Abc – 17 — The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Childhood (OOC), has suspended the child care license of a Linn daycare because the staff administered unknown medications to children to calm them at naptime. DESE investigated a complaint on March 24 that staff at Busy …

Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe has officially announced his candidacy to be the next governor of Missouri Tuesday afternoon at a Firefighters Day event at the Capitol. Kehoe is the only announced candidate for the position. In Nov. 2020 Kehoe was elected as Missouri’s 48th Lieutenant Governor after being appointed to …

A tornado – warned storm does some damage in Cooper County. There are reports of trees and power lines down and a barn lost its roof. No tornadoes have been confirmed. No one was injured.

** Complete returns — https://www.facebook.com/1045KWOS   Jack Deeken is the new Jefferson City First Ward Councilman. He defeated Jacob Robinett. Erin Wiseman retains her Third Ward seat beating former Councilman Bob Scrivner. Jefferson City’s sewer bond issue passes easily. Erika Leonard and Anne Bloemke – Warren are elected to Jefferson …

To you they might just be an eyesore. But one Jefferson City Councilman sees the falling – down homes on Capitol Avenue as deathtraps. Scott Spencer is a retired Jefferson City fire captain …      The council this week approved spending just over a half – million dollars. Those …

Council races, school board seats, education issues and a sewer bond question are on your Cole County ballot. Jack Deeken and Jacob Robinett are running in Jefferson City’s First Ward city council race. Third Ward incumbent Erin Wiseman faces a challenge from former Councilman Bob Scrivner. Jefferson City voters will …

You should see more work on Capitol Avenue in Jefferson City in the near future. It’s been several months since a judge turned over five run-down homes to the Housing Authority. They were all owned by Barbara Buescher who’s been in a legal battle with the city for years. Housing …

The State of Missouri cancels an endangered person advisory for a missing 9-year-old. The Hermann Police Department reports Adelle Josephine Moore was taken by her mother Sarah Hatfield, last Thursday but was not returned the next day to her father who has custody. Hatfield’s vehicle was then located at the …

UNC will play Kansas in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game tonight after defeating Duke 81-77 Saturday night. The win by No. 8 seed North Carolina effectively ends Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s long career. No. 1 seed Kansas defeated No. 2 seed Villanova 81-65 to advance to the program’s …

Those ‘ghost guns’ without serial numbers could soon be illegal to make under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration. Cody Wilson is famous for publishing plans for a gun that could be built on a 3-D printer. Wilson wonders if Missouri’s SAPA law would keep state law officers …