(AP) — An eastern Missouri state senator is joining the long list of Republicans running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Roy Blunt. Dave Schatz, who is from Sullivan and is president pro tem of the state Senate, made the announcement Tuesday. Schatz joins a list of GOP …

ABC – 17 — A Jefferson City woman was arrested after a vehicle chase began in Jefferson City before ending in Boone County on Tuesday morning. Jefferson City police attempted to stop Erin Starke, 36, of Jefferson City, after identifying her as having a felony no bond warrant for her …

(AP) — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt sued the Springfield school district on Tuesday over its response to his office’s requests for records related to critical race theory and anti-racist teaching. Schmitt’s office submitted a Sunshine Law request in October seeking records from the district relating to how and whether …

(AP) — U.S. Rep. Cori Bush is officially seeking a second term. The St. Louis Democrat announced Friday that she will seek another term representing Missouri’s 1st Congressional District. She defeated longtime incumbent Democrat William Lacy Clay in 2020. Bush is a nurse and an activist who made a name …

Here’s a way to help provide some willing workers for understaffed businesses. Inmates on parole. State Rep. Rudy Veit says it’s an issue the Legislature could look at when they return to the Capitol in January …     Veit says that many employers could use the help. He adds those former …

Fulton police continue a death investigation. They were called out early (Mon) morning after a man’s body was found in Stinson Creek on the Westminster campus. Investigators says the victim was 26 – year old Donald Simmons from Illinois. He had been shot several times. Investigators say they may have …

Fulton police have a death investigation on their hands. They were called out early this (Mon) morning after a man’s body was found in Stinson Creek. Investigators says the victim was a black man in mid – 20s and had been shot several times. Police haven’t released the man’s name. …

Have you had to wait on hold or in a long line at a state government office here in Jefferson City? Blame it on the continual turnover in state government employees … Representative Dave Griffith adds that fact that Missouri state employees are some of the lowest paid in the …

Police shot and killed one man as they responded to a shootout in downtown Columbia that left five people injured early Sunday morning. Columbia Police Chief Geoff Jones said two people were exchanging gunfire outside the Vibez Lounge around 3 a.m. Sunday. One of the suspects fired into a crowd …