Efforts to make Missouri’s temporary ban on gender-affirming care for minors permanent reached the state House floor Monday night. Right now, state law prohibits puberty blockers or surgeries for gender transition in children but that law is set to expire. Lawmakers are now pushing several bills to remove the expiration date, known as the “sunset,”…
Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway has begun an audit on the Callaway County Collector’s Office. Galloway announced today [Tuesday] her department has begun the required audit after the office has been vacated. Galloway said in a statement her office will be working closely with law enforcement officials. The audit follows the resignation of the former…
An autopsy is scheduled after an inmate death was reported at the Jefferson City Correctional Center on Sunday morning. The Missouri Department of Corrections, say the offender was 56 year old Wayne Ell. The man began serving a life sentence in July of 1979 for multiple counts of robbery, burglary, and assault in St. Louis…
Several people are recovering from injuries in a fiery crash that blocked traffic heading eastbound on I-70 in Cooper County last (Thursday) night. The Missouri Highway Patrol reports the accident happened at the 111 mile marker around 10:50 when a when a stranded vehicle was blocking the driving lane, and a second vehicle came to…
Twenty-seven new cases of the novel coronavirus reported in Audrain County since Friday. According to the Audrain County Health Department, as of 4:30 this (Monday) afternoon, there are 577 total cases with 94 active–up 15 from Friday with 12 additional recoveries have been made, bringing that total to 475. Eight deaths have been reported in…
A Bowling Green woman has serious injuries following a one-car accident in Pike County the morning of Friday, August 18, 2023. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol accident report it happened on Route 161 North of Route PP when a vehicle driven by 35-year-old Catherine A. Murry traveled off the right side of the roadway…
