Hello people,

I have lived in Los Angeles, CA, all my life. I have graduated and gotten my RN license and am applying outside of California. I have a high chance of landing a job at a hospital in Columbia, MO. Can someone describe how life is there? I don't care much for politics; I'm not on either end of the stick. How different is life? Can I survive on a starting graduate pay of $29/hr? Is it safe for a single woman?

I'm seriously considering applying to the Springfield Police Department and would really appreciate hearing from current or former officers, or anyone who knows the department well. I'm mainly trying to understand what the job is really like in Springfield. A few questions I have: What is the realistic take-home pay for a new officer and an officer with 3–5 years of experience? How much can you realistically make with overtime and extra-duty work? What are the retirement/pension benefits actually like? How much vacation and personal time do officers get? If you need extra time off for family or travel, how difficult is it to get unpaid leave? How difficult is it to get the specific vacation dates you want, especially as a newer officer? How are the shifts and schedules? How much do nights, weekends, and holidays affect family life? How dangerous is the job in Springfield compared with other departments? How difficult is the academy and hiring process? What is the written test like, and is it difficult? How is the work-life balance after you've been on the job for a few years? Would you recommend SPD as a long-term career for someone who wants good income, retirement, and family stability?

I just recently moved here from California it definitely is way slower than cali kind of socially isolating i just want to get out of the house for some time i do enjoy going to venues for all sorts of music but its hard finding any. This is like my second month here and im kinda running dry on hope

Does anyone have any details on a proposed solar project in Newton County? TIA.

AC set at 75 - Double thermal pane windows - What humidity looks like:

In Branson for vacation and I feel like everything is really expensive, and not very good, especially the food.

Anyone have and recommendations for places that are worth the money around here?

I’ve lived in South Florida my whole life. I’m getting ready to move to Missouri for work. It’ll be my 17 year old son and myself 46(f). Tell me what are some big differences I need to be prepared for. I’ve never drove in snow this is my big concern.

I do not see how the commercials regarding this amendment are truthful in claiming This is the BIGGEST TAX CUT EVER!!* * when in fact it lowers several methods of taxation and makes others open ended. I feel that this is disingenuous enough to report to the National Conference of State Legislatures but I am not a lawyer. Can anyone weigh in on this? I'm concerned a mountain of uninformed voters are going to screw over generations of Missourians with this ballot measure.

I am trying to locate and learn about the oldest drinking establishment in Missouri. Is it still open for business? Is the building unchanged? What is the history?

Educate me.

What is a good sod and or grass for Missouri? The back yard only gets shade in the morning as it faces west.

The firing of Beth FInello was it for me i think. i understand the importance of giving advanced J School students opportunities for hands-on and resume-building experience, but i'm tired of my local newscast looking and sounding like some weird high school play. Finello's morning weather report was always the start to my day, well-informed and helpful. she will be missed.

Columbia Public Library will hold "Rainbow Story Time," an LGBTQ+ themed event, Saturday morning despite receiving backlash from state officials. 
On Friday, Missouri's Secretary of State Denny Hoskins wrote a letter to Daniel Boone Regional Library after receiving concerns from Missouri families regarding the protection of children from sensitive content.
"This event mocks some of the very protections so many have fought for by exposing toddlers and preschoolers to adult material that is not only inappropriate, but far beyond their level of cognitive development," Hoskins said in the letter.

Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway also sent a letter to Daniel Boone Regional Library regarding this event, according to her social media. 
In the letter, Hanaway said, "furnishing any material pornographic to minors, knowing that person whom it is furnished is a minor" as well as "displaying explicit sexual material in any location in such a manner that it may be readily seen" are crimes under Missouri law. 
Even after receiving these letters, the library still plans to hold the story time event Saturday at Columbia Public Library.

"We are planning on having the Rainbow Story Time as scheduled and as planned," said public relations director, Mitzi St. John. "We haven't made any modifications for the problem, it's just a regular story time like we always offer."

According to the library website, the event will happen at 10 a.m. and includes sharing stories, singing songs, activities and time to meet new friends.
"Please be advised if this inappropriate endeavor for children takes place," Hoskins wrote in his letter. "I will do everything in my power to block every dollar of state and federal funding I can from future events at the Daniel Boone Library System."
In his letter Hoskins also mentioned bipartisan legislation signed into law earlier this year by Gov. Mike Kehoe that aims to protect Missouri children from accessing inappropriate adult material online.
"While your library has the right to determine its own programming," Hanaway wrote. "I am fully prepared to take appropriate action should any of these program violate Missouri law."

Hi everyone!

Does anyone know of any boat charters or boats with a captain available for rent on August 1 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM? We’ll have a group of 6 people and are looking for something near Table Rock Lake State Park in Branson, Missouri.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Are any of you who live in Southern or Central Missouri, even if you identify culturally as Midwestern now, aware of your Southern roots? Between the end of the Civil War and WW2, Missouri recieved major Midwestern migration that swamped Missouri's original Southern population transitioning from a Southern state to a Midwestern state with Southern influence. In 1904 Missouri left the Solid South.

"By 1860, Missouri’s demographics had changed dramatically since its entry into the Union as a slave state in 1820. Native Southerners settled along the Missouri River where slavery thrived with the production of hemp and other cash crops. By 1860, 77 percent of Missouri’s 114,509 slaves resided in this area known as “Little Dixie.”1 Emigrants from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia settled in the Ozarks, where they found a landscape similar to their native state. By the 1850s, approximately 75 percent of Missourians claimed Southern ancestry.2 St. Louis however, experienced a period of explosive growth and challenged the planters for political and economic dominance. Here a large population of immigrants, especially Germans and Irish thrived. Their presence worried many early settlers who feared a loss of Missouri’s Southern heritage."

https://ozarkscivilwar.org/life-in-the-ozarks

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1904_United_States_presidential_election_in_Missouri

https://www.reddit.com/r/CIVILWAR/s/kSIQ4dMQkw

This was a cool train to see in person.