JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) First responders got a fake call from a blocked number claiming someone had shot a woman at Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s house on Sunday night. The incident — now being investigated by law enforcement in Jefferson City as a swatting crime — started at 8:55 p.m., according to documents
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Police were sent to Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s home Sunday night on a bogus call.
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The suspicious package sent to the Missouri Attorney General’s Office in April contained methamphetamine, according to records ABC 17 News obtained from the Missouri Department of Public Safety.
Continue Reading JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Sen. Caleb Rowden (R-Columbia) is working on legislation that would increase the penalty for swatting, following a swatting call to the secretary of state’s house on Sunday night. Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft was a target of a swatting attempt at his home Sunday night, Ashcroft posted on his social
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A congressman who has represented parts of Mid-Missouri over several terms said Thursday that he’s stepping down when this one ends.
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The state of Missouri has taken the first step toward participating in an enhanced food benefits program for children this summer.
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Lawmakers gaveled in for the 2024 legislative session Wednesday afternoon with hopes to continue working on many of the priorities that didn’t make it to the finish line last year.
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The Missouri General Assembly kicked off its 2024 legislative session at noon Wednesday.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order Tuesday that bars ownership of farmland by “foreign adversaries” near military facilities.
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Gov. Mike Parson will sign an executive order Tuesday dealing with foreign-owned farmland.
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After two years of temporary grants, lawmakers are now pushing a permanent raise to Missouri teachers’ base salary.
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At least nine bills have been prefiled ahead of the 2024 legislative session suggesting changes to Missouri’s abortion laws, including one that would make mothers who get abortions criminal homicide subjects.
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A southwest Missouri lawmaker has filed a bill for the upcoming session that would see women charged with murder for abortions.
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A Columbia nurse and union member says he’s running for Missouri’s 50th House District to make sure it stays in Democratic hands.
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The Missouri Gaming Commission has been regulating slot machines, casinos and all other wagering in the state for 30 years.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The next head of Missouri’s education department will be Republican Missouri state Sen. Karla Eslinger. She’s a former teacher, principal and school district superintendent. The state announced the appointment Tuesday. She will start as commissioner of the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education effective June 1. Eslinger will remain
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The Missouri House of Representatives is getting an early start on outlining the state’s budget a month before the state of the 2024 legislative session.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Lawmakers prefiled 343 on Friday, the first day of prefiling for the 2024 legislative session. Missouri senators and representatives begin filing their proposed legislation on Dec. 1 every year, the month prior to the beginning of the legislative session. Prefiling continues through the rest of the month. The bills are then
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Boone County Commission is working with other counties across Missouri to draft a new version of a law that would provide a property tax freeze for retired residents. A state law allowing a property tax freeze for seniors went into effect Aug. 28. The freeze has to be put into effect by county
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has turned away an appeal about how to word a ballot question on access to abortion. The state’s Republican secretary of state has suggested wording that would ask voters whether they are in favor of allowing “dangerous and unregulated abortions until live birth.” A state appeals
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