Deep Fried Onion Balls with Cajun Ranch Sauce Cook time: 5 Min Prep time: 25 Min Onion broilers are like pearl onions, but a little bigger! Found in the produce section labeled “onion broilers.” Ingredients: 8 oz sour cream 1 small packet Hidden Valley Ranch 5 Tbsp cajun seasoning, divided 4 1/2 Tbsp cayenne pepper, divided 2 cups self-rising flour 1 tsp salt…
(AP) The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at a low level Wednesday amid an economy that looks solid but faces potential global threats. The Fed sketched a mostly positive picture of the U.S. economy in the statement it released after its latest policy meeting. It also repeated its pledge to “monitor” the…
(AP) Authorities say former Springfield, Illinois, Mayor Frank Edwards and his wife, Sangamon County Coroner Cinda Edwards, were two of the three people killed when a small plane crashed in a central Illinois field. Jim Allmon, chief deputy coroner for Sangamon County, says the crash Tuesday also killed 69-year-old John Evans of Glenarm,. The 69-year-old…
(AP) Opioid prescriptions are down significantly in Missouri’s Medicaid health care program. New figures show that the number of Medicaid participants receiving opioid prescriptions fell to fewer than 110,000 in 2019 — the second straight year with a 12% decline. Meanwhile, the number of pills prescribed to those people fell by 25% last year. State…
Springfield, IL (AP) Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in a field southeast of Springfield, Illinois. The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department says the pilot of the twin-engine Piper Aerostar reported having trouble with the plane’s instruments prior to the crash. Springfield Airport Authority executive director Mark Hanna says the plane went down…
Jefferson City, MO (AP) Missouri officials say parents who no longer qualify for government health care but do not then sign up their children separately are partly to blame for the drop in children’s Medicaid coverage. Roughly 100,000 children lost coverage through the program between January 2018 and December 2019. Rep. David Wood says families…
Jerusalem, Israel (AP) Israel appears to be heading for a showdown with the international community over its half-century-old settlement enterprise in the West Bank. Emboldened by a supportive White House, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to move ahead with the potentially explosive annexation of large parts of the occupied West Bank, including its…
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Mizzou Men’s Basketball rallied from a 20-point deficit in the final 14 minutes to win in the closing minute against Georgia, 72-69 on Tuesday night at Mizzou Arena. The loss snaps a four-game losing streak for Mizzou (10-10, 2-5 SEC). Senior Reed Nikko came up with the play of the night to seal…
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — For David Perron, Calgary has become his home away from home. Up against a team he’s always thrived against and in a building he enjoys playing in, Perron had a goal and an assist in regulation and added a shootout goal to help the St. Louis Blues beat the Calgary Flames…