It has unfortunately been a busy few days at the Lake of the Ozarks for the Missouri Highway Patrol as 3 more lives have reportedly been lost in drowning accidents.
According to the Missouri Highway Patrol’s incident website, there were 3 separate and unrelated incidents in different areas in the Lake of the Ozarks that all resulted in lives being lost.
On August 3, 2024 at approximately 5:24pm, the Missouri Highway Patrol says that 77-year-old Robert A. Crider of Climax Springs, Missouri was found face down in the water by his wife near the docks at 1268 Sunset Springs in Climax Springs, Missouri. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.
On August 9, 2024 around noon, 69-year-old Steven F. Bucklinger of Warsaw, Missouri fell out of a boat in Lake of the Ozarks around mile marker 90 for an unknown reason and drowned.
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Finally, early Saturday evening, August 10, 2024 at 5:45pm, 33-year-old Delphine M. Mwombeki of Lenexa, Kansas entered the Lake of the Ozarks to swim from a dock, but never resurfaced.
It’s incidents like the tragic ones that have happened over the past week that have led Lake of the Ozarks to be referred to as one of the most dangerous water places in America.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KFVS) – It’s been a little over one week since Missouri’s lawmakers called it quits for the year, but that doesn’t mean they’re all happy with what was accomplished, or what was not accomplished.
Artificial intelligence continues to spread into every area of our lives, and it’s largely unchecked by government regulations.
In Missouri, 100 bills were passed this year, but none of them regulate the use of artificial intelligence. Over a dozen ideas on how to regulate AI were presented by lawmakers, but all the bills died before the end of the regular legislative session.
State lawmakers cannot explore AI or data center regulations again until the new legislative session starts in January 2027.
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AI regulations are popular with Missouri voters. Only 16% of Missouri voters polled by YouGov and SLU believe recent AI innovations had a positive effect on society. Regulating artificial intelligence is also popular with both parties.
Bolivar Republican Rep. Christopher Warwick wants to see protections for children.
“My heart is is to make sure that we’re protecting our kids. We want to protect Missourians in general, but when the AI starts affecting our kids,” Warwick said.
While St. Louis Democratic Sen. Doug Beck says we need to make it clear what is and isn’t AI.
“That can be very scary, and some of the things they can do with it, you don’t know what’s real and what isn’t real,” Beck said.
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The explosion of AI is leading to more and more data centers, including many projects here in Missouri. Though many in Missouri are currently fighting to keep data centers from their neighborhoods, their growth is something Gov. Mike Kehoe appreciates.
“As President Trump said, AI is the space race of our time. And certainly Missouri wants to be involved in that race and wants to continue to lead,” Kehoe said at an event in Montgomery County to celebrate a new Google data center.
President Trump issued an executive order telling states to rely on federal AI regulations, but Congress is on a summer vacation without having passed any AI bills.
The executive order President Trump put out says funding for rural broadband could be at risk if state lawmakers don’t align with his plan. A Utah lawmaker was told by the Trump administration that his bill doesn’t fit into their AI plan.
The executive order reads, “United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation. But excessive State regulation thwarts this imperative. First, State-by-State regulation by definition creates a patchwork of 50 different regulatory regimes that makes compliance more challenging, particularly for start-ups.”
Two Affinia Healthcare employees were recognized for their work in community health during the recent Community Health Workers Association of Missouri conference.
Candace Henderson, Affinia’s director of community health, received the organization’s Individual and Community Capacity Building Award after being nominated in eight categories. Henderson leads a team of community health workers who connect residents with health screenings and other services.
Naila Hudson, a community health worker with Affinia, received the Individual and Community Assessment Award. Her duties include coordinating mobile mammography events, conducting health screenings and assisting with the organization’s food pantry.
