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A government transparency advocate argued Friday the Missouri House is defying the will of the voters by withholding information from the public when responding to open records requests.

Cole County jury trials are being suspended for two weeks due to a recent spike in COVID-19 cases in the county and the increased communicability of the omicron variant, court officials announced Friday.

An Eldon man was placed on five years supervised probation for pleading guilty to felony resisting arrest for his involvement in a chase with authorities in October 2020

Whether the Missouri House has the authority to withhold information, like constituents' addresses, was at the heart of a Friday hearing.

The district fired Tammy Ferry after she transferred student information to a personal account in 2019.

The state employee retirement system is alleging an investment manager mismanaged its funds in a grandiose fashion and hid a history of doing so from the state.

An Ashland man pleaded guilty to an amended charge in a COVID-19-related harassment case from March 2020.

A woman from Eldon pleaded guilty to an amended charge in connection with stealing a safe from a Cole County business in May.

Missouri lawmakers are gearing up for the upcoming legislative session, which is sure to have a continuation of debate about some of the biggest issues facing the state.

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