2+ hour, 21+ min ago  (665+ words) Jefferson City is turning yard waste back over to a private contractor after hauling costs and staffing demands made the city-owned site difficult to sustain. Beginning Monday, residents will take yard waste to All Seasons Landscaping at 2417 Southridge Drive. The…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (183+ words) For the third consecutive season, the Central Missouri Mules baseball team is headed back to the Division II College World Series. The Mules finished off a two-game sweep of Augustana (S. D.) in the Warrensburg Super Regional with a 10-1 victory Friday. Helias…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1279+ words) Conversations with survivors of sexual abuse left Missouri state Sen. Tracy Mc Creery wondering what could have prevented the harm, leading her to sponsor a bill that would require clergy and religious workers to report suspected child abuse or neglect....

2+ week, 2+ hour ago  (1712+ words) Author Mark Twain, a proud son of Missouri, once reportedly mused that "whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over." Natural resources officials in Missouri and North Dakota would seem to agree. In a February opinion piece, Kurt Schaefer,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (737+ words) The Jefferson City Council agreed Monday to return to a contractor for yard waste disposal in Jefferson City despite one residents' concerns the city did not seek bids for the contract. The new site will be at All Seasons Landscaping…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (824+ words) The city is reconsidering its yard waste decision from three years ago. The Jefferson City Council will vote Monday on a contract for All Seasons Landscaping to operate a residential yard waste disposal site. The council meets 6 p. m. Monday at City…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (477+ words) With under three weeks remaining in Missouri's legislative session, Senate Education Committee Chairman Rick Brattin is forging ahead with legislation aimed at giving the public a clearer view of school spending. Brattin, a Republican from Harrisonville, offered substitutes to five…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (705+ words) During a Tuesday ribbon-cutting ceremony for two new technical programs at Algoa Correctional Center, an inmate thanked corrections administrators for creating something that "could change our lives." The prison launched its state-licensed tattooing program in January, which allows inmates to…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (145+ words) The Lincoln Blue Tigers are back on the road today for a Great Lakes Valley Conference contest against the Drury Panthers in Springfield. The Blue Tigers are currently 14th out of 15 teams in the men's GLVC standings with a 1-6 conference record…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (273+ words) Rural health care providers and community organizations are invited to participate in informational webinars " beginning Wednesday " supporting Missouri's implementation of the Rural Health Transformation Program. The program is a major federal initiative designed to strengthen health care in rural communities,…...