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First storm of 2025 dumps nearly 10 inches of snow
The first storm of 2025 dumped heavy snows, canzceled classes and events and forced the closure of several business this week.
Missouri bills would let utilities use projections to set rates, may increase prices
JEFFERSON CITY - Utility companies could base customers’ rates on projected expenses rather than actual costs under legislation critics worry would increase Missourians’ bills.
State emblem or party pariah? Bill would make rhinos Missouri’s ‘official zoo animal’
Zoos in Kansas City and St. Louis feature endangered rhinoceroses among exhibits, but the bill is also a nod to the debate on what makes a ‘Republican in Name Only’
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Ultimate Disrespect: Hats at the Table, Jeans at the Tournament
It was a battle of an epic nature. Two immovable forces pitted against each other. Neither willing to budge or give an inch.
Missouri town rejects initial anti-abortion push to become ‘sanctuary city for the unborn’
ROLLA - Less than a month after a state constitutional amendment legalizing abortion went into effect, a national movement to establish pockets of resistance is dividing one Missouri town.

2026 trial date set for Pam Hupp
If Justice is ever rendered in the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria, it won’t be delivered quickly.
Local races form for April municipal election
LINCOLN COUNTY – Voters in several local communities will have choices when it comes to the April municipal election, including races in Troy, Elsberry, Moscow Mills and Winfield.