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The project to widen I – 70 to six lanes will start in July from Columbia to Kingdom City. The initial part of the project will add a third lane to the Interstate from Highway 63 in Columbia to the Kingdom City exit. Construction is scheduled to begin around July …

The Freedom Caucus is looking like a replay of 2021 when many of the same the conservative Senators jammed up work on the Federal Reimbursement Allowance and let time run out on the session. That forced lawmakers to come back for a Special Session to deal with the issue. On …

No, the kids aren’t going to catch Bird Flu from the milk on their morning cereal. The Food and Drug Administration does say inactive bits of the virus did turn up in some grocery store milk samples. But Missouri State veterinarian Dr. Steve Strubberg says you shouldn’t worry … Milk …

A man was charged with drug trafficking after he allegedly threw methamphetamine over a fence at the Algoa Correctional Center last month. Lucas Robertson of Oldfield is accused of throwing two packages of meth into the prison yard. Corrections staff found Robertson dressed in camouflage in the woods near the …

Boone County Presiding Commissioner Kip Kendrick (D) and GOP Governor Mike Parson shake hands at the historic I-70 bill-signing ceremony in MACC’s Columbia parking lot near the interstate (August 15, 2023 file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) This afternoon and evening are your opportunities to learn new details …

The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis says the Missouri River near Jefferson City crested on Tuesday (April 30, 2024 graphic courtesy of NWS St. Louis Twitter page) The National Weather Service (NWS) in St. Louis says the Missouri River in Jefferson City crested Tuesday, and additional rain is …

Missouri lawmakers have until Friday May 10 to approve a balanced budget, under the state Constitution. The Missouri House has approved an approximately $49-billion state operating budget. A staffer for Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Lincoln Hough (R-Springfield), Jacob Schelp, joined us live on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Mid-Missouri” to …

Missouri House Speaker Dean Plocher (R-Des Peres) briefs Capitol reporters in Jefferson City on April 25, 2024 (photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Missouri’s GOP House Speaker says Monday’s House Ethics Committee vote to dismiss an ethics complaint against him vindicates him. The Associated Press (AP) reports Monday’s …

Missouri Congressional candidate Kyle Bone is no fan of the college campus protesters The pro – Palestinian demonstrations spread to Washington University in St. Louis this past weekend … Kyle Bone is no supporter of the protesters’ call for colleges to stop investing in defense companies that supply Israel. Bone …

A Jefferson City woman is now accused of stealing over 200 iPhones from a storage unit. Lisa Mae Burkhart was charged with burglary and stealing. 225 iPhones were stolen from a storage unit on Industrial Drive. Video allegedly showed Burkhart leaving the unit with a large bag. Court documents say …