Candidate filing is open for Jefferson City elected offices and one councilman ‘officially’ wants to be your next mayor. Ron Fitzwater filed as the doors opened at City Hall … Fitzwater says he’d like to see more planning down at the city level. He’s the director of the Missouri Pharmacy Association …

Remembering Pearl Harbor — Bill McAnany was there! Retired Navy Chief Corpsman Bill McAnany talked with Warren Krech about the attack he witnessed on that December day in 1941 .. Thanks for your service, Doc! Chief McAnany passed this year. He was 101.

Your lawmakers will take another shot at making it tougher to change Missouri’s constitution. Jefferson City Rep. Dave Griffith says they’ll re-introduce a bill that seeks to require two – thirds of the voters to okay a constitutional amendment rather than the current simple majority … That bill passed the …

A bond hearing is delayed in the case of a man charged in two fatal shootings in a Jefferson City bar. Damien Davis is accused of shooting and killing Skylar Smock and Corey Thames at J Pfennys Bar Thanksgiving weekend. The bond hearing has been pushed back to later this …

Blair Oaks School District officials name a new superintendent. Capital City High School Principal Ben Meldrum will take over the job next summer. Meldrum was the principal at the Simonsen Ninth Grade Center before taking over at Capital City High School opened. He’ll replace Jim Jones who retired.

A BNSF freight train hits a vehicle, killing the driver. The accident happened Saturday near Sturgeon. The vehicle’s driver was killed but no one else was injured. The tracks were closed for hours while investigators were on scene.

(AP) — An eastern Missouri man has admitted that he stole almost $200,000 by collecting his mother’s Social Security benefits for 26 years after her death. Reginald Bagley, 62, of Dellwood, pleaded guilty Thursday to a felony charge of stealing money belonging to the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office …

Thanks to everyone who joined us this evening to come together at Hawthorn Memorial Gardens for the lighting of Jack’s Memory Tree. The tree honors the memory of Jack Steppleman who was Jefferson City’s ‘Mr. Christmas’. His big Christmas decorations delighted Jefferson Citians for years. Thanks to Reid Millard, Jeff …

Vicky Hartzler may be a ‘lame duck’ congressman but that doesn’t mean she’s backed off from her call to rein in China. She says it’s time for the U-S to get its pharmaceuticals from somewhere else … Hartzler also calls out the Chinese government on their hard line stance on Taiwan …

No public defender for the suspect accused of killing two victims at a downtown Jefferson City bar. State court officials say 35 – year old Damien Davis’ income is too high to qualify for a public defender. He’s accused of shooting and killing Skylar Smock and Corey Thames at J …