The former chief of the Cole County Fire Protection District passes away. Donnie Braun died Sunday. He was 82. Braun was one of the original founding members of the Cole County Volunteer Department back in the late 1960’s. Services for Donnie Braun are Thursday at 3:30-pm with a prayer service …

(AP) — The city of St. Louis will pay nearly $5 – million to settle claims by people who were arrested during a protest in 2017 over the acquittal of a police officer in the shooting death of a Black man. According to a proposed class action settlement filed last week, the …

No one is hurt in a fire at a Jefferson City rental business. Crew were called out around 10 – Monday morning after employees spotted fire at US Rents It on Industrial Drive. Fire and smoke spread to the upper floor. Everyone got out safely. The investigation continues. There’s no …

Two Missouri lawmakers propose offering free meals to all students no matter what their family income is. GOP Rep. Brian Seitz filed a bill to provide free lunches and breakfasts. Democrat Senator Angela Mosely introduces a bill to help schools get reimbursed for the cost of meals for some kids.

Capital City High School gets a new principal this fall. Fulton Middle School Principal Beth Houf gets the job. She’ll replace Ben Meldrum, who leaves to become Blair Oaks new superintendent. Houf is the 2022 National Principal of the Year.

A Jefferson City man could spend years in prison after being convicted in a 2018 shooting. Alfred Chism Jr. was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of Charon Session. Chism admitted to shooting Session outside his mother’s home but said it was in self – defense.

A cougar is hit by a car near Union. Conservation officials say the mountain lion was hit near Villa Ridge Monday night. The driver wasn’t hurt but the animal appeared to be injured and ran off. Another cougar was spotted on a game camera near Sturgeon recently.

Watch your driving .. even if you have four wheel drive. Cole County Road Superintendent Bryan Boyce says that’s no guarantee that you’ll be able to keep it on the road … As usual, Boyce cautions you to stay well back from their snowplows. Cars that follow the trucks too …

Hal Dulle and the whole crew were LIVE last Saturday at Jim Dyke’s Cottonstone Gallery on High Street! Listen in …

Callaway County Clay Chism had a Monday court appearance in his DWI arrest. Chism was picked up by Moberly Police last October and was charged with driving while intoxicated and resisting arrest. Officers say he had crashed his private car into a concrete barrier at a fast food restaurant and …