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Rotten egg smell in some JCMO neighborhoods

What’s that smell? Emergency crews were called out after a chemical spill at a Jefferson City pipeline terminal. The odorant that’s added to petroleum products leaked at the terminal Monday. It was carried into nearby neighborhoods. The chemical smells bad but isn’t dangerous.

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SWAT teams make arrest after a standoff

One suspect is in custody after an hours – long standoff in Holts Summit Sunday morning. Police were called to a home on Spalding Road after shots were fired. A victim was taken from the home. After assistance from several SWAT teams, the suspect surrendered to police hours later.

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New Missouri pot license will cost $100

If you want to grow your own legal marijuana at home, it won’t come cheap. The new Personal Marijuana Cultivation License will cost you $100. To apply you have to be a Missouri citizen over 21. The limited number of plants you can grow have to be locked up and …

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5 car crash on the Mo River bridge

Two drivers are hurt in a five car chain reaction pile up on the Missouri River Bridge. Police say a box truck rear-ended a car, causing the accident. Two people had moderate injuries. The accident tied up rush hour traffic coming into Jefferson City Thursday.

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Zeroing in on Missouri’s constitution

(AP) — Missouri lawmakers returned to work Wednesday for a session that Republican leaders have said will focus on issues including making it harder to amend the state Constitution. GOP lawmakers have been trying for years to crack down on ballot initiatives, which have been used to enact policies that …

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Legislative session begins today

Ap — Top priorities in the legislative session that begins Wednesday will be making it harder to amend Missouri’s Constitution, sports betting, and education issues ranging from attending out-of-district schools to how children are educated about racism. GOP lawmakers have been trying for years to crack down on initiative petitions, …

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Missouri carries out first execution of 2023

(AP) — A Missouri inmate was put to death Tuesday for a 2003 killing, becoming what is believed to be the first transgender woman executed in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River in St. Louis. …

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Judge says McCloskeys can’t have guns back

(AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a pardon from the governor doesn’t mean the St. Louis lawyer and his wife who gained national attention for waving guns at racial injustice protesters in 2020 should get back the weapons they surrendered and fines they paid after they plead guilty last …

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Missouri execution is ON for today

(AP) — Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first openly transgender woman executed in the U.S. She is scheduled to die by injection Tuesday for killing a former girlfriend in 2003. McLaughlin’s attorney, Larry Komp, said there are no court appeals pending. The clemency …

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Judge Beetem rules in Medicaid – Planned Parenthood debate

Ap – A local judge has rejected Missouri lawmaker’s effort to stop Planned Parenthood from receiving any public funding. Cole County Judge Jon Beetem ruled Wednesday that the funding restrictions were unconstitutional. At issue issue was a bill passed by the Republican-led Legislature and signed by GOP Gov. Mike Parson …

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