Animal rights advocates gathered Wednesday in the third floor rotunda for the annual Humane Day at the Capitol. Sitting atop a table for Midwest Animal Rescue was a white, well-groomed toy poodle ...

A Missouri Senate panel restored a state employee retention plan to the budget this week after it was pared back in the House. The next few weeks will decide whether it remains.

Missouri's health agency transferred nearly $5.5 million in cannabis revenue to state programs last week, including for veterans' health care and addiction treatment. The Missouri Department of ...

A former superintendent is taking charge of financial services at the state education department. Kyle Kruse, a retired superintendent from St. Clair R-13 School District with more than 30 years ...

The Cole County Jail has too many inmates and too few cells, Sheriff John Wheeler said Tuesday. A lack of space to hear cases at the county courthouse and the prohibitive cost to expand the jail ...

It was no surprise Jim Eddleman won a 2025 Senior Service Award, those he works with said. "To give back so much of his family's personal land, and then to continue -- I see him every week at ...

The House passed a bipartisan presidential primary bill after a last-minute amendment Monday. The vote ended with Republicans split and most Democrats supporting the bill, with 85 in favor and 64 ...

A proposed constitutional amendment that would ban abortion is one step closer to the statewide ballot after it won initial approval of the Missouri House on Tuesday. After four hours of floor ...

The Rock Bridge Bruins’ offensive attack was too much for the Capital City Lady Cavaliers to overcome Wednesday night in a 5-1 loss in Central Missouri Activities Conference action at Capital ...

A Cole County inmate faces a felony charge after allegedly breaking a protection order for the second time. Jacob Johnson texted and called a woman Sept.

The Jefferson City Police Department (JCPD) is celebrating National Telecommunicators Week. National Telecommunicators Week is meant to honor people who work in 911 dispatch and all ...

A Missouri House committee advanced an amended Senate bill Monday that would end the University of Missouri's exclusive permission to grant doctoral degrees. The new provision is tacked onto ...