(KMIZ) — The ABC 17 Stormtrack weather team has issued a Weather Alert Day for Wednesday with the threat of severe storms returning. A powerful low-pressure system will move through the Midwest, bringing two rounds of storms, each of which poses a severe threat. This low-pressure system is emerging out …
Read More »Luetkemeyer’s PPP bill advances
(MissouriNet) — A Mid-Missouri congressman who’s the top Republican on the U-S House Small Business Committee describes the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) as a rescue vessel for millions of small businesses. The House has approved St. Elizabeth Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer’s bill to extend the PPP. ” … the program …
Read More »Lake area woman denied bond in attempted murder for hire case
CAMDENTON, Mo. (AP) — A judge has denied bond for a Mid-Missouri real estate agent who is accused of attempting to hire a hit man to kill her former mother-in-law. Camden County Judge Heather Miller said Tuesday that she believed that 43-year-old Leigh Ann Bauman posed too much of a …
Read More »Cole County Rep. supports gas tax hike even with higher prices at the pump
Are you ready for three – dollar a gallon gas by Memorial Day? Missouri legislators are forging ahead with a plan that would hike the state gas tax too. Cole County Representative Rudy Veit says that tax hasn’t been raised since the mid – 1990’s … Previous ballot issues to …
Read More »Suspect arrested in Columbia killing
Authorities have arrested a man charged with second degree murder after a killing at a Columbia Waffle House. Police say they found Leo Robinson Junior yesterday (tue). He is accused of shooting Reginald Ball late Sunday night in the parking lot of the breakfast place on Vandiver near Rangeline, then …
Read More »Another fatal shooting at an after – hours Columbia restaurant
Prosecutors have charged a Columbia man with second degree murder after a killing at a Columbia Waffle House. ABC 17 reports Leo Robinson Junior is accused of shooting Reginald Ball late Sunday night in the parking lot of the breakfast place on Vandiver near Rangeline. The 51-year-old Ball died there. …
Read More »Teachers! Roll up your sleeves
Jefferson City’s School Board again puts off a vote on approving early releases on Mondays during the next school year. They say they’ll bring the plan back up at their next meeting. Jefferson City and Cole County schools are dismissing early Friday so teachers and staff can get vaccinated at …
Read More »Lincoln President’s house rises again
Lincoln U’s President would be the first to admit it. Dr. Jerald Jones Woolfolk barely escaped with her life when the 2019 Jefferson City tornado slammed into the college’s President’s Mansion. Lincoln’s Misty Nunn says it was a very close call … Crews hope to have the historic home ready …
Read More »Is Congressman Hartzler looking at U-S Senate bid?
Columbia’s rep in the U.S. House is looking at a move to the Senate. Republican Vicky Hartzler will form an exploratory committee to consider it. She has been in a Missouri House member since 2010. Roy Blunt announced last week he is not going for re-election to the Senate in …
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