The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is still behind on payments to child care providers after previously saying issues would be resolved by the end of July.
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Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri Democratic Party says that one of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has agreed to withdraw as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Keith Rose was charged with first-degree property damage. He
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Missourians will get a chance to vote in November to legalize sports gambling.
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A question to legalize abortion will be on the November ballot but one to award a license for a riverboat casino on the Lake of the Ozarks will not.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) More than 100 Ameren customers in Miller County lost power on Tuesday night. Some power outages were reported throughout the night in multiple counties on the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperative’s outage map after storm cells rolled through areas near the Lake of the Ozarks. There were 106 Ameren customers without power
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Two Missouri health non-profit organizations broke ground on Tuesday on a new building in Jefferson City.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Columbia Police Department is investigating an assault early Saturday morning on E. Broadway, according to a press release from the department. According to the release, around 1:40 a.m. Saturday officers were called to the 900 block of E. Broadway for an assault. Witnesses said the victim was hit multiple times in
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Republicans voted on Tuesday to continue the current direction of state government under Gov. Mike Parson, which the governor said he was not surprised by. “It was a great night for me as the governor and a great night personally because of all of these guys that I got to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Patrick McKenna announced in a meeting on Wednesday that he will be moving on from his position as the director of the Missouri Department of Transportation. McKenna made the statement during a Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission meeting in Poplar Bluff. He has been in the position for nearly nine years. His
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The Missouri State Fair began its 10-day run in Sedalia on Thursday.
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Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Michael Brown once told his father the “world is going to know my name,” words Michael Brown Sr. still takes to heart. Friday marks 10 years since the 18-year-old was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, turning the St. Louis suburb into the focal point of the
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The Missouri State Fair kicked off Thursday morning with a gloomy start, but the light showers didn’t keep the crowds away.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia voters on Tuesday approved the continuation of the one-fourth-of-one-percent Capital Improvement Sales Tax. The approval will extend the sales tax for another 10 years. The current sales tax is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2025. According to the City of Columbia’s website, $94,350,000 would go toward public works, $15,450,000 would go
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Rapper Nelly was arrested early Wednesday at a St. Louis-area casino, and the Missouri Highway Patrol said an officer found four illegal ecstasy pills on him. The rapper’s attorney said an “overzealous” officer targeted him and conducted an improper search.
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Missouri Task Force 1 was deployed to Raleigh, North Carolina to assist as Tropical Storm Debby is expected to bring more rain to North Carolina.
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Jay Ashcroft has conceded the governor’s race to Mike Kehoe.
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Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe accepted victory in his race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination Tuesday night.
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Will Scharf is hoping to secure the Republican nomination in the race for Missouri’s next attorney general Tuesday.
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Republican candidate Andrew Bailey claimed his first election victory as attorney general in Tuesday’s primaries.
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Dr. Bob Onder defeated a Mid-Missouri politician to take the Republican nomination for the Third Congressional District on Tuesday.
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