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Council races, school board seats, education issues and a sewer bond question are on your Cole County ballot. Jack Deeken and Jacob Robinett are running in Jefferson City’s First Ward city council race. Third Ward incumbent Erin Wiseman faces a challenge from former Councilman Bob Scrivner. Jefferson City voters will …

You should see more work on Capitol Avenue in Jefferson City in the near future. It’s been several months since a judge turned over five run-down homes to the Housing Authority. They were all owned by Barbara Buescher who’s been in a legal battle with the city for years. Housing …

The State of Missouri cancels an endangered person advisory for a missing 9-year-old. The Hermann Police Department reports Adelle Josephine Moore was taken by her mother Sarah Hatfield, last Thursday but was not returned the next day to her father who has custody. Hatfield’s vehicle was then located at the …

UNC will play Kansas in the NCAA men’s basketball championship game tonight after defeating Duke 81-77 Saturday night. The win by No. 8 seed North Carolina effectively ends Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s long career. No. 1 seed Kansas defeated No. 2 seed Villanova 81-65 to advance to the program’s …

Those ‘ghost guns’ without serial numbers could soon be illegal to make under a new rule proposed by the Biden administration. Cody Wilson is famous for publishing plans for a gun that could be built on a 3-D printer. Wilson wonders if Missouri’s SAPA law would keep state law officers …

A Fulton man faces a potential life prison sentence after being convicted of second degree murder for a 2019 drug-related killing in rural Calwood. The case was moved from Callaway to Boone County on a change of venue, and  The jury 50-year-old Justin Witt on all counts. Witt was convicted …

The Helias Catholic High School was placed on lockdown just before 12:30 p.m. on Friday after administrators addressed a threat made within the school building. Officials say Jefferson City police were then notified and administrators took steps to protect the safety of students, faculty and staff. Administrators used the lockdown …

A Cole County judge has denied three Jefferson City voters’ request to throw out the city’s new ward map before next week’s election. But the lawsuit will still go to trial this spring. Penny Quigg, Carolyn McDowell and Douglas Thomas sued Jefferson City over the new ward map that was …

A Missouri state senator wants to take Cori Bush’s Congressional seat. Senator Steven Roberts admits that running against Bush for her St. Louis area seat could get nasty …      Several years ago, Roberts was cleared of charges filed against him by another Missouri House lawmaker who had accused …

A teen who pleaded guilty in a murder case in Jefferson City is sentenced to 15 years in prison. 19 year old Devin Schrimpf was sentenced to 10 years in prison for first-degree involuntary manslaughter and 5 years in prison for armed criminal action. The sentences were made to run …