A focused video lecture explaining the Supreme Court case, Scott vs Sandford (1857), better known as the Dred Scott Decision. In this 12 minute video we look at the facts of the case, the court's rational and decision and most...

A young nurse was shocked to discover her constant pelvic pain was due to her having two vaginas. Nicci Triefenbach, 32, found out that her vaginal cavity was split in two - and that she had two uteruses, two cervix and two vaginal...

Taking a shortcut in the unexplored American West was always a gamble – but for the Reed and Donner families it proved catastrophic.

Kansas City part 3/7: The video discusses the issue of payday lending and its impact on low-income communities in Kansas City, Missouri. It highlights the efforts of a faith-based community organizing network to gather signatures for a...

MOT 1945: JAPAN SURRENDER WORLD WAR II: VS USS Missouri battleship at sea, Japanese harbor pilot being transferred to USS Missouri from accompanying ship. INT VS Japanese officers & United States officers looking over map of Tokyo...

Life on the Oregon Trail was both incredibly boring and extremely dangerous. Pioneers had to exercise extreme caution and a lot of bravado to cross the 2,170 mile stretch of land starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. Accidents and...

Meramec Instrument Transformer Co. needed to diversify and develop more products to sell with a goal of becoming the leader in the industry. With the help of their local economic development director, they were connected with Missouri...

Gerrymandering has been a political issue for decades and... it's still terrible. So in this video, we'll review the latest changes to political boundaries & why gerrymandering is getting worse than ever.

Over a two-year period in the 1860s, infamous train robbers the Reno Gang stole the equivalent of $9 million dollars, until an act of vigilantism stopped them in their tracks.

Learn more about the Dred Scott decision and why it is considered the worst U.S. Supreme Court ruling in history.

Here's the story of the third time Lawrence, Kansas, was invaded- The Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill's Raid.

The story of the enslaved woman who challenged slavery in the highest court in the United States.

What was the Missouri Compromise of 1820? How did it attempt to deal with the expansion of slavery? Who opposed it, who supported it? Perfect for #APUSH students or anyone studying US History.

All western schoolchildren have heard of Sacagawea, and even more know the story of Pocahontas either from class or the Disney movie. But who was the great – and comparatively unknown – Marie Dorion?
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People are living longer and they desire to live as independently as possible in their senior years. But, independent lifestyles come with risks, such as debilitating falls and deteriorating health resulting from inadequate care. To...

St. Louis, Missouri Some time between 1830 and 1833 Dr. John Emerson, an United States Army surgeon, buys a slave named Dred Scott. Emerson moved around a lot, and he always took Scott with him. In 1836, Emerson moved to Fort Armstrong,...

Life on the Oregon Trail was both incredibly boring and extremely dangerous. Pioneers had to exercise extreme caution and a lot of bravado to cross the 2,170 mile stretch of land starting in Missouri and ending in Oregon. Accidents and...

American democracy has a lineage of written records that we can trace to show the development of our nation, and how each document builds on those before it to make our foundation of freedom stronger. This video examines the documents...

You've heard of the Monroe doctrine, perhaps? This is the guy! Well, John Quincy Adams wrote it... but everyone liked this guy. They liked him so much that his entire presidency was called "The Era of Good Feelings". His story starts all...

Tish Period, a singer from St. Louis tells CBC News about the moment TLC surprised her on stage at a local bar after they heard her covering Waterfalls.

President Trump is looking to the state of Missouri to flip a Senate seat long-held by a Democrat from blue to red. Sen. Claire McCaskill is facing a strong challenge from Republican Josh Hawley on the eve of Election Day. Cheddar's J.D....

The nation may get greener on Tuesday night. "There's a lot more senate and congressional races in which marijuana has become an issue than ever before," Cannabis Voter Project Director Sam D'Arcangelo told Cheddar's CannaBiz on Tuesday....

CheddarU went to the University of Missouri to see what students thought of the medical marijuana ballot initiatives.

In the Show-Me State, which President Trump carried by 20 points over Hillary Clinton, his voters are sticking by him. Cheddar's J.D. Durkin spoke to voters at the president's Thursday night rally and found -- with a few exceptions --...