Jefferson City
- Missouri lawmakers approved party planner for Capitol - Kansas City Star
- The current Capitol was completed in 1918, after the first two in Jefferson City burned down. The legislation also creates a Missouri Board on Geographic Names. The 19-member panel would be responsible for evaluating new or changed names for...
- Power outage blacks out Missouri Capitol - The Associated Press
- JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri legislators have spent about an hour in the dark because of a power outage at the state Capitol in Jefferson City. Several people were stuck in elevators when the power went out Tuesday. Capitol Police Chief Todd...
- Nixon Asked to Consider Commuting Skillicorn's Sentence - Ozarks First
- (Jefferson City, MO) -- Missouri's House Majority Leader says Governor Jay Nixon should commute the death sentence of a convicted killer. The suggestion came during floor debate of crime legislation Wednesday. Dennis Skillicorn is one of three men...
- Jefferson City, Cole County eye agreement on public works projects - Jefferson City News Tribune
- By Jeff Haldiman An agreement on how the construction process will work on two joint Jefferson City/Cole County public works projects looks to be ready by the end of June or early July. Lafayette Street improvements, as part of the prison redevelopment...
- St. Louis lawmaker's comment draws fire Marshall Griffin, KWMU ... - KWMU
- State Senator Joan Bray (D, St. Louis) has angered some of her Republican colleagues over comments made late Wednesday night during debate over an abortion bill. "I'm sick of the ethic around here that men are pro-life for their wives and pro-choice...
- Jailhouse rock: Tour old Missouri State Penitentiary - Contra Costa Times
- The idea for the tours began five years ago when the prison was decommissioned and its inmates sent to a new correctional facility on the outskirts of Jefferson City. The city held a weekend open house at the old prison, and some 22000 people lined up...
- Rock Bridge tennis team sweeps Jefferson City - Columbia Missourian
- BY Missourian staff The Rock Bridge boys tennis team beat Jefferson City 7-0 on Tuesday at Bethel Park despite playing without standout singles player Aaron Skinner, who missed the match because of sickness. Ford Zitsch, Jimmy Hunter, Blake Buchert,...
- Missouri lawmakers approve public defender changes - Columbia Missourian
- BY CHRIS BLANK/AP JEFFERSON CITY — Missouri lawmakers gave final approval Thursday to what backers called a triage effort for a public defender system in crisis. Under the bill now headed to Gov. Jay Nixon, the state Public Defender Commission would be...
- Homeschool advocates fighting education bill - News-Leader.com
- By Chad Livengood • clivengood@news-leader.com • May 13, 2009 JEFFERSON CITY — A massive education bill that went down in flames in the House of Representatives on Wednesday was resurrected today — behind closed doors. The Rules Committee met at 8:30...
- Earleywine right at home with Tigers - Columbia Daily Tribune
- A native of Jefferson City, Earleywine fondly remembers tripping to Columbia each summer to attend Missouri's youth sports camps, the ones taught by the coaches he idolized. He recalls sitting in his family's living room, watching on TV, alongside his...
Jefferson City High School
Jefferson City High School, also known as JCHS, is a public secondary school in Jefferson City, Missouri. JCHS is one of five public high schools in Cole County.
Jefferson City High School serves approximately 1805 students grades 10-12. The school began operating under a 4x4 Block Schedule in the 2000-01 school year. Students attend 4 classes a day for approximately 90-minute periods. Students have the opportunity to earn 8 credits per year with grades and credits issued in each of four 9-week terms. Jefferson City High School is designated an A+ high school by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The school is accredited by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Students may earn college credit from Lincoln University through approved courses on the JCHS campus during regular school hours.
AP and honors courses offered include: Honors English I and II, AP Biology, Pre-AP Chemistry, Pre-AP Calculus AB (I), AP Calculus AB (II), AP Calculus BC, AP English Language & Composition, Pre-AP English Literature, AP English Literature, AP European History, AP Human Geography, AP Macroeconomics, Pre-AP Physics B, AP Physics B, AP Psychology,AP Statistics, AP U.S. History, and AP US Government and Politics.
Since its beginnings, Jefferson City High School has proven to be an one of the winningest schools for athletics in the state, competing in the top ranks of almost every sport. Since 1976, the Jays athletic teams combined have earned 34 state championships, 29 second-place state finishes, 118 top-four state finishes, and 225 district titles.
Since the inception of the state football championship tournament, the Jays have won 10 state championships, more than any other school in Missouri, followed by Kansas City Rockhurst's eight. In 2004, JCHS became the first public high school to win 600 games. During the 1960s, the team had the highest winning percentage in the nation for that period in time: 94.8%. Their longest winning streak, 71 games, ended after 1966, and at the time was also the nation's longest winning streak. State championships were won in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, and 1997.
The Jays |track and field program has combined for 44 district championships between the boys and girls, along with 28 finishes in the top four. State titles were won in Boys: 1978, 1993, 2004 Girls: 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008.
The Jays baseball program has had 17 district championships since 1976, and have played their way to three top-four finishes, and one state championship in 1989.
The Jay basketball program has combined for 23 district championships between the boys and girls. The boys have also received one state championship, in 1993. Since 1976, the boys and girls have combined for eight top-four finishes: the girls with 2, and the boys with 6.
Since 1976, the Jays wrestling squad has won 18 district titles, and has also earned three top-four state finishes. The team was also the state champion in 1997.
Since 1976, the Jays soccer teams have had nine district championships and one top-four state finish.
Since 1976, the Lady Jays Softball team has had nine district championships and five top-four state finishes.
The Lady Jays volleyball team has nine district championships, along with three top-four state finishes.
Jefferson City Correctional Center
The Jefferson City Correctional Center is a maximum security prison in Jefferson City, Missouri operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections. It houses up to 1996 inmates, with a staff of 660. It was opened in 2004, replacing the Missouri State Prison, also of Jefferson City, an aging facility first opened in 1836.
Jefferson City Public School District
The Jefferson City Public School District is a school district based in Jefferson City, Missouri (USA).
The district covers northern portions of Cole County as well as southern portions of Callaway County.
There were a total of 8,268 students enrolled in the Jefferson City Public School District during the 2006 school year. The racial makeup of the district was 77.1% White, 18.6% African American, 2.6% Hispanic, 1.4% Asian, and 0.3% Native American.
Jefferson City Bridge
The Jefferson City Bridge are two compression arch suspended-deck bridge bridges over the Missouri River at Jefferson City, Missouri over which U.S. Highway 54 and U.S. Highway 63 pass between Cole County, Missouri and Callaway County, Missouri.
The southbound bridge opened in August 1955. Its main span is 639.9 feet and has a total length of 3,093 feet and a deck width of 37.7 feet and vertical clearance of 37.7 feet.
The northbound bridge opened in 1991. Its main span is 595.6 feet with a total length of 3,124.2 feet. The deck width is 46.9 feet and it has vertical clearance of 16.1 feet.
The northbound bridge has a marked bicycle and pedestrian lane in the shoulder. It is used in both directions by users of the Katy Trail State Park. A city-maintained extension of the Katy (formerly a railroad spur) connects the North Jefferson trailhead to near the first exit north of the bridge.
The original bridge was built in 1896 and had three spans and was downstream of the current bridge. It had a single column in the middle of the river that rotated 90º to allow boat traffic to pass (the rotation could disrupt traffic for 45 minutes). The bridge was torn down in 1958. The main span was 440 feet. The diameter of the pivot pier was 22 feet. The pillars at the south entrance to the bridge are still in place, now a part of Rotary Park, overlooking the river at the end of Bolivar Street.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Jefferson City is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the state of Missouri in the United States, erected on July 2, 1956 from territory taken from the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Diocese of Kansas City, and the Diocese of Saint Joseph. The diocese consists of 38 counties in mainly rural northern and central Missouri, and includes the urban areas of Columbia, and the state capital Jefferson City.
The diocese has 95 parishes, 15 missions, 68 active diocesan priests, 8 religious priests, and 88,000 Catholics. It has 73 Women Religious, 2 Religious Brothers, and 43 permanent deacons.
