Month: September 2014

The little boy we’ve come to know as “Super Sam” is fighting for his life and community members will gather together Saturday morning to support him. There will be a fundraiser at Woody’s Pub and Grub in Ashland starting at 10 a.m. Saturday. The big event is a Poker Run. No pre-registration is necessary. The

A Columbia man involved in a bus crash Thursday morning faces charges for driving while intoxicated. The crash happened around 8 a.m. when Devin Barnes, 19, rear-ended the school bus on Route AB south of Columbia. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s investigation on the scene revealed Barnes was under the influence of methadone at the

Columbia Police are investigating another scam, this time using fake gift cards. Police found about 60 gift cards that had been reprogrammed with different magnetic strips. Wednesday night, police got a silent alert from a location on East Nifong Boulevard. An employee said two people had made an unusually large purchase of cigarettes and Missouri

Members of the Lake Area Narcotics Enforcement Group arrested 11 people total following a long-term drug investigation in Camden County. Ten of them are accused of selling various drugs. Over 16 months, authorities investigated suspects possessing and selling heroin, meth, morphine,and prescription medications. The investigation continues as many more people are sought after. The following

Three people were injured Friday follwing a crash involving two cars on Highway 50 West at Missouri Blvd.in Jefferson City. 46-year-old Michael Strait of St. James was driving east on Highway 50 in a 2005 Ford Expedition approaching Missouri Boulevard when a 1993 Chevy Cavalier traveling west on 50 turned left into Strait’s path. 69-year-old

The man accused in the shooting death of a 6-year-old Callaway County boy last week is facing new charges Friday. 27-year-old Scott Willet was charged last week with first degree murder after admitting to shooting Dayne Hathman in Callaway County last Thursday. Willet was charged Friday with tampering with physical evidence, receiving stolen property, and

A month after Amendment 7 failed, Missouri leaders are headed back to the drawing board to find new ways to fund highway improvements. Amendment 7 was a transportation sales tax that would have replaced and maintained aging roadways. Sixty percent of Missouri rejected it — but officials aren’t ready to give up yet, saying our

An Ashland woman is dead after a car wreck in Boone County. It happened Thursday afternoon on Route A at Old U.S. 63. Troopers say Dallas Gresham, 81, failed to yield to another vehicle and was hit. Opal Gresham, 88, a passenger in Gresham’s car was killed.

Police are looking into another scam. A Columbia woman was tricked into sending cash from her bank account via money gram. She lost about $2,700. Kristina Morrone, a student at Mizzou, subscribed for a job opening for a commercial photo soot. Soon after, she got an email from a man named David Robinson with Epic

Presiding Cole Co. Commissioner Marc Ellinger said they have been saving money for EMS renovations for a long time. Ellinger added the Commission did not want to go into debt paying for the much needed upgrade of the EMS building in Jefferson City. He also said the living quarters needed to be upgraded. “When we

On Thursday, police identified a suspect and a murder victim found shot to death in Mid-Missouri. Investigators say Donald Bateman, 68, is currently is charged with first degree murder, for the shooting death of Antoine Johnson, 43, in California, Mo. Police responded to a disturbance call at 505 W. Main Street at around 8:10 Wednesday

Following a coroner’s inquest Thursday, a jury has ruled the drowning death of an Iowa man to be accidental after he fell overboard while in Missouri State Highway Patrol custody in May at the Lake of the Ozarks. 20-year-old Brandon Ellingson from Clive, Iowa went overboard May 31 while wearing handcuffs in the Highway Patrol

Columbia Parks and Recreation have been working hard to repair Mid-Missouri trails following heavy, flooding rain Monday night. Damage was done to several trails including the MKT trail, Bear Creek Trail, and Hinkson Creek Trail. As of Thursday, all of the trails were open. Additional repairs will continue to be made. Crews advise trail users

The man charged in the November 2013 stabbing death of his father appeared in Chariton County Court Thursday. 27-year-old David Weil is charged with second degree murder and armed criminal action in the death of John Piper in Brunswick. Prosecutors said Weil killed Piper by stabbing him with a knife. The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s

A Columbia man was convicted by a federal jury Thursday of his role in a heroin distribution conspiracy. 55-year-old Clifford Lake was found guilty of drug-trafficking in Boone County from September through October 2013. Two others, 50-year-old Ravid Smith and 27-year-old Lemont Livingston, were co-defendants in the case and pleaded guilty to heroin distribution. Evidence

The clubhouse of an Ashland apartment complex suffered fire damage Thursday morning. Around 5:30 a.m. Southern Boone County firefighters were called out to the 200 block of Church Street for a report of a fire. While the fire did do some damage no one was injured. Investigators are still looking for a cause.

Columbia Water and Light has the damage report from the July 7 storm. The winds that blew through after the July 4 weekend, cost the city hundreds of thousands of dollars. The storm that tore through Columbia-blew through with 80 mph winds. It uprooted trees, snapped electrical lines and utility poles, and cut power to

A University of Missouri study shows the crosswalk across Providence Road between Worley and Ash Street in Columbia has increased pedestrian safety and decreased speeding on the road. Providence is a heavily traveled Columbia road and a road many people need to cross every day. The pedestrian crosswalk opened in the spring of 2013, replacing

Future plans for the Cole County courthouse remain on hold Wednesday. Cole County Commissioners met to discuss the future of the courthouse. $3.5 million in improvements are expected to be made, but the decision everyone is waiting on is just when they will begin. The improvements would help fix problems with the jail, by essentially

Wednesday, veterans and others in the community expressed their concerns and asked questions about VA health care at the Truman VA Hospital town hall meeting. The new secretary of Veterans Affairs directed all VA healthcare facilities to hold these town hall events. The town hall event started out as an information session about the Truman