Rocheport Republican Chuck Basye said this morning he is withdrawing from the campaign for state senator from Boone County because of a recent cancer diagnosis. Basye entered the race at the filing deadline late last month against Democrat Stephen Webber. The seat is currently held by Republican Caleb Rowden of …
Read More »Court case against former Callaway Sheriff ends
A court case is over after former Callaway County Sheriff Clay Chism turns in a letter of resignation. Chism’s peace officer’s license was revoked after his off -duty drunk driving arrest in Moberly, but he stayed on the county payroll. The Callaway County Prosecutor has now filed a motion to …
Read More »Will the pro – Palestinian protests come to Ol’ Mizzou?
Are anti – Israel protests about to break out on the Mizzou campus? Dan Swindell is a member of a pro – Israel Jewish group at the University. He says recently they put up flyers promoting a Columbia speech by some Hamas Massacre survivors … Others say they saw plenty …
Read More »Child sex charges filed in Callaway County
A Holts Summit man is accused of child sex crimes. 53 – year old Freeman Myron Larnerd was charged with child porn possession, statutory sodomy, statutory rape and tampering with a victim. Investigators got a call from a woman who told them her 14 – year old niece was sending …
Read More »Voters in other states will decide August’s Presidential Primary
You don’t get to pick your Presidential candidate in the August primary. That’s because Missouri lawmakers eliminated the state’s Presidential Preference Primary. State Rep. Rudy Veit knows Mid – Missourians want their say … There is a bill in the State Senate to hold a Presidential Primary in Missouri on …
Read More »Two hurt in JCMO car – school bus accident
Two people are hurt after a car ran into a school bus in Jefferson City. The car driver, McCaila Wright of Jefferson City, turned on Dix Road from Industrial Drive. Police say she then lost control and hit the bus in the intersection. Wright and her passenger only suffered minor …
Read More »Two candidates for higher office get ‘vocal’ in Perryville
A couple of Missouri elected officials tangled at Lincoln Days in Perryville. A video shows some expletives being exchanged between Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft and Senator Denny Hoskins. Senator Bill Eigel was nearby. He says it apparently happened when Ashcroft confronted Hoskins’s wife … Eigel and Ashcroft are both …
Read More »Another CoMo homeless camp will be torn down today
Columbia Parks and Recreation will take out another homeless camp at Broadway and Old 63 today. MoDOT cleaned up a homeless camp in March along I-70 near the Providence Rd. intersection. The city also had to clear out one camp near the area twice within the past year. Jefferson City …
Read More »Lt. Gov. Kehoe is back from Texas
Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe is getting lots of endorsements from law enforcement groups in his run for Governor. He has the backing of both the Missouri Fraternal Order of Police and the State Troopers Association. Kehoe just returned from Texas meeting up with some Missouri Troopers who volunteered for duty …
Read More »(LISTEN): Missouri’s governor describes FFA students across the Show-Me state as the future
Missouri’s governor says describes the approximately 5,000 high school students who attended the state FFA convention in Columbia as the future of agriculture, Missouri, and the nation. Governor Mike Parson drew thunderous applause from the students Friday afternoon at the Hearnes Center, when he asked them if they’re proud to …
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