The Blair Oaks Board of Education said Wednesday it plans to address the needs of transgender students on an individual basis after the board voted unanimously to get rid of its transgender policy during a meeting Tuesday night.
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Troopers posted on Twitter around 11:40 p.m. that the highway patrol is looking for 12-year-old Natonja Holmes.
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Lawmakers are set to be back in the capital Wednesday, as Missouri’s special session regarding tax cuts is set to begin at 11:30 a.m.
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Ameren Missouri crews were outside the school Tuesday afternoon repairing the crash damage.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court won’t take up a lawsuit challenging a ballot proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. Supreme Court judges on Tuesday refused to take up a case seeking to knock the issue off the Nov. 8 ballot. The proposal would allow those age 21 and older to buy and
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A motion to expedite the lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters and NAACP against a new Missouri law requiring voter ID will be heard in Cole County court Friday afternoon.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that voters will decide whether to legalize recreational marijuana during the Nov. 8 election. Cole County Circuit Judge Cotton Walker on Friday tossed out a lawsuit that sought to remove the question from the ballot. Walker ruled that the woman
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A lawsuit wants to stop voters from deciding on the legalization of marijuana this November.
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FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ.) Following the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, ABC 17 News crews spoke with people at about the connection the queen made locally. Timothy Riley the director at America’s National Churchill Museum said the connection all started back in 1946 when the queen’s first prime minister visited Westminster College. From there, Riley said the
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By PAUL WEBER and JIM SALTER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The judge in the child custody case involving former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens has ruled that it should move to Texas because his two sons now spend most of their time there, and to better protect the boys from public scrutiny. That’s according
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A Boone County firefighter killed while working at a crash scene on Interstate 70 last year was among nearly two dozen first responders honored at Missouri State Highway Patrol headquarters on Wednesday.
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Former Columbia mayor Brian Treece spent his morning at the Missouri Capitol on Tuesday in the company of Gov. Mike Parson and Missouri Supreme Court Judge Patricia Breckenridge, being sworn in as the new commissioner of the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission.
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By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Associated Press has joined an effort to get a sealed court record from former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens’ child custody case. The Boone County Circuit Court clerk on Tuesday accepted the AP’s request to join The Kansas City Star’s motion to make public the document
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The number of crashes and injuries on Missouri’s highways over the long holiday weekend fell compared to last year, the highway patrol reported Tuesday.
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National chains such as Chipotle, Starbucks and Amazon are seeing workers organizing across the country. But so are local organizations.
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COLUMBIA,Mo. (KMIZ) Missouri State Highway Patrol started its counting period Friday, and it’s set to end at 11:59 p.m. Monday. So while troopers have pushed traffic safety and water safety, crashes have still taken place. Patrol crash reports show at least 73 traffic crashes since 6 p.m. Friday. At least three crashes have been fatal and 10
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The Labor Day weekend has been busy for Missouri State Highway Patrol with multiple crashes on the roads and the water since the counting period started Friday.
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MONROE COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified Austin Leigh, 41, of Iowa as the suspect shot by a Monroe County deputy Saturday morning. The patrol’s Troop B information officer Justin Dunn said the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office asked the patrol to investigate the shooting. Dunn said it happened in a residential area
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Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash on Route W Saturday afternoon.
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COLUMBIA, Mo (KMIZ) Friday kicks off Labor Day weekend and the Missouri State Highway Patrol will have an increased trooper presence on roads and waters for their counting period. Troopers on the roads will be enforcing Missouri’s speed limit, seat belt, and impaired driving laws, in addition to being available to assist motorists during their participation for
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