(AP) — Missouri voters would need approval from a majority of the state’s congressional districts or a 57% statewide vote to amend the state constitution under a proposal the Senate passed Thursday. Senators voted 24-10 along party lines in favor of the change, which would go before voters if passed …

(AP) — A Missouri judge has blocked a first-of-its-kind rule restricting access to gender-affirming health care just hours before it was set to take effect. A judge on Wednesday ruled against the Republican attorney general’s emergency rule on transgender health care, putting it on hold until at least Monday. Lawyers …

A man from Centertown faces charges of raping a 15 – year old girl. 30 – year old Ian Roberts stands accused of picking up the girl in Rolla and bringing her to a Jefferson City motel for sex. The victim claims she met Roberts on Snapchat and asked him …

An envelope containing a foreign substance is sent to another Jefferson City state office building. This one showed up Tuesday afternoon at the Supreme Court Building. Emergency crews responded and took the envelope away. Another envelope showed up at the Broadway Building April 7th. The substance in that envelope was …

A Catholic church trial finds a priest is guilty of stealing money from St. Stanislaus Parish in Wardsville. Father Ignazio Medina was accused of taking $300,000 in church money while he was the church’s pastor between 2012 and 2021. He’s has made restitution and no longer has a position in …

A man accused in a decades – old Cole County killing wants his case dismissed. 46 – year old Chris Niemet is accused of killing Greg Jones of Russellvile in 1991 when they were both 14 – years old. Niemet’s lawyers claim there’s no evidence linking him to the shooting. …

Another fatality in that crash involving a car and a Fulton school bus. The driver of the sports car that hit the bus last Friday has died. 19 – year old Myles Cook of Kansas City was injured in the crash. His passenger, 19 – year old Jordan Vokolek, died …

(AP) — An internal review has found allegations of improper care at a center for young transgender patients were “unsubstantiated,” after a former employee made claims of poor treatment — leading the state’s attorney general to investigate. The former employee in February claimed Washington University Transgender Center is too quick to prescribe …

(AP) — A passenger in a car was killed and three people aboard a Mid – Missouri school bus were treated for minor injuries after the vehicles collided, authorities say. The car slid into the Fulton Public School bus Friday afternoon, The driver of the car was rushed to a …

Passage of an August Cole County bond issue could drive up property tax rates. The Missouri River Regional Library is pushing ‘Prop L’ to renovate the main library building. If the measure passes, the average Cole County home owner would see property taxes go up by about 2.5%.