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(A-P) — A Missouri lawmaker wants to put the brakes on transportation officials’ use of playful messages on electronic signs mounted along state highways. Such messages include, “Santa’s Coming Have you Been A Good Driver”and “Treat the Road Like a Cat Video … Share It.” O’Fallon Republican Rep. Tony Lovasco …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says flooding on the Missouri River in the Kansas City district has officially ended. Col. Bill Hannan, commander of the Kansas City District, announced Monday emergency operations were ending and the district was returning to normal operations. The announcement …

The Missouri Capitol’s controversial topper is being reinstalled this (tue) morning. Crews will lift the statue of Ceres (series) back on top of the dome of the Capitol building. The statue of the Roman goddess has been down for about a year for four hundred thousand dollars worth of renovations. …

The winter storm warning has ended in mid-Missouri. Forecasters say about four inches of snow fell since Sunday at Columbia Regional Airport, with closer to six inches in the city of Columbia, about three in Jefferson City. The second round of snow yesterday (mon) led to more than a hundred …

(MissouriNet) — You better have a winter weather kit in their vehicles and a full tank of gasoline today as next round of our a winter storm moves in. The I-44 corridor between Springfield and Rolla will likely see some ice: The Columbia and Jefferson City areas will likely receive …

Jefferson City only got about an inch or so of snow yesterday. But three-to-four inches of snow fell in Columbia. After some patchy freezing drizzle on Monday morning, the forecast calls for another one-to-three inches in mid-Missouri by Monday night. “Reconsider your travel options,” National Weather Service meteorologist Lewis Kanofsky …

The highway patrol worked about two hundred crashes and slide-offs just on mid-Missouri roads yesterday (sun). One of those accidents led to a death. Troopers say Nathan Clingman’s car slid off Highway 94 just east of Route C in southern Callaway County at about noon. The 18-year-old from Steedman was …

A Jefferson City couple is facing child endangerment and other charges after a police raid turns up drugs in their home. Chad Miller and Candice Shockley are accused of having drugs and a syringe hidden in the bed of a one year old in the home. Investigators say the home …

A 16-year-old admits to a reduced charge in the death of another teen. ABC 17 reports the boy pleaded guilty to first-degree robbery yesterday (thur). He avoids the original second degree murder charge. 19-year-old Nilez Nichols was shot to death in November 2018 in what police called a drug deal …

(MissouriNet) — Cole County Circuit Judge Dan Green has ordered the Missouri Highway Patrol to cross-check an unidentified fingerprint potentially connected to a violent eastern Missouri burglary in 1997. During the break-in at a home in O’Fallon, the burglar fired several gun shots, seriously injuring the homeowner in the head.  …