Stories from Wednesday, November 6, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has won a second term, according to an Associated Press race call at 5:34 a.m. Wednesday. Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Trump clinched the 19 electoral votes of Pennsylvania, the biggest of the Blue Wall states, putting him on the path to victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. The AP reports that Trump has locked down 277 electoral votes to 224 for Harris so far. In order to win the White House, a candidate must secure 270 votes in the Electoral College...

Missouri’s next governor will be Mike Kehoe, a Republican who cruised to victory Tuesday night over Democrat Crystal Quade. Final, unofficial results show Kehoe defeated Quade 59% to 39%. “Our victory tonight, it’s a win for our cops, our firefighters, our farmers, and our job creators,” Kehoe told supporters Tuesday night. ...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County was painted red on election night. The majority (86.49%) of voters supported Donald Trump to be the 47th president of the United States. Trump will be only the second U.S. president, after Grover Cleveland, to be elected president in non-consecutive terms...

BLOOMFIELD — Go SEMO Fiber Service Manager Lloyd Rice informed the Stoddard County commissioners Monday they will no longer offer residential television services within the county. “Our television services are ending Dec. 31,” Rice said. “We lost our ability to white label a TV product, except on the business/corporate side of the house.”...

Former President Donald Trump has won a second term, according to an Associated Press race call at 5:34 a.m. Wednesday. Around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Trump clinched the 19 electoral votes of Pennsylvania, the biggest of the Blue Wall states, putting him on the path to victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. The AP reports that Trump has locked down 277 electoral votes to 224 for Harris so far...

ST. LOUIS — When Missouri on Tuesday became the first state to overturn a near-total abortion ban by the vote of the people, Desiree White cried happy tears. Twenty-five years earlier, she and her husband chose to terminate a pregnancy they very much wanted after they received a diagnosis of a fatal fetal abnormality...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake has announced the opening and closing schedule of the Asher Creek, Lost Creek, and the Holliday Landing Waterfowl Refuges during the upcoming duck season (middle zone), including all splits. These refuges were established to provide resting places for migrating waterfowl in the Mississippi flyway. Firearms hunting is not permitted for any wildlife species in these refuges, and the hunting of any migratory birds by any method is prohibited...

Friday, Nov. 8 Veterans Day ceremony A Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, at the Bearcat Event Center. Saturday, Nov. 9 Christmas Dance The Wappapello Civic Center, located just north of the dam on Civic Center Road, will be having a Rockin’ Christmas Show and Dance, featuring award winning Elvis tribute artist Zaden J. $7 admission, concessions available. This is a smoke and alcohol free facility. Children 12 and under FREE...

James Scherer, 28, of Advance was booked in Stoddard county jail on a state warrant for assault - 3rd degree, property damage - 1st degree and burglary - 1st degree no bond was set. _ Ronald Allen Green, 46, of Dexter was booked on a state warrant for trespassing - 1st degree. His bond was set at $2500.00 cash or surety...

Missouri voters rejected an amendment allowing for court fees to fund sheriff and prosecutor retirement benefits. Amendment 6 failed by a margin roughly 61%-39% in final, unofficial tallies from the Missouri Secretary of State’s office. The issue was placed before voters by the legislature, which sought to reverse the impact of a 2021 Missouri Supreme Court ruling that found the fees unconstitutional...

Katrina Crosby, 47, of Dexter was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 29, for trespassing first degree. _ Tommy Graham, 49 of Morley was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 30, for driving while suspended or revoked - second or more offense. _ Bradley Jackson, 49, of Dexter was arrested Friday, Nov. 1, for trespassing - second or more offense...

An effort to hike the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour and guarantee paid sick leave won the support of Missouri voters Tuesday night. With 81% of precincts reporting, Proposition A was winning with Missouri voters 59% to 41%. The approval follows a trend of Missourians using the initiative petition process to increase the minimum wage — and more broadly, of Missourians using that process to advance policies at odds with the beliefs of the state’s Republican dominated Legislature...

This year represents the fifth presidential election that I’ve covered since coming to the Daily American Republic in early 2005. I’ve covered nearly 60 elections in the same time, between the annual municipal and school board elections, primaries, general elections and special elections...

This fall, my wife and I traveled to Illinois to better understand Abraham Lincoln’s vision of our country and his Republican Party campaign for president in light of the negative attacks we have seen this year. We learned an important lesson about the importance for current and future journalists, as well as journalism students, to explore the historical background of campaigns you cover...