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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(AP) — A Boone County judge on Tuesday rejected Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt’s effort to expand his litigation against mask mandates in public schools to districts across the state. Schmitt initially sued the Columbia Public Schools after it required students and staff to wear masks while indoors to reduce …

The Missouri attorney general’s office will be asking a Boone County judge to issue a preliminary injunction on Tuesday morning against Columbia Public Schools (CPS) regarding the district’s mask mandate. Boone County Judge Brouck Jacobs has scheduled a 9 am hearing at the county courthouse in downtown Columbia. Attorney General …

Why do you think enrollment numbers are tumbling at Lincoln University? The Jefferson City school saw enrollment drop by over 30 – percent between 2010 and last year. Former Missouri Representative Carl Bearden worked on the Access Missouri scholarship bill and other legislation designed to get and keep students in …

(AP) — The Missouri Department of Conservation plans to test hundreds of deer for COVID-19 this hunting season following a recent federal report. The U.S Department of Agriculture reported the results of a federal study testing white-tailed deer in Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania. Samples showed at least 7% …

(AP) — Chiefs coach Andy Reid was released from the hospital Monday after he felt ill and was taken by ambulance to be treated for dehydration following their 30-24 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Chiefs spokesman Ted Crews said that Reid was “in great spirits” and that he planned …

KMIZ — Two people were arrested Friday off Byrd Circle outside Lake Ozark for trafficking drugs. The Miller County Sheriff’s Office said during the morning hours on Friday, deputies and members of the Mid Missouri Drug Task Force responded to an address off Byrd Circle outside Lake Ozark for a …