Over the course of the next two weeks, all 16 SEC teams will be given a “SEC Network Takeover” day. This will allow schools to showcase their favorite games from the past calendar year. Missouri has been assigned Saturday, July 6th, and the schedule they’re putting out is loaded with classics.

Beginning at 11:00 PM on Friday night, Missouri will take center stage on SEC Network. They’ll showcase 11 different sporting events from the past year, highlighted with two primetime events on Saturday evening.

The first primetime event will be aired at 6:30 PM, showcasing Missouri’s gymnastics meet vs LSU. The #9 ranked Missouri Tigers hosted a record-setting 7,336 fans. This was a top-ten showdown as the #3 ranked LSU Tigers came to Columbia, MO in a battle of Tigers.

Immediately airing after the gymnastics meet will be one of the greatest games of the University’s history. This of course is a reference to the 2023 Goodyear Cotton Bowl. Missouri clashed with Ohio State in a new years six bowl game. The program-changing game is one that any fan of Missouri athletics would be ecstatic to watch again.

I’d be remised to not mention the fact that at 4:00 AM, they’re airing a men’s basketball game against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. This is of course due to the fact that Missouri failed to win a conference game this past year. Hopefully next year there will be more options for the men’s basketball program.

This will be the tenth consecutive summer with the “SEC Network Takeover”, which has given all 16 schools an opportunity to program a full day on air. The SEC has done a great job of giving all different sports a platform with this takeover. It will be fun for fans of all sports to tune in on Saturday, July 6th, when Mizzou takes over the network.

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York, claiming it violated Missourians first amendment rights.

Bailey alleges New York undermined former President Donald Trump’s ability to campaign for presidency with prosecution, gag orders, and sentencing of Trump.

“Right now, Missouri has a huge problem with New York. Instead of letting presidential candidates campaign on their own merits, radical progressives in New York are trying to rig the 2024 election by waging a direct attack on our democratic process,” said Attorney General Bailey in a press release. “I will not sit idly by while Soros-backed prosecutors hold Missouri voters hostage in this presidential election. I am filing suit to ensure every Missourian can exercise their right to hear from and vote for their preferred presidential candidate.” 

Bailey’s lawsuit said New York’s actions detest Missourians’ ability to hear from and cast a fully informed vote for president mere months before the election.

He is asking the Supreme Court to halt any further action in the New York case until after the presidential election.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A fire department in Kansas City, Missouri responded to 11 water rescue calls throughout the area on Fourth of July morning.

An overnight downpour of rain flooded several creeks and rivers onto roadways and near homeless camps.

Kansas City Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Hopkins said dispatchers reported the water rising up to as high as 22 feet and rising overnight as of 6:30 a.m.

There was a significant save in the area of Hardesty Avenue and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard where three homeless individuals from a camp near the Blue River woke up flooded with terror.

“They were sleeping and woke up to water in their tents and noticed that some of those that live there with them were gone, had been swept in the water, and they were hearing shouts for help,” said Hopkins.

Two of them were saved, but the third person is still unaccounted for. Hopkins said witnesses claim they are out of the water downstream but have not confirmed that.

“We’re continuing to search because there is an inline pipe that runs under Hardesty – that if they are still in the water, they can potentially get caught up in there so we’re doing our due diligence just to make sure.”

They hope that is the situation that this person is safe.

“We don’t want to leave anybody behind or stranded so we’ll continue to look and if that individual is out of the water – hopefully they’ll come and let us know,” Hopkins said.

A lot of drivers tried to maneuver around the wet roadways, with some trying to barrel through water despite warning signs on or beside the road. Some drivers were unlucky, getting stuck, and ultimately waiting for water rescues of their own.

Hopkins said to immediately call 911 if others begin to experience this.

“You never know what’s under the water. Storm drain covers can come off and that can be a deadly situation if you’re walking, and you’re not going to be able to see it. We would advise just don’t drive in the high water,” said Hopkins. “Particularly if there’s already barricades set up. The water department does that for a reason. We know there’s going to be high water there, we put the barrier there.”

Fire crews continued to make their way back to heavy-hit spots around the metro area to follow up on their morning checks.

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