Month: June 2015

Emotions were running high Tuesday night as the Boone County Commission meeting wrapped up. Residents expressed their feelings about the commissioners covering the Christian fish on a Desert Storm memorial in front of the courthouse. It was covered up earlier this year after a group called Americans United for Separation of Church and State claimed

A Tebbetts man is charged with two counts of statutory rape, and one count of statutory sodomy after sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl while she was asleep. According to court documents, 34-year-old George “Will” Ferguson was at a pool tournament at the Mokane Bar with a 16-year-old girl in September 2014. The girl told investigators

The Missouri Department of Transportation said litter along mid-Missouri’s highways is on the rise. “People like to drive and eat in their cars and they don’t like to keep the trash in their cars and they tend to just roll down the windows and throw it away,” said Stacy Armstrong with the Missouri Department of

People are aware of the many ways to prevent identity theft, such as shredding documents with private information. Chief Counsel Joe Bindbeutel at the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Office said he believes the days of identity thieves rooting through people’s trash for that private information are just about over. He said with the rise in

Columbia police have responded to five separate shots fired incidents since June 15th. Three of those occurred during an eight-hour span from Monday evening to early Tuesday morning. “We’re always concerned,” said Latisha Stroer, Columbia Police Public Information Officer. “Whether it happens in a neighborhood or whether it happens in a public place. Bullets travel

A cold front sitting over the Missouri-Iowa border is forecast to slowly sink south into Mid-Missouri starting tonight. A line of showers and thunderstorms will move into northern Mid-Missouri between 10 p.m. and midnight, bringing heavy rain through the overnight hours into the morning commute. Much of this first wave of rain will move southeast

Homeland Security is urging all Americans to be on high alert after ISIS encouraged terror attacks in the U.S. over the 4th of July weekend via social media. In just a few days, the State Capitol grounds will be filled with nearly 50,000 people for Salute to America. Independence Day is a holiday to celebrate,

Over the weekend, the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a dry water enforcement on Missouri lakes and rivers. Troopers conducted sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. Troopers arrested three people statewide for boating while intoxicated and issued 85 boating violations. Troopers also issued 588 warnings to boaters. They also issued 137 summonses for non-boating violations through

A Mizzou football player has been released from the hospital following a recent car crash. Harold Brantley was treated for broken ribs and an injured ligament in his knee after the crash that happened last weekend involving him and a MU women’s basketball player, who was a passenger in the car. Brantley’s car went off

Safety and security upgrades are moving ahead at the 911 center in Jefferson City. In a unanimous vote Tuesday morning, the Cole County Commission agreed to pay for a portion of the $300,000 project. Cole County is going to contribute $74,000 for the project, and the rest is coming from the city’s half cent sales

The Boone County Commission is working to improve public safety and is continuing to search for a new 911 director. The former 911 director, Scott Shelton, stepped down from the position about 4 months ago after spending less than 6 months on the job. Commissioner Karen Miller said she was surprised when he stepped down,

A teen was killed in a Montgomery County crash early Tuesday morning. It happened at around 12:30 a.m. on Old Williamsburg Road. Troopers confirmed 18-year-old Jacob Davenport of New Florence went off the road, rolled multiple times, and was thrown from the vehicle.

If you went outside at all on Tuesday morning or afternoon, you may have noticed a hazy sky, and orange glow from the sun through the early afternoon. The haze is being caused by smoke from wildfires currently burning in central Canada and in Alaska. The jet stream is positioned to bring northwest wind flow

The suspect in another shooting off Clark Lane earlier this month was taken into custody Tuesday. Police arrested Cobrae Townsend around 2 a.m. He is wanted for the home burglary and shooting during the afternoon of June 10. That day several people broke into the house in the 1700 block of Hanover Boulevard. The man

A 36-year-old Missouri man faces six years in federal prison for distributing more than $1.2 million worth of synthetic marijuana. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri says Stephen Brian Reynolds of Camdenton was sentenced Monday in Springfield. Reynolds, owner of Lucky’s Novelties in Lebanon, pleaded guilty last August to participating in a

Columbia police are investigating a shooting in Central Columbia overnight on Tuesday where 15 shell casings were found in the 200 block of Fourth Avenue. Just before 2:30 a.m., police were called to the intersection of Providence and Worley for a report of shots fired in the area. According to police, several black males were

A bullet broke the back window of a car on Hickam Drive Monday evening, after police say people shot at each other on the street. A news release sent from the department said a white car, traveling west on Clark Lane, shot at a car stopped on Hickam Dr. The occupants of the dark-colored vehicle

“Everybody wants to bang bang and nobody wants to think think,” said James Dunn Sr. as he talked about recent crime in Columbia. Dunn Sr.’s son Rickie was shot and killed in Columbia in November and police still have not made any arrests. “It’s just like salt in the wound every day,” Dunn Sr. told

Storms developed quickly Sunday afternoon near a cold front which was slowly moving south. Very unstable air and wind shear caused the storms to rotate. We had many sightings of wall clouds and funnel clouds with these storms, one which touched down briefly 3 miles north-northeast of New Bloomfield at 5:47 PM. Debris was seen

Columbia police are still looking for the people who shot up a north Columbia neighborhood Sunday afternoon. The drive-by shooting happened on Greensboro Drive near Edenton Boulevard. Residents in the neighborhood said they’re fed up with the crime in the area. Michael Little has been renting a duplex in the area for about a year.