Newstalk 1050 Staff

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri court hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday on a challenge to the ballot summary and cost estimate for a transportation tax proposal. The Cole County judge set the hearing to occur on the same day that absentee voting begins for the August ballot measure

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Gov. Jay Nixon today signed Executive Order 14-06 to formally launch the development of a comprehensive state energy plan,  led by the Missouri Department of Economic Development’s Division of Energy.  Under the Governor’s order,

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The Lincoln High School team of Heath Renno and Corbin Mertgen brought a five-bass limit to the scale Sunday weighing 10 pounds, 6 ounces to win the 2014 Missouri State High School Fishing Championship on Truman Lake

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Story by Staff Sgt. Michael Williams

70th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

COLUMBIA, Mo. - Nearly 200 National Guardsmen and Airmen from Missouri joined forces to exercise techniques they would implement when called to assist first responders and health officials

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The State Fair Community College Roadrunners have signed guards Rachaun Martin and DaJon Streeter to the roster for the 2014-2015 season. They are the fourth and fifth student athletes to sign with the Roadrunners

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Bill Betteridge, principal of Heber Hunt Elementary School, has announced his retirement from Sedalia School District 200.

Betteridge joined the district in 2006 after working eight years as an elementary school principal in the Pilot Grove school district

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Governor Jay Nixon today joined officials from Ag-Power to break ground on the company’s new facility in Higginsville. After Ag-Power’s previous facility in Higginsville was destroyed in a fire in March, the company is investing $8

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The University of Central Missouri announced today (May 19) that Doug Karleskint has been hired as the 24th head men's basketball coach in the 109-year history of the program.

UCM Athletics Director Jerry Hughes will offici

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JEFFERSON CITY–Hunters posted the third spring turkey harvest increase in a row, bettering last year’s number by more than 1,000 birds.

Hunters checked 43,273 turkeys during Missouri’s regular spring turkey season April 21 through May 11

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Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency in response to severe weather that brought heavy rain, strong winds, and hail to many areas of the state and spawned two tornadoes.

“This system of severe weather has already brought damaging storms to many areas of the state, including the town of Orrick where a tornado caused significant damage to homes, vehicles and schools,” Gov

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