Bikefest wraps up at the Lake of the Ozarks with no real problems. There a couple of motorcycle accidents with injuries. Law enforcement says organized motorcycle gangs weren’t an issue this year. Bikefest came just months after fatal shooting at a bar on the Strip involving rival motorcycle groups.

KWOS / UNITED WAY  / Jefferson Bank Person You Should Know /Austin Petersen & John Marsh  September 17, 2021 This person was born and raised in JCMO, but has lived in Arkansas, Virginia, and West Virginia – and eventually worked her way back to JCMO and is married and has …

Missouri Republicans tangle on the floor of the State Senate. Senator Mike Moon tried and failed to overturn the Governor’s veto of a bill that taxes businesses like fitness centers and karate studios as ‘entertainment venues’. He talked about one of those business owners who ended up owing tens of …

Missouri could see as many as 1200 Afghans relocating to the State. A family of nine is coming to Central Missouri. Catholic Charities says members of the family worked for the U-S government and obtained special visas.  

Southern Boone Elementary will require masks between today (Friday) and September 30th. 81 cases of COVID or close contacts have been reported in the school. KMIZ — The Jefferson City Board of Education voted Thursday night to keep the JC Schools’ COVID-19 reentry plan in place and will reevaluate around …

Missouri’s veterans homes have the dubious distinction of losing nearly 150 veterans to COVID. State Representative Dave Griffith, an Army veteran himself, still has concerns about staffers in both the state run and privately operated homes who haven’t gotten the ‘shot’ …       Lawmakers this week have heard testimony this …

KMIZ — The Cole County Commission announced hiring the new Emergency Management Director for Cole County/Jefferson City. Nicholas Tietsort will take over Emergency Management operations beginning Oct. 18. Tietsort was the former emergency management director from Audrain County since 2018. Tietsort previously worked in law enforcement as a deputy sheriff …

KMIZ — A pickup truck crashed into a home in central Columbia on Wednesday afternoon, pinning a person underneath the vehicle. The pickup could be seen sticking out of a corner of the house near Worley Street and Woodlawn Avenue as firefighters and medics worked at the scene. A woman …

(AP) — All of Missouri Gov. Mike Parson’s vetoes will stand, despite efforts Wednesday by some lawmakers to force their priorities into law during a short session focused on vetoed bills. Missouri’s GOP-led Legislature can reverse vetoes on bills and budget items with a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers, …

Missouri’s annual legislative veto session in Jefferson City begins Wednesday in Jefferson City. Missouri House Speaker Rob Vescovo (R-Arnold), left, and Majority Floor Leader Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) view the House chamber on May 11, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Both GOP-controlled chambers will gavel-in …