Month: November 2018

Authorities are reporting multiple rush-hour crashes that are affecting traffic in Columbia and Jefferson City. In Columbia a crash on Old 63 S. at Grindstone Creek has northbound lanes blocked and another on Range Line Street near Elleta Boulevard has three lanes blocked, Boone County Joint Communications tweeted. BOONE CO JOINT COM: Motor Vehicle Collision

The attorneys that helped a Columbia church win a First Amendment case against the state in front of the U.S. Supreme Court will get $433,791.96. District Judge Nanette Laughrey ordered the state pay the team from the Alliance Defending Freedom for its work on behalf of Trinity Lutheran Church. The ADF had originally asked for

TONIGHT: Skies clear out for tonight bringing bitterly cold temperatures to the area. By Saturday morning lows will be in the teens, which could break the record low of 18 from 1926 in Columbia. With winds out of the northwest up to 8 mph, wind chill drops into the single digits early Saturday morning. SATURDAY:

The lawyer for an Osage Beach aldermen accused of a felony for allegedly making a false sworn statement in 2016 says his client is not guilty. “He’s not guilty of the charges that have been filed and he looks forward to defending against them in court,” Cole Bradbury said. He declined to comment further because

A Catholic bishop on Thursday released the names of clergy or brothers in the Catholic Church who once served in the Jefferson City Diocese and have been credibly accused of sexually abusing children. The list of 33 names also includes those who were removed from the Jefferson City Diocese ministry because of concern for youth

A Columbia man was arrested Thursday on assault and gun charges in connection with a Nov. 4 shooting. Keith L. Dixon Jr., 29, is charged with first-degree assault, armed criminal action, unlawful use of a weapon and unlawful possession of a firearm in an incident in north Columbia. According to a probable cause statement Dixon

More charges were filed Thursday against two Columbia teenagers in connection with multiple robberies. William R. Harper Jr. and Deavion D. Payne, both 19, are accused in three robberies. In the first incident, police were sent to an armed robbery Oct. 21 on Premier Lane in which the victim said two men robbed him at

*** Winter Weather Advisory for Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Cole, Cooper, Gasconade, Howard, Macon, Moniteau, Montgomery, Monroe, Osage, Randolph, and Saline Counties until 9 PM *** FRIDAY: Temperatures this afternoon are on the cold side, as highs are remaining near the freezing mark. The cold temperatures, combined with a breezy westerly wind is making it

A Columbia woman was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of robbing an adult store at knife point. Kayla Dugan is charged with first-degree robbery and attempting to escape from police custody after police said she filled a shopping cart full of items at Passions on Tuesday and pulled a knife on an employee who tried to

Callaway County prosecutors have charged a man with burglary and arson after he allegedly broke into a home and poured gas on the carpet to start a fire. Robert A. Hodge was charged Thursday with second-degree arson and second-degree burglary. The Holts Summit Fire Protection District was sent to a house fire on Broadacre Drive

FRIDAY: Temperatures start off near 30 Friday morning, only reaching into the upper 30s in the afternoon as another fast moving wave of low pressure aloft moves through. This will bring a chance of flurries or brief light snow Friday afternoon but no accumulation is expected from this. An icy wind will increase to 15

TONIGHT: Snow tapers off overnight as temperatures fall to near 30 with northwest winds up to 8 mph. Wind chills will dip to the mid 20s by morning. Any moisture left on roads overnight will freeze and areas of ice are possible, especially on bridges and overpasses through early Friday morning. FRIDAY: Temperatures start off

An emergency medicine doctor says the unknown mixture of chemicals in synthetic marijuana make it difficult to treat people that overdose on the drug. Dr. Chris Sampson with MU Health Care said that he’s seen nearly a dozen people come into the University Hospital ER from overdoses in the last day. Symptoms, he said, range

Columbia Public Works said it would bring crews in at 4 a.m. on Friday morning to treat roads. The department posted on Facebook Thursday night, reminding drivers to use caution during the morning commute. Officials said crews will treat, and plow if necessary, designated snow routes and other routes. According to the post, crews will

UPDATE 10:30 a.m.: Columbia police have identified the man arrested after a standoff on Demaret Drive early Thursday. Dalton Dostaglou, 27, was arrested on a warrant for violating the conditions of his parole on original charges of child endangerment, domestic assault and drug charges, the Columbia Police Department said in a news release. Dostaglou is

Columbia police arrested Dalton Dostaglou, 27, after a standoff that lasted several hours and ended early Thursday.

The Missouri Department of Conservation is reminding area deer hunters to get their kills checked for a deadly disease. Firearms season begins Saturday, and deer hunters in Cole and Moniteau counties must get their kills tested for chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological disease that affects cervids. Hunters in other mid-Missouri counties, including Boone, can

Columbia police and medics continued Thursday to respond to overdoses from synthetic marijuana after authorities reported about a dozen cases Wednesday. Police were called at about 10 a.m. Thursday to Wilkes Boulevard United Methodist Church, which also operates a homeless shelter. Police said they will be heavily patrolling the area and that they have received

As Mid-Missouri prepares for the first snowfall of the season, many will notice that accumulation will be hard to come by initially Thursday evening. Although winter came in with a bang and temperatures are struggling to climb out of the 30s, the ground temperatures are lagging behind. We are still technically in fall and although

Charges have been filed against the captain of a Missouri tourist boat that sank and killed 17 people, including nine people from an Indiana family. A federal indictment released Thursday charges 51-year-old Kenneth Scott McKee with 17 counts of misconduct, negligence or inattention to duty by a ship’s officer, resulting in death. The deaths occurred