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Two Callaway County buildings are considered total losses after fires early Thursday morning. One destroyed the Russ Automotive building in Millersburg. The other is damaged the new county ambulance district headquarters in Fulton. No one was hurt in either fire.

(MissouriNet)– Missouri state Senators debated for roughly six hours last night about a contentious bill that would drastically change how Missouri colleges and universities handle sexual assault and harassment complaints. Under the legislation, an administrative commission would hear the cases, students involved could have an attorney, cross-examination would be allowed …

A tied Holts Summit election won’t be settled with a coin toss after all. Ward 2 candidates Lisa Buhr and Chris Redel both got 35 – votes in the April election. Instead of a coin flip, Buhr is now calling for a special election.

Shouldn’t a divorced dad have his kids fifty – percent of the time? Mark Ludwig is with Americans for Equal Shared Parenting. He’s backing a Missouri bill designed to do just that.  He says he went over 200 – days without seeing his newborn son. The measure has passed the …

It now turns out two victims were hit by gunfire during a large Saturday fight that spilled into a Jefferson City street. Marquis Avant is charged with murder in the shooting death of Robert Scott. Another person hit by gunfire had only non-life threatening injuries. Avant claimed he fired shots …

You’ve seen the cop shows where the ‘Feds’ come in and seize the drug dealer’s cars, home and jewelry. Asset forfeiture has long been used by police agencies. Missouri State Rep. Tony Lovasco is backing a bill that would require cops here to follow state law for seizures, not federal …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld Gov. Mike Parson’s appointment of Mike Kehoe as the state’s lieutenant governor. In a 5-2 decision written by Chief Justice Zel Fischer, the Supreme Court said the state constitution gives the governor the authority to fill all vacancies …

Jefferson City firefighters continue to look into a Tuesday night fire. Crews were called out around 7:30 for a fire in the 400 – block of Cherry Street. Not much information is being released, but a spokesman says no one was injured. Firefighters were on scene for about two hours.

Jefferson City Fire was on the scene of a smoky trash fire outside the McDonalds at South Ten Mile Drive this morning. Everybody’s okay. Just across the street from KWOS.

Have you been caught in the I-70 traffic lately? Jefferson City State Rep. Rudy Veit says a river port in the Capital City could take a lot of those big – rigs off the highways … The port proposed for downstream from Jefferson City would provide the option of hauling …