Jefferson City News

Columbia police are hopeful that DNA evidence and help from some college students may lead to a break in a 20-year-old murder mystery.

The superintendent of the Hazelwood School District has been chosen as Missouri's next education commissioner.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Gov. Jay Nixon signed legislation Wednesday that names a Missouri highway adopted for trash pickup by a neo-Nazi group after a rabbi who narrowly escaped the Nazis during World War II.

More than 15 "suspicious fires" have occurred in the city since August 2008. The smell of charred wood still lingers at a foreclosed home on Ewing Drive in Jefferson City.

A judge on Tuesday struck down a ballot summary prepared by Secretary of State Robin Carnahan for an initiative that would limit the use of eminent domain to take private property for redevelopment.

Missouri law enforcement is cracking down on drunk, speeding and unbuckled drivers.

Missouri law enforcement agencies are launching an effort to crack down on speeding and drunken driving this summer.During the past four years, Missouri has recorded its highest number of fatal and serious injury accidents between July and September.The state Highway Patrol is teaming with the transportation department's Highway Safety Division and ...

Gov. Jay Nixon has touted almost as much new state spending as he has axed in order to balance Missouri's budget.

A Jefferson City man has died and his wife seriously injured after their car ran off the road and struck a tree on Route C near Hillcrest Street in Cole County just before 4 p.m. this afternoon.

Executions effectively are on hold again in Missouri. Incoming Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr.

A- - Gov. Jay Nixon is vetoing $105 million from Missouri's budget and restricting the expenditure of an additional $325 million as the state faces declining revenues.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Three workers compensation law judges have sued to try to prevent their dismissal by Gov.

A twin-engine Beechcraft C90 was forced to make an emergency landing at the airport in Cape Girardeau after one of its engines failed.

It's been said that beauty is ageless, and an annual nursing home pageant competition in Missouri seeks to prove the adage true.

Advisory remains in effect until 7 P.M. on Wednesday. The National Weather Service issued a "Heat Advisory" for counties and cities in Missouri that includes Columbia, Jefferson City and Mexico.

High humidity will produce heat index values of 100 or greater over much of the region this afternoon.

A Jefferson City couple was killed Sunday when they pulled into the path of an oncoming truck.

A Central Missouri prison inmate has died. Bill Schmutz, deputy warden for the Algoa Correctional Center in Jefferson City, reported Sunday that 26-year-old Romanze Damont Mosby was pronounced dead Saturday evening at the prison.

Missouria s annual Older Worker of the Year contest seeks to honor a Missouri resident who is 65 or older, employed at least 20 hours a week, and displays dependability and new skills on the job.A The winner and regional finalists will be recognized at a two-day awards ceremony in September in Jefferson City.

A Missouri judge has dismissed conspiracy allegations against three state officials and approved the summary and cost estimate for a ballot proposal to ban public money from going to abortion and human cloning.