AM1230 The Talker

Before 10 P.M. Thursday night, a driver was driving erratically and a traffic stop was attempted by Joplin Police around West 7th and Picher. The driver declined to stop and instead continued through the North Heights Neighborhood and then into Roanoke. The vehicle finally crashed into a parked car in the 800 north block, after …

The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information that would help find two young children from Kansas City, Missouri, who have been missing since Nov. 9. Meanwhile, their mother has been charged with kidnapping. 7-year-old Avontay Reed and 4-year-old Kelvontae Cooper had been placed with an aunt due to their mother’s mental health problems …

Black Friday is one of the biggest sales days of the year for retailers. Many retailers around the country will have deals for consumers to take advantage of. Some of the impacts may have been lost though due to some stores offering deals early. Many locations will have started offering these holiday deals on Thanksgiving …

County police officials said on Wednesday that over the previous 10 days, 20 officers had tested positive for COVID-19.  Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 86 officers in the county have tested positive; on Aug. 19, that number was just 20.    In the city, the Post-Dispatch reported through officers and union representatives …

Missouri astronaut Mike Hopkins says Thanksgiving will be very different for him this year, including his holiday meal. “Some of us are going to have also some kind of plainer foods – I guess the more normal Thanksgiving foods like smoked turkey, mashed potatoes. We also have green beans that come in packages like this …

State Farm Insurance has informed the state of Missouri that it plans to lay off 111 workers by the end of next January at its St. Louis County location. In a letter to the Missouri Department of Higher Education and Workforce Development, it says the company is closing its Earth City location. Jobs effected include …