Ellie Kemper apologizes for taking part in Veiled Prophet Ball as a teen

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star Ellie Kemper has apologized for taking part in a 1999 Missouri pageant that once banned black members and celebrated the wealthy white elite, saying she was not aware at the time of its ‘racist, sexist and elitist past’.  The 41-year-old actress spoke out on Monday after a photo of her being crowned … Read more

Couple buys new home and discovers attic that’s inaccessible from the rest of the house

A young woman who bought a house during the pandemic without ever seeing it in person has gone viral after discovering a secret blocked-off attic inside the home.  Sissy Hankshaw and her boyfriend recently moved from Pennsylvania to Missouri, where they purchased their first home based only on photos they’d seen online. So Sissy was surprised … Read more

Andy Cohen appeals for help locating missing childhood friend with history of mental health issues

Andy Cohen appeals for help locating missing childhood friend with history of mental health issues By Rachel Mcgrath For Dailymail.com Published: 06:06 BST, 4 June 2021 | Updated: 06:06 BST, 4 June 2021 Andy Cohen has lent his celebrity to the search for missing actor and playwright Andy Neiman. The Bravo TV star attended school … Read more

Working the night shift makes you three times as more likely to get into a car accident: study

If you work the night shift at your job, you are more likely to suffer from a chronic condition known as ‘shift work sleep disorder’ and three times more likely to be involved in a car accident, a new study says. Researchers from the University of Missouri found that people who work ‘nontraditional’ hours, such … Read more

Rusty Young, frontman and co-founder of country rock band Poco, dies of a heart attack at 75

Rusty Young, the frontman and co-founder of country rock band Poco, died of a heart attack on Wednesday. He was 75. A spokesman for the musician confirmed to PEOPLE that Young passed away at his home in Davisville, Missouri. The musician — who’s full name is Norman Russell Young — formed Poco with Richie Furay, George Grantham and Jim … Read more

McMansion Ghost Town: Homes in former billion-dollar Missouri resort town have been left abandoned

When it was launched to great fanfare in 2006, investors were promised the new $1.6 billion Indian Ridge Resort Community in the Ozarks region of Missouri would feature a shopping mall, a 390-room hotel and the country’s second-largest indoor water park – and dozens of enormous, castle-like townhouses. But 15 years later, the 900-acre development … Read more

Jon Hamm soaks in the summer-like weather in tiny shorts and flip-flops during food run to a market

Jon Hamm soaks in the summer-like weather in tiny shorts and flip-flops during food run to a market in LA By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 07:10 BST, 29 March 2021 | Updated: 07:10 BST, 29 March 2021 It was revealed over the weekend that Jon Hamm will voice the role of Iron Man in Marvel’s … Read more

Joe Biden remembers the 500,000 COVID dead at the White House

President Joe Biden acknowledged the pain of the nation on Monday as the United States marked more than 500,000 deaths from the coronavirus at a candlelit ceremony at the White House, but he also offered words of hope and healing. ‘Today we mark a truly grim heart breaking milestone,’ he said in a speech to … Read more

Nelly places his six-bedroom Missouri mansion on the market after plans to fix it up did not pan out

Nelly is hoping to sell one of his properties, which he originally planned to flip, but has sat vacant for almost two decades. The 46-year-old rapper has placed his mansion in Wildwood, Missouri, with breathtaking views of the woodlands surrounding the Meramec River, on the market for $599,000, according to TMZ. The performer’s sizable six-bedroom, … Read more