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Highs in the mid – 90’s and a heat index topping 100. That’s your forecast through the weekend. Veterinarian Dr. Jill Brady says make sure your outside dog doesn’t get overheated … Brady says your outdoor pets should have plenty of cool water and shade to hide in, especially during …

(AP) – Police say a semitrailer’s computer data says it was going above the speed limit when it slammed into a line of vehicles on an Indianapolis highway, killing a woman and her 18-month-old twin daughters. State police say Interstate 465 traffic was slowed for a construction zone Sunday. A …

(MissouriNet) — Missouri’s House members voted Tuesday along party lines to publicly discipline President Trump for telling four Congresswomen of color to go back to their countries. Of the four members targeted by Trump, three were born in the U.S. Western Missouri Democrat Emanuel Cleaver abandoned the gavel to preside …

Jefferson City’s Council moves ahead with setting some ordinances for medical marijuana dispensaries. Last night they approved adding another zoning district where the businesses could operate. They also clarified the rule that the marijuana dispensaries cannot be within 1000 – feet of a school, church or day care.

An arrest in Moniteau County late last week leaves two suspects in jail on drug charges. Abra Stone and Nicholas Scott were arrested after their car was spotting weaving across highway – 87 Friday. Meth and heroin were found in the car. Scott was taken to the hospital for a …

A Maries County couple accused of child abuse are out of jail. Cheryl Lynn Fales and Charles Fales of St. James are accused of forcing two child to live in a tent outside their home, do manual labor and be forced to eat cold hot dogs. The situation came to …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has vetoed a bill that would have allowed some motorcycle riders to drive without helmets. Parson vetoed the measure Friday. It would have repealed Missouri’s helmet requirement for motorcycle riders who are at least 18 years old and have health insurance. …

Another hearing this (mon) morning for one of the people connected to the Fulton man with special needs found encased in concrete a couple years ago. Mary Paulo is accused of lying to the cops, months before Carl DeBrodie was found dead in a storage unit in 2017. Anthony R.K. …

A couple weekend drug arrests in Callaway County. Deputies say they pulled over Patrick Spencer of Columbia early yesterday (sun) east of Millersburg. He allegedly had meth and marijuana on him. Late Saturday, they stopped Issiah Sampson for a traffic violation south of Hatton near I-70 and Route. They allegedly …

A Boone County woman accused of abducting her child is back in mid-Missouri. Jillanne Pagano, 25, was booked into Boone County Jail on Wednesday. The Rocheport woman is accused of taking her daughter to North Carolina and not letting the child’s father, Tyler Bozeman, know where they were for years. …