As senators work on tax cuts, House clerk works on chamber renovations
Missouri lawmakers headed home for the weekend Thursday after two days of veto session and the start of a special session.
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Senators gavel in for special session same day as veto session
Missouri state senators gaveled in just before noon on Wednesday for the beginning of a special session.
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Man hurt following pedestrian-involved crash in Pulaski County
PULASKI COUNTY, Mo. (KMIZ) A pedestrian-involved crash in Pulaski County Wednesday night left a man with serious injuries. The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to the crash on Highway T near Rosette Road around 8:30 p.m. Troopers said Nafis K. Lymon, 28, of St. Robert, Missouri, was hit by a pickup truck driven by Sean
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Highway patrol cancels Amber Alert for St. Louis area girl
FERGUSON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri State Highway Patrol canceled an Amber Alert for a St. Louis area girl early Thursday morning. Troopers said the alert for 12-year-old Natonja Holmes was canceled after she was found safe with someone she knew. AMBER ALERT 2022-8 CANCELLED: LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS DETERMINED THAT THE JUVENILE VICTIM IS SAFE AND
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QUESTION OF THE DAY: Should recreational marijuana legalization be added to Missouri’s special session?
Some Missouri lawmakers are pushing for Gov. Mike Parson to include legalizing recreational marijuana as part of his call for a special legislative session.
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Blair Oaks school board releases statement after removing district’s transgender policy
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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Highway patrol issues Amber Alert for St. Louis area girl
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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Missouri’s special session set to start Wednesday
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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Police continue to investigate Jefferson City bus crash that injured nine
Ameren Missouri crews were outside the school Tuesday afternoon repairing the crash damage.
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Missouri Supreme Court won’t weigh recreational pot lawsuit
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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League of Women Voters, Missouri NAACP seek to pause voter ID law
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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Judge tosses suit against Missouri recreational pot measure
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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Anti-drug advocate argues secretary of state’s office incorrectly verified signatures for Legal Missouri 2022
A lawsuit wants to stop voters from deciding on the legalization of marijuana this November.
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Winston Churchill museum director shares how Queen Elizabeth II made an impact locally
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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Judge: Greitens case sent to Texas partly to limit publicity
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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Boone County firefighter killed while on duty honored by governor
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 Treece sworn in as member of Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission
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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AP seeks ex-Missouri Gov. Greitens’ child custody record
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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Crashes, injuries on Missouri highways down this Labor Day weekend
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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Union favorability rises as local, national organizations unionize
National chains such as Chipotle, Starbucks and Amazon are seeing workers organizing across the country. But so are local organizations.
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