Is the COVID vaccine saving lives? The numbers seem to bear that out locally. Capital Region Medical Center’s Dr. Randall Haight says it’s mostly those who haven’t had the shot who are dying …      Height says the (Jefferson City) hospital has seen 31 – patients die of COVID since May …

Missouri’s Senate Majority Leader doesn’t think a special session will be necessary this fall, on the topic of funding voter-approved Medicaid expansion. The state Supreme Court issued a unanimous July decision, ruling that Missouri’s 2020 Medicaid expansion ballot measure was constitutional. GOP Senate Majority Leader Caleb Rowden says it will …

Cole County is due about $15 – million in CARES Act funding. Western Commissioner Harry Otto says so far about half of the money is in the bank. He adds that they’re looking at how the money might best be spent …      Some of the funds could also be used …

KMIZ — One person has died and four others were injured after a carbon monoxide poisoning Saturday night on a boat that was at the Lake of the Ozarks near Big Niangua Tonka Springs Cove. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report states Steven Sutton, 66, of St. Charles died after …

A mother and daughter are found dead inside a home south of Columbia. Sheriff’s deputies said they responded to an area of Lavender Court near Route K late last (sun) night. They found the bodies of 43-year old Allison Abitz and 11-year old Jozee Abitz. Investigators say they are treating …

  A 13-year-old Jefferson City girl is recovering after being hit by a car. The girl was walking across the 800 – block of East McCarty Monday morning when she stepped in front of the car. The girl was taken to the hospital with minor injuries.

The former top enlisted soldier in the Missouri Army National Guard wants to move into politics. Retired State Command Sergeant Major Jim Schulte says he’d like to replace Callaway County State Rep Travis Fitzwater who is term limited. Schulte spent two tours of duty in Afghanistan with Missouri Guard teams …

(AP) — A Missouri teacher has been charged for her alleged role in the protests at the U.S. Capitol in January. Federal prosecutors this week charged Kelsey Leigh Ann Wilson with knowingly entering or remaining in a restricted building. The 29-year-old Springfield resident was arrested Wednesday but released without bail …

Jefferson City School District is opening new roads designed to improve traffic flow for morning drop-offs and afternoon pick-ups at Lawson Elementary and Thomas Jefferson Middle School. the roads are open just in time for the first day of the 2021-2022 school year, on Aug. 23. TODAY Patriot Drive, the …