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One of mid-Missouri’s most successful homegrown brands is sold. Tractor Supply Company announced yesterday (wed) it had acquired Orscheln Farm and Home for nearly three hundred million dollars. Orscheln started in Moberly. It has expanded to 167 stores in 11 states.

Coronavirus numbers from Cole and Callaway counties were updated for the first time this week yesterday (wed). Cole reported seven more COVID-19 deaths, for a total of 108. Callaway confirmed its 40th death from the illness. Both counties had small coronavirus case increases, though. The increase was low again in …

KMIZ – 17 — A Barnett woman could face drug charges after deputies respond to an unsupervised child roaming the halls of an Eldon hotel. According to the Miller County Sheriff’s Office, 43-year-old Brandy Batchelder was arrested Tuesday for 2nd-degree drug trafficking and first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. …

Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who became the voice of American conservatism, has died. Rush’s wife Kathryn made the announcement of his death this morning at the opening of his radio show Wednesday. Limbaugh announced he had stage IV lung cancer in January 2020. Rush Limbaugh is considered to …

(Fox News) — News Radio KWOS syndicated talk show host Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Party, died Wednesday at the age of 70 after a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. Limbaugh’s …

Missouri’s Senate leader says nothing on the Senate’s agenda this week was time-sensitive or worth lawmakers trying to drive to Jefferson City in snow. The Senate is out for the entire week, due to multiple winter storms. Senate President Pro Tem Dave Schatz says he looked closely at weather forecasts: …

Another tricky travel day in mid-Missouri. Expect one-to-two inches of snow this (wed) morning that will stick to the cold roads. Glass says to expect dry conditions Thursday and Friday.and average-to-above-average temperatures starting this weekend. Saturday may mark our first day above freezing in more than two weeks.

The Fulton City Council last (tue) night got an update on natural gas usage. Heating costs have skyrocketed for the city, as more people crank their heaters during this extended cold snap. The price increase was about 100 times higher, thanks to frozen well heads in Oklahoma and Texas. But …

The Jefferson City Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire in the 600 block of Beck Street at 0202 AM on February 16, 2021.  The first fire company arrived and reported fire coming from the roof and the eaves of the house.  Fire crews immediately entered the …

Friday’s predicted high of 31 doesn’t sound so bad. Jefferson City’s Britt Smith says the sun would be a big help .. like it was a few days ago …  Smith adds that this snow wouldn’t be that tough for his crews to clean off the streets if the temperatures …