KSNF/KODE — Missouri residents from 10 counties affected by the severe weather and flooding at the end of May are eligible for financial help.

Those impacted by the storms from May 19 to May 27 can apply for federal disaster assistance.

This includes Missouri residents in Barry, Butler, Carter, Howell, New Madrid, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, and Texas counties.

The help falls under FEMA’s Individuals and Households Program, which is open to homeowners, renters, and self-employed business owners.

This comes after President Biden made the funding available recently, after approving a major disaster declaration request from Missouri Governor Mike Parson.

These funds will help take care of any damage associated with May’s storms like flooding, straight line winds, and tornado damage.

Public assistance was also issued for nonprofits and entities in 15 Missouri counties including Barry, Bollinger, Carter, and Scott counties.

This assistance will help repair damaged infrastructure like roads, bridges, parks, and more.

If you need help and fall under the eligibility you can apply for assistance on the FEMA website.

View a full list of counties here.

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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) – The first day of school is just around the corner, and back-to-school shopping is in full swing.

All counties in the state of Missouri are participating in a “Back to School” tax-free weekend, during which certain clothing, personal computers, and general school supplies can be purchased without sales tax.

The tax free weekend is running from Friday, August 2nd, until Sunday, August 4th.

The sales tax exemption is limited to the following items and restrictions:

Clothing:

Including: Any article of clothing or item intended for wearing including disposable diapers for infants and shoes for adults.

Not including: Watches, watchbands, jewelry, handbags, handkerchiefs, umbrellas, scarves, ties, headbands, or belt buckles.

Personal computers:

Including: Laptop, desktop, tower computer system with central processing unit, random access memory, a storage drive, a display monitor, a keyboard, devices designed for use in conjunction with a personal computer such as a disk drive, microphone, modems, motherboard, mouse, multimedia speaker, printer, scanner, single-user hardware, single-user operating system, soundcard, or video card. Computer software must have a taxable value of $350 or less.

School supplies:

Includes: Any item used by students in a classroom for educational purposes such as textbooks, notebooks, paper, writing instruments, crayons, art supplies, rulers, book bags, backpacks, handheld calculators, graphing calculators valued at $150 or less, chalk, maps, globes.

Does not include: Watches, radios, CD players, headphones, sporting equipment, portable desktop telephones, copiers or office equipment, furniture, fixtures.

For more information about the tax-free weekend in Missouri, click here.

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Donald Trump participates in the final presidential debate against Joe Biden in 2020 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images).

Former President Donald Trump’s coveted endorsement in the Missouri GOP gubernatorial primary finally arrived Saturday night, with Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft, Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe and state Sen. Bill Eigel forced to share the honor.

All three quickly crowed to supporters about Trump’s endorsement, never mentioning the fact that it was split three ways.

“All have had excellent careers, and have been with me from the beginning. They are MAGA and America First all the way!” Trump wrote in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. “I can’t hurt two of them by Endorsing one so, therefore, I’m going to Endorse, for Governor of the Great State of Missouri, Jay Ashcroft, Mike Kehoe, and Bill Eigel. Choose any one of them – You can’t go wrong!”

Trump took a similar step in 2022, when he endorsed “Eric” in the U.S. Senate race instead of choosing between the race’s GOP frontrunners, Eric Schmitt and Eric Greitens.

Schmitt went on to win the seat.

Eigel was out quickly with a statement, proclaiming that he’d won the endorsement.

“Grateful for the kind words and endorsement, President Trump,” Eigel posted on social media.

Kehoe was next, saying in a press release that now that his campaign has Trump’s endorsement, “we’ll unite conservatives across Missouri and have a great victory in November, but we first need to win on Aug. 6.”

Ashcroft took a slightly different tack, posting on social media that he was the only candidate in the race for governor who has been endorsed by both Trump and Missouri Right to Life.

Trump easily won Missouri’s 10 electoral votes in both 2016 and 2020, and is expected to win the state again this fall.