Kennett News

Children with painted faces, some holding animal balloons or a paper tray of snacks, file into pews in the chapel at the Fellowship of the American Indian Church.

HORNERSVILLE, MO - Hornersville residents are concerned about a highway construction project taking place in Dunklin County.

Two teenagers are hospitalized with moderate injuries after a pavilion collapsed on them during a storm that swept through southeast Missouri.

Jobless rate dips to 7.5 percent in April, as employers add 165,000 jobs

Hiring picked up in April after a slow couple months, as employers added 165,000 jobs and the unemployment rate dipped to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.

The government also revised up its estimate of job gains in February and March by a combined 114,000. It now says employers added 332,000 jobs in February and 138,000 in March.

Stock prices soared on the heels of the report, with the Dow surging past 15,000 for the first time ever an hour after trading began.