The Boone County Commission offers tax breaks for a proposed Italian meats facility. Swift Prepared Foods plans to open a large plant on Paris Rd. in 2022, with 251 workers making an average of $52,695. It is the same company behind the new bacon plant...
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Militia official: US strike in Syria kills 1, wounds several
(AP) — An Iraqi militia official says a U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed one militiaman and wounded a number of others with a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi group. The official told The Associated Press that the strikes against facilities belong to th...
Read More »Militia official: US strike in Syria kills 1, wounds several
(AP) — An Iraqi militia official says a U.S. airstrike in Syria has killed one militiaman and wounded a number of others with a powerful Iranian-backed Iraqi group. The official told The Associated Press that the strikes against facilities belong to th...
Read More »JC man on pre-trial release picks up new drug charge
A Jefferson City man who pleaded not guilty to a felony drug charge this week is now in more trouble. Police say Byron Williams drove away from a would-be traffic stop at about 8:50 a.m. Thursday on West Main Street on Highway 179. He allegedly got out...
Read More »GOP-led Missouri House OKs private school scholarship bill
(AP) — A Missouri bill to allow scholarships for K-12 private schooling has passed the state House. The school voucher-style measure barely passed Thursday. Lawmakers voted 82-71 in favor of the bill. That just met the 82-vote threshold for the bill to...
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