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No more masks for JC public school kids

KMIZ — The Jefferson City School District will drop its mask requirement starting today – Friday. Students and staff who are in close contact with a COVID-19 positive individual will no longer need to quarantine in most cases the school district said the changes are because there are fewer close …

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JCMO man will spend 15 – years behind bars

KMIZ — A Jefferson City man was sentenced this week to 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to a September 2020 shooting and robbery in Boone County. Cenneth Tucker, 21, pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree assault and second-degree robbery charges in connection with the shooting that occurred near Mauller …

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State Auditor cries foul

(AP) — Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway is suing a state board that she said is threatening to discipline her and her office after she issued audits critical of Sen. Josh Hawley for his use of public money while he was Missouri Attorney General. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, Galloway …

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Be ready to pay more at the pump starting today

The governor says a bipartisan gas tax increase that takes effect TODAY is an opportunity to improve rural Missouri’s roads and bridges. GOP Governor Mike Parson signed the gas tax into law. It increases the state’s gasoline tax by 12-point-five cents per gallon. It will increase by two-point-five cents a …

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It’s not easy in law enforcement

Would you want to be a cop right now? Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler says his deputies generally only interact with the community on a person’s ‘worst day’ …      Wheeler adds that training his officers to reject that ‘Us versus Them’ mentality is a tough mindset to develop. You’ll see …

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Columbia killer set to die next week

Death penalty opponents are asking the Governor to spare a Mid – Missouri man from lethal injection. 61 – year old Ernest Johnson is on death row for the killings of three people at a Columbia convenience store back in 1994. Johnson, who has suffered from a brain tumor and …

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Child murder trial will move out of Jefferson City

(AP) — The first-degree murder trial of a woman charged in a 4-year-old Jefferson City boy’s death will be moved to another county, a Cole County judge ruled Wednesday. Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson said Quatavia Givens’ case would likely be reassigned to a judge determined by the Missouri Supreme …

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Missouri Supreme Court looks at Jay Ashcroft decision

Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is before Missouri’s high court today (wed). The Supreme Court justices will hear arguments whether he tried to stop a measure dealing with new abortion restrictions from getting on the ballot …    Ashcroft’s team didn’t approve the ballot referendum until August, which only allowed organizers …

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Former Missouri Senate leader dies

(AP) — Former state Sen. James Mathewson, the longest-serving President Pro Tem of the Missouri Senate, has died. His family said Mathewson died of cancer Monday evening at his home in Sedalia. He was 83. Mathewson, a Democrat, was first elected to the Missouri House in 1974 and was then …

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Sedalia man pleads in murder for hire case

(AP) — A Sedalia man pleaded guilty Tuesday to trying to hire someone to kill a victim in a statutory sodomy case. Jon Mark Wilson, 57, pleaded guilty in federal court to use of interstate facilities — using a cellphone and crossing state lines — in the commission of murder …

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