The Bates County, Missouri Commission says it won't have to give back the more than $3 million in COVID relief funds that residents were concerned about. One day after the story of Snaps stores in ...

Several residents of the Walker, Mo., area in Vernon County reported seeing the bear this week. A state conservation agent confirmed the reports Wednesday after finding bear tracks in a cornfield.

The agency says conservation agent Justin Fogle confirmed the sighting last week northeast of Nevada, in Vernon County near the Kansas border. While black bears are native to Missouri, they were ...