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Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript
Oshkosh Corporation (NYSE:OSK) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Transcript August 1, 2025 Oshkosh Corporation beats earnings expectations. Reported EPS is $3.41, expectations were $2.98. Operator: Greetings, and welcome to the Oshkosh Corporation Second...

Cogburn to speak to Arkansas Archeological Society Tuesday
The Ouachita Chapter of the Arkansas Archeological Society will host a talk by Jessica Cogburn of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, on Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, according to a news release. The talk will take...
$2.5 million matching challenge to Central Missouri Humane Society extended through August
The Central Missouri Humane Society's (CMHS) anonymous donor extended their $2.5 million matching challenge through August. According to a press release, the shelter has already raised over $277,000 in July alone, and once matched by the generous...

Missouri Hunters Seek to Expand Allowable Use of Thermal Imagery and Night Vision
Originally published on NSSF. Republished with permission. The voices of Missouri hunters are needed to be heard loud and clear if they want to expand more hunting opportunities in the Show Me State. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC)...

Missouri Attorney General sues Stone County, Mo., woman for allegedly defrauding consumers through online boutique
GALENA, Mo. (Edited News Release/KY3) – Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is suing the owner of a now-defunct boutique in Stone County. The Attorney General’s Office said Hannah Bowlby, of Stone County, ran the Cozy Pozy Company, an online...

Donor extends match donations offer for Central Missouri Humane Society
An anonymous donor has extended their $2.5 million matching donation to the Central Missouri Humane Society through the month of August to fund a new animal shelter, according to a Facebook post from the Humane Society. Every donation made to the...

Senate Agriculture Committee Reviews Key USDA Nominees
By Bryson Stone WASHINGTON, DC – On Wednesday, July 23, the Senate Agriculture Committee held a confirmation hearing for Richard Fordyce, the nominee to serve as Under Secretary for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Production and...
McCarthy Building Companies expands leadership team in Kansas City office
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. announced an expanded executive leadership team for its Kansas City, Missouri, office, which is part of the company’s 28-state Central Region. The team will guide continued growth and innovation in key markets...

Missouri Sen. Hawley proposes tariff rebate checks for ‘working class’ Americans
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s proposal to provide rebate checks from President Trump’s tariffs has now been officially filed. He laid out details of the bill in an interview with Missourinet. “(It would be) $600 per individual, so $1,200 per couple. If...

Missouri property insurance payouts expected to exceed $2 billion
by Sue Danielson | Aug 1, 2025 St. Louis tornado damage May 16, 2025 (Photo courtesy of Gov. Mike Kehoe's X page) (Jefferson City, MO) — It’s been a rough year for severe weather in Missouri. Property insurance payouts (not including commercial...

Boone County Fire Protection District host Missouri Young Farmers summer tour
Boone County Fire Protection District (BCFPD) hosted nearly 70 members of the Missouri Young Farmers at the Boone County Fire District Training Center as part of their 2025 summer tour. On Friday, the group explored several innovative and...
Coastal Group Establishes Foristell, Missouri, Logistics-Warehousing Operations
Related Research Coastal Group, a provider of warehousing, transportation, and logistics solutions, has established operations in Foristell, Missouri. The $41.8 million project is expected to create 52 jobs. The company’s new 125,000-square-foot...

UScellular customers in Missouri to join T-Mobile
MISSOURI (KOAM) - More than 52,000 UScellular customers across Missouri are set to join T-Mobile, gaining access to the nation’s top-rated network beginning Wednesday, August 7. As part of the transition, customers will stay on their current plans...

Missouri Humane Society rescues nearly 211 starving dogs and other animals in Christian County

Funding cuts threaten health care access for Missouri seniors
Advocates say federal cuts to SNAP will hurt low-income seniors and the long-term care facilities, health care providers and organizations that they rely on. MISSOURI, USA — Dr. Marvin Singleton, a Republican who spent 13 years as a Missouri state...

Letter to the Editor: Public trust matters in Missouri’s growing film sector
Dear editor, In May 2024, as executive director of the Ozarks Film Foundry, I proposed to the Southwest Missouri Council of Governments that it be endorsed as a regional film commission and join the Association of Film Commissioners International...

Not your average summer camp: Teens operate nuclear reactor at Missouri S&T
Forty high school students from across the United States and abroad traveled to Missouri S&T and spent part of their summer doing something very few teenagers — or even adults — ever experience: operating a nuclear reactor. “At Missouri S&T’s...

Jet Cars Will Bring Car Culture to Missouri Lakes
American culture is intertwined with cars, especially outside the northeast coast. We love our cars. Often we see them as an extension of ourselves. So why not have that extend out onto the waters too? Sports cars are made for smooth roads....but...

A growth-minded Missouri bank absorbs a local competitor
A Missouri community bank remains firmly in expansion mode after completing a merger with a rival in Kansas City's fast-growing Northland region. "We absolutely continue to be open to growth opportunities," Verimore Bank President and CEO Kristi...
Celebrate Ameri'kana: A Colorful Explosion of Music & Culture
Entering Celebrate Ameri’kana at Concourse Park (Saturday, July 26) feels like walking into a haze of summer bubbles, making you shrink and expand in an Alice in Wonderland-like way to integrate into this festival city so full of color. Ascending...