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One Missouri senator says it shouldn’t be up to local health departments to determine who needs to wear a mask and when …      Senator Bill Eigel is a member of the Senate’s so – called ‘Chaos Caucus”. He’s a big proponent of Missouri pushing back against mandates, whether they come …

A couple COVID-19 records fall in mid-Missouri. Cole County reported 102 new coronavirus cases yesterday (wed). Active cases are up. A record 95 Covid-19 patients are in Boone County hospitals. That is still below capacity. 44 new positives in Boone yesterday (wed), less than half what we saw Tuesday. Active …

California, Missouri police say retracing his steps after he forgot something landed a local man in jail. A worker at a convenience store in town called the department this week saying he’d found a suspicious substance. It tested positive for meth. Not long after that, Adam Porter allegedly returned to …

KMIZ—A woman is arrested for her part in a teen drinking party. On Friday, Camden County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a residence in Linn Creek reference a large party. When deputies arrived, they found multiple minors intoxicated and utilizing controlled substances. As a result, the adult hosting the party was …

(MissouriNet) — The National Weather Service (NWS) says excessive rain is expected tomorrow (Wednesday) and Thursday across parts of central and southern Missouri. The NWS Springfield office says flooding is becoming more likely in an area stretching from mid-Missouri’s Warsaw and Osage Beach to southern Missouri’s Branson and West Plains. …

A woman is in Cole County jail after leading a high-speed chase this weekend. Deputies stopped Dorothy Hernandez Saturday morning after several lane violations. They say she punched the deputy and bit his finger before speeding off. She eventually crashed into a fence near the House of Bargains west of …

COVID cases are increasing in Cole County. But many of the confirmed cases and deaths involved long term care facilities. Other cases involve the prisons in the county and large office settings. Officials say even family gatherings and travel outside the area are playing a role in the number of …

Students and staff in the Jefferson City Public Schools will now get the entire week of Thanksgiving off. The district already planned to close Wednesday through Friday of that week. Now Monday and Tuesday will be holidays as well. There will be no online learning that week. Officials says they …

Both Missouri Senators stuck to the party line, and voted last (mon) night to confirm Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court. Roy Blunt said (quote) she is a brilliant jurist with the right temperament to serve on the nation’s highest court (unquote). Fellow Republican Josh Hawley said Barrett’s …

Roads are in good shape in and around Jefferson City this morning. A wintry mix of precip hit mid-Missouri on Monday morning, causing several slide-offs. Columbia Regional Airport finished with four-tenths-of-an-inch of snow yesterday (mon). That’s the earliest in October we’ve seen that much snow since October 26th of 1913. …