beyond the center's everyday savings of 25 to 65 percent. With 110 stores and a destination location, Deer Widows Weekend will have extended hours, giveaways and more, making it the perfect girls' getaway weekend. To get in the bargain hunting spirit, shoppers are encouraged to wear camouflage and hunters orange. "Deer Widows Weekend is bargain hunting at its best, and with

For months I’ve been telling you about how detrimental the new Waters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency regulation would be to our way of life, and now there’s something we can do to stop it. The federal government is accepting comments on this new proposed rule through Friday, Nov. 14. As your congressman, I am submitting comments to explain just how damaging this federal overreach would be to our area, and I encourage you to submit comments as well. This new rule would expand the Clean Water Act and attempt to regulate every body of water in the United States. This would mean any area of ground that gets wet or has water flow during rainfall would fall

Senator McCaskill, Chairman of Senate’s Consumer Protection panel, responds to reports that manufacturer knowingly withheld information on airbag defect that could have saved lives   WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, Chairman of the Senate’s panel on Consumer Protection, today released the following statement on news reports that Japanese manufacturer Takata knowingly hid safety defects in its airbags from safety regulators—information that may have saved lives:   If these reports are true, they show a company more concerned with profits than the lives of consumers—a company that needs to be held fully accountable, not just with financial penalties, but also with criminal charges. I trust that safety regulators and Justice Department officials are looking closely at these accusations and considering every

JEFFERSON CITY - Minimum wage workers in Missouri will earn $7.65 per hour beginning Jan. 1. The announcement from the state's Department of Labor came Friday. The law regulates employee wage minimums for all companies whose gross annual sales exceed $500,000. The wage represents an increase of 15 cents per hour from 2014's minimum, according to reports. Missouri minimum wage workers now earn $7.50 per hour which is 25 cents higher than the federally mandated $7.25 per hour, reports indicate. All minimum wage employees in neighboring states save Illinois, where the minimum is $8.25, are paid the prevailing federal minimum. Of America's 144 million workers, approximately one percent, - 1.6 million people - earned that prevailing federal minimum in 2012, documents released by