COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Income tax changes may be on the table during the 2025 session after six Missouri senators prefiled bills that propose setting a flat tax for the state to ultimately eliminate income tax. Missouri currently has a tax rate of 0.5% for every $1,273 of annual taxable income. This rate caps out at
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) MU Health Care’s Chief Operating Officer Tonya Johnson says violence against health care workers from patients increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, she claims it has leveled out after implementing preventative programs. Conversations on the safety of health care workers following the highly publicized United Healthcare CEO shooting. Following the shooting, Arrow
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Three inmates who were injured in a December 2023 Boone County crash are suing the Department of Corrections. Three petitions were filed on Wednesday. Raymond Nugen, Richard Kerksiek and Dustin Burkhart are suing the DOC, the driver of a transport van, a truck driver and SLC Leasing LLC for damages. The petitions
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Editor’s note: The position was corrected after the governor’s office sent an updated press release. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Gov. Mike Parson appointed Gayle Linneman to become the next Cooper County assessor, a Wednesday press release from the governor’s office says. Linneman, of Blackwater, is an officer coordinator for Restoration Health and as a realtor
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A former Hermann police officer who was shot while in the line of duty last year is beginning a new role in law enforcement. The New Haven Police Department announced in a Tuesday social media post that Adam Sullentrup will work as a public relations specialist for the department. “Although his law
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The amount of “ghost guns” recovered by United States law enforcement has increased at an alarming rate, according to Everytown. The number rose 398% from 2016 to 2020, and nearly 24,000 ghost guns were recovered during that five-year time span.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Conservation is considering removing some restrictions on walleye and sauger, according to a Tuesday press release from the department. Current regulations state: “Throughout the year, except that from February 20 through April 14 walleye and sauger may be taken and possessed only between one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise
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The Missouri Department of Transportation cut a ribbon Tuesday marking the completion of the Lance Corporal Leon Deraps I-70 Missouri River Bridge at Rocheport.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Mark James will be the next Missouri Department of Public Safety, according to a Monday press release from Gov.-elect Mike Kehoe’s Office. The release says that he will assume the role on Jan. 13 and await confirmation from the Missouri Senate. Public Safety Director Sandra Karsten announced her retirement last week.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Some representatives of Missouri’s business community have filed a petition with the Missouri Supreme Court to overturn Proposition A. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce and Industry says in a news release that Proposition A will increase prices for consumers and bring burdens on businesses of all sizes. “I think it’s going to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A man who is charged with involuntary manslaughter in Kansas was arrested last week in Sedalia. Timothy Smith was charged in Pettis County on Friday with being a fugitive from out of state. A hearing was held on Monday and Smith appeared by video from the jail, court records indicate. Court information
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A 22-year-old Kansas City man accused of illegally purchasing a gun found after the February mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade has been sentenced to probation. The Kansas City Star reports U.S. District Court Judge Howard Sachs sentenced Ronnel Williams Jr. to 5 years probation Thursday.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Following its certification Thursday, the Missouri Gaming Commission is working toward opening sports betting in the state by late summer next year. Amendment 2 — which was passed by Missouri voters on Nov. 5 — legalizes sports gambling in the state. The measure indicated that the Missouri Gaming Commission would have to
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A Steelville man was seriously injured in a crash on Thursday in Maries County, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. According to the report, a 2010 Hyundai Sonata – driven by a 43-year-old Steelville man – was heading southbound on Highway 63, about two miles north of Vienna, when
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Health insurance provider Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will change how it evaluates billed time on professional claims for anesthesia services, according to a post made to Anthem’s website on November 1, 2024.
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Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Fans in Missouri will be able to bet on sports next year under a ballot measure that narrowly won approval. State election officials on Thursday certified that the sports betting initiative passed with 50.05% support in the November election. Betting won’t begin immediately. The Missouri Gaming Commission said
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Abortion-rights advocates on Wednesday asked a judge to overturn Missouri’s near-total ban on the procedure, less than a month after voters backed an abortion-rights constitutional amendment. Jackson County Circuit Judge Jerri Zhang did not immediately rule after Wednesday’s hearing. Planned Parenthood and other plaintiffs had asked her to issue a temporary
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Rescuers are still searching for a woman who possibly fell into a Pennsylvania sinkhole Tuesday night. Police said they found a parked vehicle belonging to Elizabeth Pollard, 64, about 20 feet from the sinkhole. Pollard had gone out to look for her lost cat and never returned.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri Department of Public Safety Director Sandra Karsten will retire next month, according to a Wednesday press release from the governor’s office. Karsten will retire at the end of Gov. Mike Parson’s term on Jan. 13, the release says. She was appointed to the position on Aug. 27, 2018. She had
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A fire in south Columbia Wednesday morning marked the 40th call for assistance from the Red Cross this month as fires continue to rise while temperatures drop across Mid-Missouri The Columbia Fire Department was called to a home in the 4400 block of Glen Eagle Drive at 6:22 a.m. When crews arrived
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