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Then-State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on April 21, 2021 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Attorneys for a former Rocheport state lawmaker say they’re prepared to seek a court order to force Columbia Public Schools (CPS) to add …

Convicted killer Lynlee Renick speaks to “Dateline NBC” correspondent Andrea Canning at northeast Missouri’s Vandalia prison in January 2022 (file photo courtesy of “Dateline NBC”) A former Columbia spa owner convicted of killing her husband near New Florence in 2017 has changed her mind regarding an appeal. Online court records …

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

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.

Then-State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) speaks on the Missouri House floor in Jefferson City on May 2, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) It looks like former State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) will not appear on the April ballot for Columbia’s school board, barring court intervention. …

Charles Erickson has been released from the Boonville Correctional Center, on parole (April 2020 file photo courtesy of Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann) A high-profile inmate who pleaded guilty to the 2001 killing of the “Columbia Daily Tribune” sports editor but later recanted his testimony has been released …

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.

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 …

Charles Erickson is scheduled to be released from the Boonville Correctional Center on January 9, 2023 (April 2020 file photo courtesy of Missouri Department of Corrections spokeswoman Karen Pojmann) A former Columbia resident who pleaded guilty to the 2001 killing of former “Columbia Daily Tribune” sports editor Kent Heitholt but …

State Sen. Karla Eslinger (R-Wasola) represents one of the poorest districts in the Legislature. Her seven-county district is in south-central and southwest Missouri, and she says five of those counties are among Missouri’s ten poorest counties. Senator Eslinger joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” from the …