Republican files paperwork to run for 19th Senate District
Republicans nominated a Columbia business owner to run for a Boone County Senate district at their meeting Tuesday night.
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Woman says her name was forged on liquor license of Columbia Mexican restaurant, claims she never owned restaurant
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A woman is accusing the owners of a Mexican restaurant on the south side of Columbia of lying to the state over a liquor license. Casa Maria’s Mexican Cantina’s liquor license was suspended for 52 days after the Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control claimed a name was forged on a liquor
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More than 1,000 outages reported in Montgomery County
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Storms rolled through Mid-Missouri on Tuesday afternoon and caused several power outages and closed a portion of Interstate 70. There were 1,764 electricity customers in Benton County that experienced a power outage during the outage’s peak. The outage was reduced to 165 people by 7:50 p.m. According to the Association of Missouri
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Columbia man sentenced 22 years on federal charges for drug trafficking, gun charges
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A Columbia man on Monday was sentenced for federal drug and gun charges, according to a press release from the Department of Justice. Robert Jevon Bean, 37, was sentenced to 22 years, six months in prison without parole, the release states. He pleaded guilty on Nov. 30 to to one count
Continue ReadingParson asks state office not to pay defamation judgments against state senators
Gov. Mike Parson is asking the Missouri Office of Administration not to use state money to pay for any judgments against three state senators accused of defaming a man in the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting.
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Missouri candidate with ties to the KKK can stay on the Republican ballot, judge rules
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri judge has ruled that a longshot gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan can stay on the Republican ticket. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker on Friday ruled against a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan off
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Missouri Senate adjourns early on last day of session; 46 bills passed this year
After a turbulent legislative session, the Missouri Senate decided to end its last day as soon as possible.
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GOP fighting, 50-hour Democratic filibuster kill push to make amending Missouri Constitution harder
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Republican lawmakers have failed to pass a proposal to make it harder to amend the state constitution. The GOP-led Legislature adjourned Friday without passing the legislation. Some Republicans had hoped to put the measure on the August ballot, so voters could enact the higher
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Lawmakers attempt to push bills on last day of the legislative Session
Lawmakers have until 6 p.m. Friday to pass any bills before the end of the legislative session.
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Initiative petition reform still in limbo with one day left in legislative session
Lawmakers have less two working days left to get their final priorities across the finish line before the end of the legislative session.
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Sponsor hopes to hammer out differences in House, Senate initiative petition reform after record filibuster
The Missouri Senate passed 50 hours of filibuster Wednesday afternoon, after already breaking the record for the longest filibuster earlier in the day.
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Why the speech by Kansas City Chiefs kicker was embraced at Benedictine College’s commencement
By PETER SMITH and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker may have stirred controversy in some quarters for his proclamations of conservative politics and Catholicism on Saturday, but he received a standing ovation from graduates and other attendees of the May 11 commencement ceremony at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. The
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Missouri lawmakers renew crucial $4B Medicaid tax program
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri lawmakers have approved a more than $4 billion hospital tax program essential to the state’s Medicaid budget. The GOP-led House on Wednesday renewed the program, which for months has been used by a Republican faction as a bargaining tool. The heart of the program
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Missouri Democrats’ filibuster breaks the state record in attempt to block initiative petition reform
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) A filibuster from Missouri Democrats past the 41-hour mark on Wednesday morning, as they continued to block Republicans in the Missouri Senate from passing legislation that would make it harder for voters to amend the state constitution. Currently, initiative petitions only need a simple majority of more than 50% to pass. However,
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Entomologist says cicadas are relatively harmless to plants and animals
Creepy, crunchy, brown-colored shells can be seen all over Mid-Missouri this month as cicadas begin to emerge.
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Man seriously injured in Pulaski County crash
RICHLAND, Mo. (KMIZ) A Richland, Missouri, man was seriously injured in a Tuesday crash in Pulaski County at the intersection of Highway 133 and Rodeo Road, about a mile north of Richland, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The crash occurred as a 2008 Dodge Nitro – driven by Lawrence Richey, 65,
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Missouri budget bill includes funds for AI weapon detection systems in schools
The Missouri legislatures passed a $51 billion fiscal 2025 state budget Friday, including funding to implement firearm detection software in schools.
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Fentanyl takes over as a leading factor in Missouri overdose deaths
Drug overdose deaths continue to climb every year across the U.S. and in Mid-Missouri. And one Mid-Missouri county is among the top in the state.
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Law enforcement searching for three juveniles who fled from Fulton detention center
FULTON, Mo. (KMIZ) The Callaway County Sheriff’s Office retracted its earlier statement that it took 30 minutes for the Division of Youth Services to report missing detainees, now saying it was only a few minutes. Three juvenile detainees fled from the Division of Youth Services custody in Fulton and are now believed to be at
Continue Reading Missouri legislature passes $51 billion state budget Friday afternoon
Missouri House lawmakers began discussing and debating the state budget Friday with just hours to get it on the governor’s desk.
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