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The fast-growing Southern Boone R-1 School District is located in Ashland (2022 file photo courtesy of district spokesman Matt Sharp) Mid-Missouri’s two largest school districts have a two-hour delayed start this morning, due to the winter weather and potentially unsafe travel conditions. They are Columbia Public Schools (CPS) and the …

You might have heard about a bill filed by a Mid – Missouri lawmaker this year that seeks to swap the name of I-70 with I-44. State Rep. Don Mayhew of Crocker calls the $2.8-billion re-do of I-70 Missouri’s biggest – ever ‘boondoggle’ … Mayhew is a former Mo-Dot engineer. …

Jefferson City Police Chief Eric Wilde says his detectives are looking into the ‘swatting’ call that was made which sent police to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s home Sunday night … A half – dozen officers went to Ashcroft’s Jefferson City home after a hoax call stated that he’d shot …

The National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis office expects mid-Missouri to receive one to three inches of additional snow by tonight (January 9, 2024 photo courtesy of the NWS St. Louis Twitter page) The National Weather Service (NWS) St. Louis office’s winter weather advisory for mid-Missouri remains in effect through …

Jefferson City’s Capital Region Medical Center has 100 beds (2023 photo courtesy of MU Health Care communication strategist Eric Slusher) The integration of Columbia-based MU Health Care and Jefferson City-based Capital Region Medical Center is now complete. MU Health Care executives and the Jefferson City community will gather Wednesday in …

Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) signed legislation into law in August that provides $2.8 billion to rebuild and expand I-70 to six lanes across Missouri, from St. Louis to Kansas City. The governor signed the bipartisan bill at Moberly Area Community College’s parking lot in Columbia, near I-70. A key …

A Columbia Public Works plow driver plows snow near the Howard Municipal building downtown on January 8, 2024 (photo courtesy of Columbia Public Works spokesman John Ogan) Columbia Public Works has deployed a 26-person snowplow crew to battle the winter storm, which is expected to continue later this morning through …

Southern Boone Middle School is in Ashland (September 7, 2021 file photo courtesy of Southern Boone School District spokesman Matt Sharp) Virtually all of the schools in the 939 the Eagle mid-Missouri listening area are closed today. They include the two largest districts in central Missouri: Columbia Public Schools (CPS) …

A man from California, Missouri, who threatened to kill the judge and prosecutor in a domestic assault case draws probation. Kody Sidebottom confessed to tampering with a judicial official. Sidebottom allegedly told a jail inmate that he planned to shoot and kill the judge and prosecutor in his case.

(NOAA) –  The winter storm will continue to bring snow to the area today through this evening. A rain/snow mix will change over to all snow during the day today. Snow accumulations, some heavy, are possible over parts of the area. Anywhere from one to three inches more for Jefferson …