Is Jefferson City’s council going to be back in chambers any time soon? Fourth Ward Councilman Ron Fitzwater is ready for the Zoom meetings to end. Mayor Carrie Tergin is in no hurry … Tergin adds that the public can easily participate by video conferencing into the council meetings. She …

Two men face weapons charged after shots were exchanged outside a Jefferson City McDonalds last Thursday. Paul Mcelrath and Markevious Fuller are accused of shooting at each other on Missouri Blvd. Fuller was arrested at a Jefferson City home while Mcelrath was picked up in St. Louis after driving there …

The man charged with killing a Cole County classmate 30 years ago wants evidence suppressed from his upcoming trial. William “Chris” Niemet was arrested years later in the death of 14 – year old Greg Jones in 1991. His attorneys want DNA evidence and a lie detector test ruled inadmissible. …

Over 6000 Mid – Missourians shivered through part of Sunday after two power outages. The first one knocked out power in and around Centertown to about 1000 homes. The second outage affected about 5000 customers in Holts Summit and New Bloomfield. Both outages lasted several hours.  

Jefferson City police investigate shots fired at a McDonald’s. They found out about the shots at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday at the fast food place on Missouri Boulevard. Several people apparently shot at each other, then drove off. Officers found one suspect at Lincoln University and took him into custody. …

(AP) The Kansas City Chiefs will try to become the ninth team and the first since the New England Patriots in 2003 and ’04 to repeat as Super Bowl champions when they face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. It will be the first time the winning quarterbacks of the …

(MissouriNet) — The Missouri House Transportation Committee chairwoman has filed gas tax legislation that has a new aspect: a possible rebate. Festus GOP State Representative Becky Ruth has filed a bill to raise Missouri’s gas tax two cents annually for five years. Missouri’s 17-cent gasoline tax has stayed the same …

The Linc in Jefferson City hosts a mass vaccination clinic today. It’s by appointment only. MU Health Care held one of those events yesterday (thur) at Faurot Field in Columbia, and will distribute a couple thousand more shots tomorrow (sat).  

Cole County had just 15 new cases of the virus, but Boone County reports its 71st COVID-19 death. Health officials said yesterday (thur) the patient was older than 80. But the five-day average of  new coronavirus cases dropped again. Just 33 new positives yesterday (thur), and active cases went down. …

(MissouriNet) — An Iowa man has been sentenced for his role in a 2019 boat crash that killed a central Missouri man. 62-year-old Kelly Wise of Atlantic, Iowa has pleaded guilty to boating while intoxicated for a deadly boat crash he was involved in at the Lake of the Ozarks. …