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There’s some money at stake in the Missouri Senate that could delay Jefferson City’s proposed riverport. Cole County Commissioner Harry Otto also chairs the Heartland Port Authority …    Senators are expected to decide whether to let that funding stand today (Fri). Otto says a Mid – Missouri riverport would …

A Jefferson City man accused in a fatal shooting at the Lazy Gators bar at the Lake sees his trial cancelled. The judge and Camden County prosecutor approved the cancellation of the August trial for Craig Hawkins Junior. He was charged with murder in the May 2021 shooting death of Vonza …

Watch out for roads that are still flooded after this week’s rain. Many low water crossings are underwater. Mo-Dot had to close a stretch of Highway 94 because of flooding. The Moreau, Osage and Missouri Rivers were near flood stage. Roads should reopen as the water goes down.  

(AP) — Former Missouri governor and current U.S. Senate candidate Eric Greitens will be able to access his ex-wife’s phone records as part of a custody dispute, a judge has ruled. But the Boone County family court judge denied the Republican’s subpoena requests for phone records of her sister and …

Guenter Fairbairn has been found by searchers in Jefferson City. He’s being treated for exposure but has been talking with his rescuers. ————– The Jefferson City Police Department has issued an endangered silver advisory for 88-year-old Guenter Fairbairn. He was last seen around 6:40 P.M. Wednesday at 250 Rock Beacon …

Senator Josh Hawley has filed a bill that seeks to do away with the Department of Homeland Security’s ‘disinformation board.’ Mid – Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer says the agency doesn’t have the authority to censor your First Amendment rights … Hawley’s bill would also force Homeland Security to go public …

A Lake area high school student faces charges after attacking a principal. The 16 –year old is accused of shoving and hitting the principal Tuesday at Camdenton R – 3. Another student pulled the attacker off of the principal. The staffer was trying to get the student out an area …

 (AP) — Missouri senators took another step toward requiring photo identification at the polls as the deadline for lawmakers to pass legislation approaches. Senators compromised on the measure late Tuesday night, adding a Democratic-sponsored amendment to allow no-excuse absentee voting up to two weeks prior to the date of an …

There’s new information on what prompted a lock down at the Blair Oaks schools in Wardsville Tuesday. Cole County Sheriff John Wheeler says they were called to the school around 10:30am and placed students and staff on lock down. They found two students had been talking on a bus Monday …

Missouri’s Secretary of State has been in a courtroom over the legal abortion issue. Jay Ashcroft says he’s watching the story surrounding a draft report that claims the U-S Supreme Court is about to overturn ‘Rowe Versus Wade’ …        Ashcroft lost a court battle after the Missouri …