Jefferson City councilmen sign off on the proposed developer for a downtown hotel – conference center project. Garfield Public / Private LLC has built similar properties in Texas. The Jefferson City project would include a hotel with an attached conference center and a new parking garage. The complex would be …

A Mid – Missouri Navy veteran is running for the retiring Blaine Luetkemeyer’s Congressional seat. Former Boone County Clerk Taylor Burks currently serves as a Naval Reserve officer. He doesn’t agree with the Department of Defense’s stance on a lot of ‘woke’ issues … Burks lost the GOP primary for …

Human remains found near Chamois are now confirmed as those of an Osage County man missing since last summer. Investigators with the Highway Patrol say the remains belong to 35 – year old Derek Holtmeyer of Linn He was reported missing July 12, 2023.   The remains were found Feb. …

It’s no secret that Missouri Senate Majority Leader Cindy O’Laughlin and fellow Senator Bill Eigel have bumped heads over his Freedom Caucus’ delaying tactics in the chamber this session. O’Laughlin went as far as threatening to expel the GOP candidate for Governor from the Senate floor. She says they’re both …

It is still February. Winter isn’t gone yet. A Winter Advisory for Columbia and points north calls for one to three, maybe four inches of snow along and north of I – 70. Jefferson City has smaller amounts forecast. The snow could continue into mid – afternoon. Then temperatures fall …

You can bet the deadly shooting at the Chiefs parade will prompt a new round of potential gun control bills at the State Capitol. Republican Senator Bill Eigel knows the Democrats will try again this session … In past years Columbia State Rep. David Tyson – Smith filed a bill …

It sounds like a good idea .. until you’re the guy who’s out of work. There’s a new push to cut the number of weeks you can spend on unemployment if you’re between jobs. The Missouri NF-IB’s Brad Jones it’s a piece of legislation that has been tried before … …

A Missouri death row inmate who is set to die for killing his cousin and her husband in New Bloomfield wants his execution stayed. Brian Dorsey is to be put to death April 9 for the 2006 murders of his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben. Dorsey’s lawyer claims …

(KWTO) – Mid – Missouri dodged the bullet. But some areas of southwest Missouri received a half foot of snow from the winter storm Monday. 6.0 inches—Monett 4.0 inches—Joplin 3.0 inches—-southwest Springfield Moderate to heavy snow made roads slick across the Ozarks Monday morning as a band of snow impacted …

What version of initiative petition reform, if any, do you think is going to come out of the Missouri State Senate this session? Senator Mike Bernskoetter says there a bunch of different plans that would determine how many votes would be needed to change the State Constitution … Bernskoetter is …