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Plenty of choices on Cole County’s ballot (Tues). Dave Griffith and Sara Michael are both running the 60th District House race. Rudy Veit and Linda Ellen Greeson meet for the 59th District House seat. Term limited State Rep Mike Bernskoetter, Nicole Thompson and Steve Wilson are on the ballot for …

Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer thinks the confirmation battle over Judge Kavanaugh thinks may move many voters over to the ‘red side’ Tuesday … Luetkemeyer, who’s from St. Elizabeth, meets Democrat Katy Geppert and Libertarian David Stolle in his re-election bid.

A New Bloomfield fugitive and convicted sex offender is back in custody. Callaway County authorities say a deputy pulled over Alan Tighe on North Business 54 in Fulton on Saturday. Tighe had a warrant for stealing, and allegedly had not registered as a sex offender. The deputy said he also …

Seven people face second-degree murder charges after an August shooting in Columbia. The incident happened on Sylvan Lane after a meth deal went bad. 31 year old King was killed in the shooting. Richard Nole, Hollie Johnson, Sarah Davidson, Daria Joyce Lynn Littleton, and Anthony Neill were originally charged for …

Missouri voters have a long track record on proposed tax hikes best summarized by one word: No. Yet organizers of the “Yes on D” campaign to raise Missouri’s gas tax by 10 cents a gallon believe this may be the year when voters finally consent. With only days to go …

(AP) — Teaming up with President Trump, Missouri Republican Senate candidate Josh Hawley says that on Election Day, voters are going to call his opponent, Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill, “fired.” Hawley said Thursday at a rally with President Donald Trump in Columbia that McCaskill wanted Missourians to call Hillary Clinton …

(A-P) — A man whose ex-girlfriend is charged in the killing of his 4-year-old son in Jefferson City says he believed she would take care of his child while he visited his ailing mother in Chicago. Kijuanis Gray told WLS-TV in Chicago that he “trusted” Quatavia Givens, 26, to look …

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It’s the 45th president’s first stop in mid-Missouri. Donald Trump is holding a rally tonight (thur) at Columbia Regional Airport. KWOS coverage starts at 4:00. The speech is set for 6:30. Columbia city spokesman Steve Sapp says you should park in the new  Cartwright Business and Technology Park, which is …

Cole County Prosecutor Mark Richardson charges 26-year-old Quatavia Givens with one felony count of child abuse resulting in death.  The Jefferson City Police Department’s probable cause statement says an autopsy was performed on four-year-old Darnell Gray. The autopsy indicated “multiple injuries caused by blunt force trauma and sharp force trauma …