Boy Scouts bankruptcy filing will not affect local chapters
The Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy filing will mean “no change to the local Scouting experience,” according to a local Scout council.
Continue ReadingThe Boy Scouts of America’s bankruptcy filing will mean “no change to the local Scouting experience,” according to a local Scout council.
Continue ReadingMissouri House Democrats are set to discuss Medicaid in the state at a news conference Monday.
Continue ReadingMissouri is the only state without a statewide database to track prescription opioids, and it’s unclear when, or if, that will ever change.
Continue ReadingST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMIZ) Police are searching for one suspect after a uniformed police officer was shot in Ferguson, Missouri Sunday evening. The St. Louis County Police Department said the officer was shot while in a Walmart. The officer attempted to stop a shoplifter, police said, who then shot the officer multiple times. The officer
Continue ReadingAn effort is underway by the Parson administration to pay down the $32 million tab owed to county jails across the state.
Continue ReadingThe River City Habitat for Humanity is nearly doubling down on its regular home builds this year after the tornado that struck Jefferson City last May.
Continue ReadingMissouri representatives on both sides of the aisle say finding money in the budget to boost teachers’ pay could prove difficult.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Ethics Commission fined former Gov. Eric Greitens’ campaign in an order released Thursday after finding his committee failed to report in-kind contributions.
Continue ReadingDemolition started Tuesday on the Moniteau Creek Bridge in Cole County. Eric Landwehr, a Cole County Public Works engineer said the bridge, which is located just off of Highway 179, had been out of commission since 2016. “It’s about time because it was getting in bad shape,” Landwehr said. In February 2016, MoDOT gave the
Continue ReadingA bill filed in the Missouri Senate aims to modify the role of pharmacy benefit managers to combat rising drug prices and provide transparency for patients.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri Attorney General’s office confirmed Monday that charges against a Saline County murder suspect were dismissed.
Continue ReadingThe Missouri State House committee on Elementary and Secondary Education is set to discuss vaping in schools on Tuesday.
Continue ReadingSeveral state representatives have proposed a reboot of Missouri’s film tax incentive program, citing the success of productions such as “Gone Girl.”
Continue ReadingMany Columbia residents have recently shared their close encounters with coyotes on social media. The Missouri Department of Conservation says seeing a coyote in your neighborhood is not necessarily cause for alarm. According to the MDOC, coyotes are most active during the hours of dawn and dusk but coyote attacks are rare. Officials say coyotes
Continue ReadingThe United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing the company that operates the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton in Jefferson City after a hotel worker allegedly sexually harassed his co-workers.
Continue ReadingThe technology issues that caused Iowa caucus results to be delayed should not happen in Missouri’s upcoming primary election, experts told ABC 17 News on Friday.
Continue ReadingThe City of Columbia and Boone County Planning and Zoning Commission members discussed expanding the 26 square mile West Area Plan during a meeting at City Hall on Thursday. The current West Area Plan includes new developments to a portion of land north of West Gillespie Bridge Road and west of Scott Boulevard. Officials said
Continue ReadingCOLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Dimetrious Woods wants to build something. Woods opened an auto spa in 2019 at the corner of Business Loop 70 and Rangeline Street. He also helped a group of other men mentor young people following a violent month in Columbia that killed six people. He’s branded himself around town as “Motivated Meechi.”
Continue ReadingMissouri State Auditor and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nicole Galloway on Thursday released her office’s review of whether the Missouri Attorney General’s Office used state resources to bolster the former AG’s senate run.
Continue ReadingA Missouri House panel has endorsed a plan that could allow casinos to be built near the Lake of the Ozarks.
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