Your Cole County Commissioners are weighing about $115 – million in budget requests for next year. Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman and EMS Chief Eric Hoy confirm the price of just about everything is going up, including the price of ambulances. Bushman adds the cost to overlay a single mile of …

A jury selected in western Missouri’s Clay County has been brought to Columbia for a high-profile murder trial that begins this (Monday) morning. It’s a case with ties to Columbia, Jefferson City and Montgomery County, and the Columbia Daily Tribune notes it’s being called the “Snake King” case.  33-year-old Lynlee …

Mild weather has prompted Jefferson City’s mayor to predict a record turnout for tonight’s “Living Windows” event downtown. The event is one of the most popular events of the year in Jefferson City. Living Windows is tonight from 6-9, and candlelight tours at the Governor’s Mansion will be offered from …

(AP) — A longtime Missouri Republican political consultant and lobbyist was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation for a federal tax crime. David Barklage was indicted in April for failing to report $443,633 in income from 2012 through 2014. The indictment said that as a result, he failed to …

ABC – 17 — Boone County Sheriff’s Deputies are still searching for one person, after a chase with a stolen vehicle ended in a crash that sent multiple people to the hospital Thursday night. The chase started around 11 p.m. Thursday night and ended after the stolen vehicle ran a …

An Ashland state lawmaker who serves as the GOP caucus chair has pre-filed legislation to repeal Missouri’s gasoline tax increase. State Representative Sara Walsh says it’s an outrage that Missourians are being asked to pay more at the pump, when the state currently has an eight-BILLION dollar surplus. Walsh adds …

(AP) — A person in California who had been vaccinated against COVID-19 became the first in the U.S. to have an identified case of the omicron variant, the White House announced Wednesday as scientists continue to study the risks posed by the new virus strain. Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters …

The senator who led the push to bring Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act into law doesn’t buy former Governor Eric Greitens’ claim that the measure now stops police from joining in with  federal crime task forces …      Eric Burlsion says the intent of the law was to stop the ‘feds’ …

Abc – 17 — A woman told police she was taking methadone and Valium when she failed to yield for a motorcycle in central Columbia, killing its rider, according to court documents. Susan Hanel, 72, was charged Wednesday with DWI causing a death, leaving the scene of an accident resulting …

Did Eric Greitens’ stance on Missouri’s Second Amendment Preservation Act upset his core supporters? The U-S Senate candidate was on the KWOS Morning Show. The former Governor has questions about the new law that prohibits Missouri cops from enforcing federal gun laws …      Greitens adds that barring Missouri police departments …