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The city of Columbia plans to build a new fire station. City leaders are currently working to purchase nine acres of land for the new station in the southwest portion of the city at the corner of Scott Boulevard and Route KK. As of right now, Fire Station Eight serves …

(MissouriNet)–A Missouri House committee has voted to approve a proposed constitutional amendment that would reduce the Missouri House’s size from 163 to 136. Holts Summit GOP State Representative Travis Fitzwater testified before the committee this week. Fitzwater’s proposal has been tweaked, since Monday. Under the new plan, there would be …

You can bet the potential developers will line up for some abandoned Capitol Avenue homes as soon as they come on the market. Judge Pat Joyce ruled for the Housing Authority, directing the owner to sell five houses and two lots. On a recent KWOS Open Air, Jefferson City Mayor …

A Mid-Missouri woman is busted with drugs inside a trailer in Clarksburg in Moniteau County. Deputies were tipped off about drug activity Tuesday. A woman had left the scene and a witness told officers the drugs were hers. They searched the mobile home and later arrested 26 – year old …

(MissouriNet) — The Missouri House Budget Committee chairman is proposing a 100-million dollar transportation infrastructure plan that does NOT raise taxes or incur new debt. Carthage GOP State Representative Cody Smith has concerns with the governor’s 350-million dollar bonding plan to repair or replace 250 bridges. Smith says the state …

Kids in Williamsburg got a day off from school Wednesday because of a leaky heating unit. Firefighters were called to the elementary school because of a gas leak early yesterday morning. A faulty heater near the school office was the culprit. No one got sick and school is back in …

Another win for the Jefferson City Housing Authority in their battle to take over a number of dilapidated homes. Judge Pat Joyce approved a plan to force the owner to sell five houses and two lots. Barbara Buesher owns the homes and property on East Capitol, State Street and Jackson …

You’re seeing a brand new pro-life battle brewing on Capitol Hill. It could ultimately put a repeal of Rowe v. Wade before the U-S Supreme Court. Fox News Commentator Monica Crowley points to Senate Democrats’ defeat of the ‘Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act’ … Crowley is this year’s featured …

Fulton Police find a fugitive hiding in a basement this week. Travis Schroer was caught after officer were tipped off Monday that he was at a house on 8th Street. Schroer was wanted for assault and resisting arrest in Cole County plus a parole violation.

A man who shot at officers during an I-70 chase will spend the next 30 – years in Prison. 28 – year old Russell Moore was sentenced this week. Back in April 2016 he was chased from the Midway Travel Plaza down I-70 in a stolen Jeep. Moore fired at …