Both Congress and the Missouri legislature are meeting in – person right now. So why is Jefferson City’s Council still holding virtual sessions? …         Fourth Ward Councilman Ron Fitzwater says they spent two hours on deciding not to move ahead on a planned roundabout for Clark Avenue near Lincoln University. …

Authorities arrest a teenager following a burglary at a Cole County gun store. Deputies said yesterday (wed) a 17-year old from Holts Summit is accused of second degree burglary. Investigators say he broke into Bob’s Guns in Saint Martins early yesterday (wed) and took some things. No guns were stolen …

A Columbia man accused of killing his wife will spend most of 2021 in jail waiting for his trial. The judge yesterday (wed) set a November 1st trial date for Joseph Elledge. Prosecutors say he murdered his wife, Mengqi Ji, in October 2019 and got rid of her body. Elledge …

(MissouriNet) — Missouri’s labor director was grilled by state lawmakers in both parties, during a Tuesday hearing in Jefferson City involving unemployment overpayments. State Department of Labor director Anna Hui testified that the state overpaid more than 150-million dollars in unemployment benefits last year. That number frustrated Missouri House oversight …

Cole County has a new Associate Circuit Judge. The Governor appoints Christopher Limbaugh to the seat. It became vacant when Cotton Walker won the Circuit Judge race. That seat opened up when Judge Pat Joyce retired. Limbaugh was Parson’s legal chief.

You might not realize that folks who work at sheltered workshops don’t make minimum wage. Those agencies are allowed to pay disabled workers less based on their productivity because of their handicap or age. Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer says there’s a new push to do away with the so – called …

Five teenagers are arrested after a Callaway County church is vandalized. The sheriff said yesterday they are all facing burglary and property damage charges. The suspects are all locals, between 16 and 18 years old. Investigators found smashed windows and other damage late last month at Oakley Chapel in Tebbetts. …

Did you get an unemployment check from the state last year? The Missouri House oversight committee chairman says the state overpaid more than 100-million dollars in unemployment benefits last year, and he’s hearing that some residents are being told they’ll have to repay up to 12-thousand dollars. The committee also …

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson said lawmakers disrespected him when House leaders said he couldn’t give his annual speech in that chamber because of coronavirus concerns. The Republican wrote a letter Friday to GOP lawmakers accusing legislative leaders of an “insider stunt and petty show of arrogance …

Cole is the first local county with more than a hundred COVID-19 deaths. Officials there reported four more deaths yesterday (mon). Boone County reported its 70th COVID-19 death, a patient older than 80. Active coronavirus cases dropped a lot in Boone, with just 28 new positives yesterday (mon). Hospitalizations are …