Boone County is hosting more walk-in vaccine clinics Saturday. Vaccinators will be at Derby Ridge Elementary from 9 a.m. to noon. You can also get a shot at Centralia City Hall during the Centralia Anchor Festival Car Show from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Coronav...
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Schmidt drops lawsuit against St. Louis County
(AP) Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt has dropped his lawsuit challenging St. Louis County’s COVID-19 pandemic response. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Schmitt, a Republican, voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit on Thursday. The lawsuit wa...
Read More »Thousands apply for Missouri bear hunting permit
(AP) Missouri’s first-ever bear hunt is drawing plenty of interest. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Thursday that 6,335 people applied for one of the 400 permits the Missouri Department of Conservation will issue for a harvest of 40 bears. Winners...
Read More »JC council considers new parking garage near Capitol
Do you think a new Jefferson City parking garage is worth $13 million? The City Council is discussing putting in a new garage downtown. City leaders say the money would come from the parking fund. But Councilman Ron Fitzwater was asked if private dolla...
Read More »US taps groups to pick asylum-seekers to allow into country
(AP) The Biden administration has quietly tasked six humanitarian groups with recommending which migrants should be allowed to stay in the U.S. instead of being rapidly expelled from the country under federal pandemic-related powers that prevent many f...
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