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 …

(AP) — A former student at the Missouri Military Academy alleges in a lawsuit that school administrators did nothing to stop routine beatings he suffered at the school. The student filed a personal injury lawsuit this week against the school in Mexico, Missouri, which is a college preparatory military boarding …

Your Missouri State budget is flush with cash going into 2023. The budget is over $47 – billion with a $3 – billion surplus in general revenue … But former Chief State Economist Tom Kruckemeyer says much of that windfall came from one – time federal funding through the CARES …

You can call it a ‘much – needed’ windfall for Lincoln University. President Dr. John Moseley says, thanks to state lawmakers and the Governor, the college will get the full amount of federal funding this coming year … That amounts to nearly $10 – million for Lincoln’s ag programs. Moseley …

The Polar Plunge for Missouri Special Olympics is on tonight in downtown Jefferson City. Mid – Missouri politicians and others will get sprayed down with icy water in their effort to raise funds for Special Olympics. The event happens at 5 at the corner of High and Madison. The participants …

(AP) — A Missouri man convicted of ambushing and killing a St. Louis area police officer he blamed in the death of his younger brother was executed Tuesday night. Kevin Johnson, 37, died after an injection at the state prison in Bonne Terre. It was the state’s second execution this year and …