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Sara Walsh is no longer running for the US Congress. The Ashland State Rep. says she’s pulling out of the race for the 4th Congressional Seat. The redistricting map approved by the legislature moves Ashland, part of Boone County along with Cooper and Moniteau Counties to Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer’s 3rd …

Missouri senators pass a congressional redistricting map and call it quits for the year one day early. And Senator Bob Onder isn’t happy … Onder and his Conservative Caucus members voted against the map when leadership brought the bill out of committee. Onder called the Thursday maneuver a ‘sneak attack’. …

A Nebraska man is dead after a Friday morning Cole County car crash. Troopers say Omar Mendez Lopez ran off Frog Hollow Road. He was thrown from the car. A passenger had serious injuries. A motorcyclist has serious injuries after being hit a car Saturday on Missouri Blvd. Malik Davis …

(AP) — Missouri lawmakers passed few bills during the 2022 legislative session, in part because of gridlock in the Republican-led Senate. Senators adjourned Thursday after approving new congressional districts, cutting off work on all other bills. The GOP-led House continued work on the last day of session Friday to pass …

 (AP) — Finally breaking an impasse, the Missouri Legislature gave final approval Thursday to new congressional districts that are expected to continue Republicans’ electoral edge in a former swing state that has trended increasingly red. Missouri had been one of the last states to enact new U.S. House districts based on the …

Three people have burns or other injuries after an acid spill at Lincoln University. The chemicals were spilled in the university’s Small Animal Research Facility Thursday afternoon. Firefighters and Cole County Emergency Response Team members cleaned up the materials. Everyone in the lab had to be evacuated. No one else …

A man is recovering after receiving a special drug designed to block the effects of smoke inhalation. Cole County EMS crews gave the man the drug after a fire Wednesday after a home on Washington Street (Jefferson City). He was suffering from cyanide poisoning. EMS crews now carry a specialized …

Police are still searching for three dogs who attacked a Jefferson City man last Friday. Mike Howell was mauled by three pit bulls at his Mesa Drive home. The dogs viciously attacked him when he opened his garage. Howell was taken to University Hospital where he underwent surgery to repair …

You think four – dollar a gallon gas is high now? Wait until 2025 when you’ll be paying 29 and a half – cents in state taxes on that gallon of gas. Jefferson City State Rep. David Griffith supported the law that hiked the tax. But even he admits that …

(AP) — Missouri’s top election official on Wednesday warned that it may be too late to pass new congressional districts for the Aug. 2 primary without causing errors that could undermine confidence in the election. Republican Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft said that even if lawmakers were to approve a …