Authorities in mid-Missouri’s Mexico and Audrain County say significant hail on Thursday afternoon caused damage to numerous vehicles and homes. Mexico Public Safety Major Brice Mesko says …
Read More »$8-million campaign is launched to build new Christian Academy school in Jefferson City
Saying the school has outgrown its current location capacity, Jefferson City-area parents and educators are trying to raise $8.3 million to build a new River Oak Christian …
Read More »Toys for Tots celebrates 75th anniversary; a famous Missourian designed its logo
Missouri’s governor is praising the legacy and impact of the popular Toys for Tots program, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Governor Mike Parson presented a proclamation …
Read More »Ashland state lawmaker Walsh withdraws from congressional race
Missouri’s House GOP majority caucus chair has announced that she’s withdrawing her candidacy for Congress in west-central Missouri’s fourth district. State Rep. Sara Walsh (R-Ashland) notes the …
Read More »Smith has serious concerns with Missouri’s proposed new congressional redistricting map; “it’s asinine”
A Columbia state lawmaker who serves on the Missouri House Elections and Elected Officials Committee is critical of the new congressional map approved by the Legislature, which …
Read More »New Missouri congressional redistricting map heading to Missouri governor’s desk
With less than 24 hours to spare, Missouri lawmakers have approved a new congressional redistricting map that splits Columbia and Boone County into two districts. The line …
Read More »Proposed new Missouri congressional redistricting map splits Columbia near I-70
A veteran mid-Missouri state lawmaker is hopeful the House will approve a new congressional redistricting map by early next week. The proposed new House map splits Columbia …
Read More »(AUDIO) State Rep. Chuck Basye (R-Rocheport) is cautiously optimistic Missouri lawmakers will approve new congressional redistricting map
A new congressional redistricting map that’s been approved by a Missouri House committee is a solid 6-2 GOP map, and puts more Republican voters in U.S. Rep. …
Read More »Missouri Senate and House still at impasse over congressional redistricting
The Missouri Senate has rejected a request from the House to go to a conference committee to further negotiate on a congressional redistricting map. The House will gavel-in …
Read More »Missouri House and Senate remain at impasse over congressional redistricting
Missouri is the only state in the nation where a new U.S. House map has not been enacted or approved by state lawmakers, according to the Associated …
Read More »Missouri Legislature faces 5 pm deadline on congressional redistricting map
Missouri’s eight U.S. House district boundaries remain uncertain this (Tuesday) morning, after the Missouri House took no action Monday on a Senate congressional redistricting map approved last …
Read More »(AUDIO): U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-St. Elizabeth) appears on 939 the Eagle’s “Wake Up Columbia”
The Missouri Senate has approved a new congressional map that likely solidifies six GOP districts and two overwhelmingly Democratic districts. The Senate map moves Boone, Cooper and …
Read More »Congressional map approved by state Senate impacts three mid-Missouri counties
The Missouri Senate has given approval to a congressional map that likely solidifies six GOP districts, while maintaining two overwhelmingly Democratic districts. Thursday’s vote was 22-10. State …
Read More »(AUDIO): State Sen. Rick Brattin (R-Harrisonville) discusses congressional redistricting on 939 the Eagle’s “Randy Tobler show”
The Missouri Senate has voted 22-10 to approve a new congressional map that moves mid-Missouri’s Boone, Cooper and Moniteau counties to the third district, which is currently …
Read More »Well-known businessman leading committee supporting Boone County’s local use tax ballot measure
Supporters of an April Boone County use tax ballot measure say Boone is the last county among its contiguous counties to approve a use tax. Boone County …
Read More »Columbia and Jefferson City are covered in separate winter weather advisories
The National Weather Service (NWS) has increased snow projection totals for mid-Missouri for Thursday and Friday. A winter weather advisory began at 9 am for Boone, Audrain …
Read More »One-vehicle crash kills two mid-Missouri men
Two men from mid-Missouri’s Moniteau County have been killed in a horrific overnight one-vehicle crash on Highway 50. State troopers say the crash happened just after midnight, …
Read More »Two out-of-state motorists killed in collision in Moniteau County
State troopers say two men were killed in a Wednesday night crash on Highway 87 in mid-Missouri’s Moniteau County. State troopers say Martin Fisher of Virginia was traveling …
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