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A state law drafted by Cole County Representative Rudy Veit is allowing investigators the authority to look into allegations of sexual and other abuse at a church – run boarding school … A judge has allowed Agape Boarding School in Stockton to stay open while government inspectors examine operations at …

A Cole County man is arrested with methamphetamine. Deputies pulled Sean Hoehn over this week at the Highway 50 / 179 intersection. He was taken to the Cole County Jail. Three others were arrested in a bust that turned up meth and a stolen gun. Officers raided the Lake Side …

The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) has proposed a $140-million upgrade at mid-Missouri’s busiest interchange, the I-70 and Highway 63 connector. One possibility is a diverging diamond, but no final decisions have been made by MoDOT. Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe joined us live this morning on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake …

Missouri House Budget Committee chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage), left, and State Rep. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe) visit on the House floor in Jefferson City on May 6, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) The Missouri House Budget Committee has scheduled hearings on three state income tax bills …

Missouri House Budget Committee chairman Cody Smith (R-Carthage), left, and State Rep. Rusty Black (R-Chillicothe) visit on the House floor in Jefferson City on May 6, 2022 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) The Missouri House Budget Committee has scheduled hearings on three state income tax bills …

MoDOT credits 1.2 miles of truck climbing lanes on I-70 in mid-Missouri’s Montgomery County for increasing safety for motorists and for truckers (2022 file photo courtesy of MoDOT’s ColeDuenckel) Several hundred transportation and law enforcement officers from across Missouri will hear a detailed  presentation Wednesday afternoon in Columbia about the …

Lieutenant Governor Mike Kehoe (R) addresses 500-plus professionals at Missouri’s 2022 highway safety and traffic conference in Columbia (September 27, 2022 photo courtesy of Mr. Kehoe’s Flickr page) More than 500 transportation, law enforcement officers and other professionals from across Missouri are hearing alarming statistics about traffic fatalities during the …

Hurricane Ian has forced the Tampa Bay Bucs  to Miami to prepare for their matchup with the Chiefs. But the league could move the game to US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. The Vikings play the Saints in London so the site is open.

A man working on the Rocheport Missouri River Bridge project fell into the river. Investigators says he had a safety equipment malfunction. The crewman had only minor injuries and was able to swim to shore.

Best case scenario? How about several blocks of restored historic homes serving different uses?.. Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin would like to see all the old homes east of the Capitol renovated. But she knows that as many as 14 – are too far gone to be restored. Tergin says …