Jefferson City News

On Sunday, June 16, hundreds of cyclists started competing in the Race Across America, making their way through Missouri.

Eleven jobs moved out of Springfield and into Christian County when Naught-Naught Insurance Agency expanded its Ozark office.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO - A Missouri Senate committee plans to study the state's construction needs while the House will create two panels to focus on the Medicaid program for the poor.

A Mokane woman is being held on $50,000 bond in the Cole County Jail after being charged with trying to steal more than 150 items from a Walmart in Jefferson City.

Fourteen weeks after a Cole County jury deadlocked on a verdict, Brandon Chase was back in court Tuesday, facing charges of second-degree murder, first-degree robbery and armed criminal action.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO - Missouri education officials are recommending that early childhood programs use a system developed in California to assess whether children are ready to enter school.

A Jefferson City man is in the Cole County Jail on $15,000 bond after being caught following a burglary at an apartment in Cole County.

Kevin Zumwalt, associate director of MU FRTI, says the school concentrates on hands-on, practical skills, covering topics that extend beyond putting out fires, including technical rescue, hazardous materials, command and control of emergency operations, and house-to-house and wide-area searches.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- A leadership competition is brewing within the Republican caucus that has controlled the Missouri House for the past decade.

A California man has released a song about Silver Dollar City. Scott Cooper, who has lived in the state since 1986 but was born and raised in Creve Coeur, Mo., said the inspiration for the song came while playing in a bluegrass band called the Intangibillies.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Bicyclists taking part in a cross-country race will be zooming across Missouri this week, and transportation officials hope motorists along the route will be extra cautious.

JEFFERSON CITY, MO - New southeast Missouri congressman Jason Smith has proposed a balanced budget amendment as his first piece of legislation in Washington.

Danny and Renee Farris buy basil and other plants from Elizabeth Essen. The Farrises had searched through local greenhouses in Jefferson City and Columbia for fresh basil to no avail, but were able to pick some up on their first trip to the New Bloomfield Farmers Market this year.

Brent and Cade Beckley started their day with a little catch, some TV, and then hit the Oak Hills Golf Course in Jefferson City.

Around 1:53 a.m. a Jefferson City Police officer noticed a white Chevrolet Blazer rolled over near the intersection of Bald Hill Road and Seven Hills Road.

Corwin Automotive Group is on track to build a new car dealership in Jefferson City less than a mile down the road from its current Honda, Hyundai and Nissan locations.

Race Across America is a cross-country cycling event that brings in cyclists from around the world.

In this file photo from March 2012, Trana Madsen, a Naturalist at Runge Nature Center, shows John and Ruth Cassmeyer, some of the items black bears use to survive.

A 1985 Macon High School graduate is tapped to head the Motor Vehicle Inspection Division of the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

Two months after voting to leave in-state tuition unchanged, Lincoln University's Curators voted Thursday to increase some room and board costs.