Some lawmakers have asked Governor Parson to call a special session to prevent businesses from requiring COVID-19 vaccines. Six Republican state senators sent the request this week. They argue businesses should not require their employees to get the shot because it violates individual freedom. But the head of the Missouri …

U-S military personnel could end having to get one more shot to go along with all their mandatory vaccinations. COVID vaccines may soon be required. State Rep. Dave Griffith served in the Army. He says he didn’t get to pick and choose during basic training …       x760806    Griffith …

Ashland State Representative Sara Walsh has COVID. She’s recovering at home, but her husband is hospitalized with complications from the virus.. Steve Walsh is Congressman Vicki Hartzler’s press secretary. Sara Walsh says she didn’t get vaccinated.

A Saint Louis lawyer who was pardoned along with his wife for waving guns at racial injustice protesters is suing to get the guns back. Mark McCloskey’s lawsuit this week is seeking to have fines they paid and the gun he turned in returned. He and his wife, Patricia, pleaded …

The suspect in an Ashland homicide case is arrested in Kansas. Police said Robin Morales-Sanchez and an accomplice were taken into custody in Iola, Kansas yesterday (wed). Morales-Sanchez was charged with second-degree murder and more after Moises Hernandez-Sanchez was stabbed to death on East Liberty Lane last week. Hernandez-Sanchez was …

A Holts Summit man is indicted in federal court after allegedly robbing a Jefferson City store. Authorities said yesterday (wed) Tyler Williams was charged with two felony counts by a grand jury this week. Williams allegedly used a gun to rob the Dollar General on Missouri Boulevard in July. Officers …

Cole County also reported a COVID-19 death yesterday (wed). That’s now 128 total. Another 142 positives were reported, too. Another Boone County COVID-19 patient has died, for a total of 121. Health officials said yesterday (wed) the patient was in his or her early 50’s. Boone reported 120 new coronavirus …

Southwest Missouri Congressman Billy Long says while he met with President Trump on Tuesday before announcing his bid for the U-S Senate, he did not receive an endorsement. But he’d like to get it. LONG RUN audio Long says he made the decision to run more than a month ago, …

A judge will allow secret audio recordings into a Columbia man’s murder trial. The court handling the trial for Joseph Elledge said yesterday (tue) that the recordings are relevant and admissible. Elledge is charged with first degree murder in the death of his wife, Mengqi Ji. Police found her remains …

Jefferson City’s half – cent sales tax will stay on the books. The capital improvements tax was renewed by voters with 72 – percent saying ‘yes’. Turnout was only about 6 – percent of registered voters in the Capital City. The funds go for work like roads and sidewalks. Camden …