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Convicted killer David Hosier is incarcerated at the maximum-security Potosi Correctional Center in Mineral Point (2021 file photo courtesy of the Missouri Department of Corrections website) The Missouri Supreme Court has scheduled a June 11 execution date for a convicted killer from Jefferson City who’s under a death sentence for …

Kansas City Police and firefighters say 22 people were shot in this afternoon’s mass shooting west of Union Station, as the Chiefs victory rally ended. One person was killed. State Rep. David Tyson Smith (D-Columbia) was inside Union Station when the deadly shooting happened. He had been attending the rally …

Kansas City police say two armed suspects are in custody after multiple people were struck by gunfire outside Union Station near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ parade and rally Wednesday afternoon. Police wrote on social media that shots were fired about 2 p.m. west of Union Station near …

A mid-Missouri state lawmaker who’s also an attorney praises Missouri Supreme Court Chief Justice Mary Russell, who delivered her State of the Judiciary address last week. Chief Justice Russell says that while she may be the “face” of the judiciary in Missouri, the hard work is done in courthouses across …

Columbia’s Our Lady of Lourdes church is on Bernadette (file photo courtesy of Our Lady of Lourdes Facebook page) Today is Ash Wednesday, which is the first day of Lent for the thousands of Roman Catholics who live in mid-Missouri. Churches are holding numerous masses and services, and Catholics will …

It sounds like a good idea .. until you’re the guy who’s out of work. There’s a new push to cut the number of weeks you can spend on unemployment if you’re between jobs. The Missouri NF-IB’s Brad Jones it’s a piece of legislation that has been tried before … …

A Missouri death row inmate who is set to die for killing his cousin and her husband in New Bloomfield wants his execution stayed. Brian Dorsey is to be put to death April 9 for the 2006 murders of his cousin Sarah Bonnie and her husband Ben. Dorsey’s lawyer claims …

The Kansas City Chiefs will hold this afternoon’s victory rally at Union Station (February 13, 2024 photo courtesy of Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas’ Twitter page) Bright sunshine is expected for this morning’s Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade in downtown Kansas City. The parade will start at 11 at …

Missouri House Minority Leader Crystal Quade (D-Springfield) briefs Capitol reporters in Jefferson City on January 3, 2024 (file photo courtesy of Tim Bommel at House Communications) Missouri Democratic Party chair and former congressman Russ Carnahan and the Missouri House’s top two Democrats will speak at this evening’s Boone County Democrats’ …

Columbia Mayor Barbara Buffaloe speaks at the October 18, 2022 ribbon-cutting ceremony for Columbia Regional Airport’s (COU) $23-million new terminal (file photo courtesy of the governor’s Flickr page) Columbia Regional Airport (COU) will soon have seven outbound flights each day, up from the current five daily outbound flights. COU manager Michael …