Jackson County is located in the western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri,on the border with Kansas. As of the 2020 census,the population was 717,204. making it the second-most populous county in the state.
Cape Girardeau County is located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Missouri;its eastern border is formed by the Mississippi River. At the 2020 census,the population was 81,710. The county seat is Jackson,the first city in the US to be named in honor of President Andrew Jackson. Officially organized on October 1,1812,the county is named after Ensign Sieur Jean Baptiste de Girardot,an official of the French colonial years. The "cape" in the county's name is named after a former promontory rock overlooking the Mississippi River;this feature was demolished during railroad construction. Cape Girardeau County is the hub of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson metropolitan area. Its largest city is Cape Girardeau.
The history of Missouri begins with settlement of the region by indigenous people during the Paleo-Indian period beginning in about 12,000 BC. Subsequent periods of native life emerged until the 17th century. New France set up small settlements,and in 1803,Napoleonic France sold the area to the U.S. as part of the Louisiana Purchase. Statehood for Missouri came following the Missouri Compromise in 1820 that allowed slavery. Settlement was rapid after 1820,aided by a network of rivers navigable by steamboats,centered in the City of St. Louis. It attracted European immigrants,especially Germans;the business community had a large Yankee element as well. The Civil War saw numerous small battles and control by the Union. After the war,its economy diversified,and railroads centered in Kansas City,opened up new farmlands in the west.
Austin Augustus King was an American lawyer,politician,and military officer. A Democrat,he was the tenth Governor of Missouri and a one-term United States Congressman.
Charles Bertan Wheeler Jr. was an American physician and politician who served as a Missouri state senator and as mayor of Kansas City,Missouri from 1971 to 1979,in addition to having held other elected offices.
Yvonne Delores Starks Wilson was a Democratic politician from Missouri. She was born in Kansas City,Missouri.
Scott T. Rupp is a former Republican member of the Missouri Senate,representing the 2nd District from 2006 to 2014. Previously he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2002 through 2006. In the Missouri Senate,Rupp represented all of Lincoln County and portions of St. Charles County. Elected to the Missouri Senate in a special election in April 2006,Scott was re-elected in November 2006 to serve his first full term. He was re-elected in November 2010 to his second full term in the Missouri Senate. Previously,he was twice elected to represent the citizens of northwest St. Charles County in the Missouri House of Representatives and received more than 65 percent of the vote in 2002 and 2004. In 2014 Rupp could not run for re-election due to term limits. In April 2014 he retired early to take a position on the Missouri Public Service Commission.
Missouri's 4th congressional district comprises west-central Missouri. It stretches from the northern half of Columbia to the southern and eastern suburbs of Kansas City,including a sliver of Kansas City in Cass County and parts of Blue Springs in Jackson County. It also includes the portion of Columbia north of Interstate 70,home to the University of Missouri.
Kansas City 33 School District,operating as Kansas City Public Schools or KCPS,is a school district headquartered at 2901 Troost Avenue in Kansas City,Missouri,United States.
KKFI is a radio station located in Kansas City,Missouri,owned by Mid-Coast Radio Project,Inc.,a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Formed in 1988,it broadcasts at 100,000 watts. It features a variety format,including a mix of music and public affairs/talk programming.
The 2008 Missouri Democratic presidential primary took place on Super Tuesday,February 5,2008,with 72 delegates at stake. The winner in each of Missouri's nine congressional districts was awarded all of that district's delegates,which totaled 47. Another 25 delegates were awarded to the statewide winner,Barack Obama. The 72 delegates represented Missouri at the Democratic National Convention in Denver,Colorado. Sixteen other unpledged delegates,known as superdelegates,also attended the convention and cast their votes as well.
Sherri Ann Lightner is an American politician,businesswoman,engineer,and community activist who served as a member of the San Diego City Council for District 1,from November 2008 to 2017. She is a Democrat,although council positions are officially nonpartisan.
Peggy Littleton (Propst) is a candidate for Colorado State Board of Education,Congressional District 8. She was the county commissioner for El Paso County,Colorado. Her Commissioner District 5 jurisdiction is over El Paso County,Colorado,the most populous county in the state.
Vicky Jo Hartzler is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Missouri's 4th congressional district from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she served as the Missouri state representative for the 124th district from 1995 to 2001.
Jon Carpenter is an American politician who represented Missouri's 15th district in Kansas City's Northland and was elected in 2012 to the Missouri House of Representatives. Carpenter is the owner of his own marketing and advertising firm. He is also a member of the Gladstone Area Chamber of Commerce and the Northland Democratic Club.
John Joseph Rizzo is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Missouri Senate from 2017 to 2024. In 2020,Rizzo was elected by his colleagues to serve as Minority Leader. Prior to his election into the Senate,Rizzo was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives,serving the 19th and 40th districts from 2011 to 2017. In the House,Rizzo also served as Democratic Minority Whip.
The 2019 Kansas City mayoral election took place on June 18,2019,to elect the next mayor of Kansas City,Missouri. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections,and was officially nonpartisan.
Tony Luetkemeyer is an attorney and the state senator for the 34th Senatorial District of the Missouri Senate,representing Buchanan and Platte Counties in Northwest Missouri. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Mark Maassen is a business executive specializing in selling advertising for newspapers and a 1980 Bachelor of Journalism (BJ) graduate from the Missouri School of Journalism.
Lewis Walter Diuguid is an American journalist and author in Kansas City. After almost 40 years at the Kansas City Star,he won the 2017 "Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism" from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
