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Jefferson County's overall rank of healthiness rose from 70th in the state last year to 51st this year but hold the celebration.

Read more: Local , Joplin , Tornado , Ashland , Filmmakers , "Deadline in Disaster" , Was Clearly Hard to Watch , Film Took them through the Cleanup , And through the Rebuilding , Beth Pike and Steve Hudnell Spent Months Editing more than 70 Hours of Video Several senior centers and area libraries were open to the public to view films documenting ... (more)

Heroin is not as cute as the "button" in which it comes. In fact, it doesn't make anyone cute as a button at all.

Read more: Local , Crime , Legal , News , Pointing BB Gun Ends with Arrest , Brandon Christopher , Family Dispute , Jefferson City Police , Boone County Sheriff'S Department , Missouri State Highway Patrol , Ashland Police Department Jefferson City Police Officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of West McCarty for a disturbance call on Monday at ... (more)

Jefferson County residents said a landslide taking out their road needs to be fixed -- and fast.A section of Township Road 285A near Austin Lake is crumbling, and it's the only route for some residents to get home.

Attorneys on both sides of the Savannah Hardin homicide investigation are not allowed to discuss the case and the murder charges against the child's grandmother and stepmother, but a gag order doesn't Attorneys on both sides of the Savannah Hardin homicide investigation are not allowed to discuss the case and the murder charges against the child's ... (more)

Jefferson County Alan Palmieri called a news conference Thursday morning. He said, "In my opinion, school board should make sure every child has a textbook to take home with them.

Jefferson County on Tuesday to protest a pipeline project they say is being completed by an out-of-state contractor and out-of-state workers.