Month: September 2015

Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin vetoed the budget Monday evening, before the city council voted to override the veto on a vote of 8-2. The city council approved an approximately $60 million budget in early September. In her veto message, Mayor Tergin cited the Council’s move to increase the Gross Receipts Utility Tax, which is

Some mid-Missouri residents claim they’ve been ripped off by a Callaway County contractor, saying they paid him for work he didn’t finish or work they say was done poorly. Auxvasse resident Thomas Mcgrath said the plan was to have a fence built on his property before the end of the summer so he could raise

As runway repair at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport nears its end, crews say the finishing touch will require a temporary shutdown. The airport’s main runway has been closed for renovation since April and the smaller crosswind runway has been what planes used to take off and land. Because the two intersect, however, both muct

A second person has died after a crashon Scott Boulevard near Smith Drive Saturday afternoon. The crash happened just before 4 o’clock. A Ford Taurus was traveling south on Scott Boulevard through the intersection, at the same time a Nissan Altima was turning left onto Smith Drive. The Altima was hit on its passenger side.

Leaders of Missouri’s public community colleges and universities say they’ll freeze undergraduate tuition for the 2016-2017 school year. The tuition freeze is part of an agreement announced Monday with Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon. He is recommending $55.7 million more in performance funding for higher education next fiscal year. That’s a 6 percent increase and would

On Monday the results of a survey on sexual assault and misconduct were released by the University of Missouri. The University of Missouri was one of 27 Association of American Universities that participated in the “2015 Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct.” Results show 30.8% of senior women have been victims of nonconsensual

At 1:15 Sunday morning, Columbia Police were dispatched to the 2900 block of Rangeline Street for reports of shots fired in the Colonial Village Mobile Home Park. Officers found multiple shell casings in the area. They also found at least three cars and three homes believed to be hit by bullets. No injuries were reported.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a fatal single vehicle accident on County Road 338 around 9:15 Saturday night. Troopers said the driver, Kevin Rackers, 50, of New Bloomfield, drove up a steep embankment, hit a tree and rolled down an embankment coming to a rest on it’s side by a creek. The Boone

As we close in on the fall season that officially begins this Wednesday, temperatures are expected to warm to levels that are more typical of summer than autumn. According to the Climate Prediction Center’s temperature outlook for the first week of October, Mid-Missouri won’t see fall-like temperatures anytime soon. The Climate Prediction Center has stated

Authorities are still searching for a suspect who is believed to be setting fires in Cooper County Saturday afternoon. Crews were working two structure fires and a grass fire right just outside Boonville city limits Saturday. The Cooper County Sheriff’s Office says they can’t confirm whether the suspect is connected to all three fires. The

Law enforcement agencies are looking for a man who robbed two businesses at gunpoint Saturday night. At 7:40 p.m. the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call for an armed robbery at the Day’s Inn in Kingdom City. Deputies say a man, whose picture was captured by the hotel’s video surveillance, walked into the

Columbia police are investigating an armed robbery at the Eagle Stop gas station on Providence Road. The call came in just before 9 p.m. Saturday. Officers were questioning people in the area and other nearby businesses. One officer later ran out of the Eagle Stop and took off in his car traveling southbound on Providence

After a cold front pushed its way through the Midwest on Friday, the showers and thunderstorms that ensued ahead of the front have been replaced by a quiet, cool weather pattern. High pressure that followed the frontal boundary is currently anchored over northern Missouri and southeast Iowa. The current location of this high pressure system

Early Saturday morning, Columbia Police received two separate reports of sexual assault. The first alleged assault happened inside the Eighth and Cherry Street Parking garage just before 2 a.m. An 18-year-old woman was walking to her car parked inside the garage when she said she was grabbed from behind by an unknown man. She reported

Rock Bridge 22 at Hickman 0 Helias 27 at Battle 28 Jefferson City 28 at Rogers (Ark.) 24 Southern Boone 26 at Blair Oaks 61 Tipton 0 at Tolton 47 Centralia 35 at South Shelby 0 Boonville 0 at Mexico 47 Marshall 35 at Fulton 53 Hallsville 0 at California 28 Osage 42 at Versailles

33-year-old Cody Marshall Baker was found guilty Friday of second degree murder of Finley Steele, his then-girlfriend’s child. The murder happened back on February 28, 2014, on Woodridge Drive in Columbia. Jeff Hilbrenner said Baker was the one who tried to save Finley Steele when he realized she stopped breathing. Anna, on the other hand,

Surface high pressure will build over Missouri this weekend giving us cool nights and mild days. It looks like great football weather for Tigers fans. Mizzou tailgaters will have cool weather in the morning with temperatures in the upper 50s at 8 AM, climbing to 65 at kickoff with a cool northerly breeze up to

Columbia residents opposed to roll carts for garbage collection are rolling out the opposition. Solid Waste Advocacy Group showed up at City Hall with 4,084 initiative petition signatures from residents who are against using the roll carts. Over the past few months, the city held town hall meetings to talk to residents about ways to

Four football players were involved in a car crash at College and University near the MU campus in Columbia Friday afternoon. Freshman Terry Beckner Jr. was driving the car involved. Teammates DeSean Blair, Keyon Dilosa and Trevon Walters were passengers in the car. All four were taken to University Hospital to be treated for non-life

The walls and part of the roof are up for the new Boone County Emergency Communication Center, which sits next to the Sheriff’s Department Annex building on County Drive. Little Dixie Construction, LLC is taking on the $12.8 million dollar project. Work officially began in February, but a wet Missouri summer has caused 41 rain