Not every piece of legislation went down in the flames in the just – completed Missouri legislative session. Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick is excited that his auditors can now do financial probes of cities and counties without prior approval from those entities … A similar bill failed last year.
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Columbia Police are sorting through the latest fatal shooting in the city along with other incidents involving guns. A man was killed at White Castle on Friday and others were hit by gunfire on Paris Road and at Ninth and Broadway over the weekend. Mayor Barbara Buffaloe would like to …
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Our ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Team has issued a Weather Alert Day for this afternoon and evening ahead of the potential for severe thunderstorms. Isolated storms could start popping up as early as about 3:00 p.m., and these storms will be capable of producing large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. …
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A death row inmate convicted in a Jefferson City double murder is hospitalized with heart trouble. 69 – year old David Hosier is set to be executed next month in the sub-machine gun killings of Angela and Rodney Gilpin at a Jefferson City apartment in 2009. It isn’t clear if …
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The homeless population in Jefferson City may not be at the level of Columbia, but the police chief says the numbers are growing fast … Chief Eric Wilde says they’ve assigned a ‘Community Resource Officer’ to work directly with the homeless. But he adds his officers will ticket or arrest …
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A tow truck driver from I-70 Towing prepares to tow a vehicle after Friday afternoon’s shooting outside Columbia’s White Castle on Clark lane (May 17, 2024 photo from 939 the Eagle’s Cosmo) Columbia Police describe their investigation into Friday afternoon’s deadly shooting outside White Castle as ongoing, and they’re asking …
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The Jefferson City Police Department’s headquarters in downtown Jefferson City (2022 file photo courtesy of Jefferson City Police Chief Eric Wilde) About 425 people packed the Jefferson City event center for Thursday night’s third annual Jefferson City Police Foundation awards banquet and police officer’s ball. JCPD Sergeant Jon Kempker and Officers …
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A police chase that started in Jefferson City leads to a man in a stolen car finally being caught near Linn. 53 – year old Jeffrey Benney was spotted on Highway 50 Wednesday night. He took off and officers say he swerved into oncoming traffic at speeds topping 120 – …
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Missouri’s nine Senate Democrats ended their 50-hour filibuster in Jefferson City on Wednesday, after State Sen. Mary Elizabeth Coleman (R-Arnold) requested that the Senate send initiative petition legislation back to the Missouri House for a conference committee. The issue involves what Democrats call “ballot candy.” Both GOP-controlled chambers have passed …
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The Majority Leader of the Missouri Senate thinks it may be time for lawmakers to pack their bags and head home. Senator Cindy O’Laughlin feels initiative petition reform may now be a dead issue. And she points to session – long delaying tactics from Bill Eigel and the hyper – …
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