Month: March 2019

School of the Osage said it was alerted to concerning comments made by a student on social media Wednesday night. The district said it received a tip on its new Be Safe system and immediately contacted law enforcement. School officials said they collaborated with law enforcement Wednesday and early Thursday morning and the situation was

The structure at 200 E. High St. in downtown Jefferson City has been crumbling since a sudden partial collapse last July. Since then, its owner and those of the neighboring buidling, 202 E. High St., have been negotiating how to safely demolish what’s left of the building. The complicating factor is the shared wall that

A man died after falling overboard at the Lake of the Ozarks on Friday morning, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The incident report said Timothy Bysor, 52, of Deepwater, fell overboard at the 91 mile marker before 10 a.m. The Highway Patrol said a trooper observed Bysor in the water and responded to

Columbia city leaders said they saw no issue with interim city manager John Glascock living outside city limits, despite a city charter provision requiring the manager do so. The city charter requires the city manager to ” reside within the city while serving as city manager.” A review of Boone County property records shows that

Two people were killed in a suspected DWI crash in Benton County on Friday afternoon. It happened around 2:30 p.m. on Highway H east of Heits Point Avenue. According to the crash report, the driver, Kurt Eisinger, 62, of Warsaw, drove a truck off the right side of the road, overcorrected and struck a rock

Citizen Jane announced Friday it is closing its film festival after 11 years. According to a letter posted on its website, the organization remains committed its vision. “We are engaged actively in an exploration of how we might best leverage what our faculty and students have built over the past decade to move Citizen Jane

A man was arrested for a second time this week after allegedly leading the Moniteau County Sheriff’s Office on a chase Wednesday. According to a news release, Christopher Winter drove by a deputy multiple times while the deputy was assisting with an unrelated traffic stop. The deputy noticed Winter was driving a vehicle with vision-reducing

The shootings at two New Zealand mosques that killed almost 50 people and wounded more than 40 did not stop Columbia-area Muslims and their supporters from attending Friday prayer. The men’s prayer room at the Islamic Center of Central Missouri was full Friday shortly after noon. A handful of women also attended. Former state representative

Longtime Columbia College volleyball coach Melinda Wrye-Washington is no longer with the school, according to a release. Wrye-Washington had been with Columbia College since 2000. She led the Cougars to two national championships (2001 & 2015). In 19 seasons at the helm, Wrye-Washington guided CC to a 719-112 record. The Cougars went 42-5 this past

Justin Conyers is leaving his post at Battle High School, and he’s expected to become the next football coach at Hallsville High School. Conyers coached the Spartans to a 54-20 record since the program began in 2013. He led Battle to five straight district championships. The Spartans won their first state title back in 2014.

St. Louis attorney Elad Gross wants U.S. Senator Josh Hawley, the former state attorney general, to answer questions about an alleged scheme by state officals to circumvent open records laws before the November election, and he made his argument to a judge Friday. Gross sued the Missouri governor’s office in October after he was told

TONIGHT: Winds will finally back off into the evening as high pressure starts to move in. Underneath mostly clear skies, temperatures will cool off into the mid to upper 20s for lows as winds under 10 mph from the northwest overnight. SATURDAY: Although the day will start off cold, sunshine will help warm us to

The dean of the University of Missouri School of Medicine will resign at the end of the month. MU announced Patrick Delafontaine’s resignation, effective March 31, in a news release Friday. Delafontaine is taking a job with another institution, according to the release. “We appreciate all the work that Dean Delafontaine has done over the

A second Illinois man has been arrested in connection with the June death of a man found dead in a wooded area near Tuscumbia. Chicago-area authorities arrested Tyler M. Kroll, 25, of Lisle, Illinois, on March 7, the Miller County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday. He is suspected in the death of

The Muleskinners Democratic club hosted the three candidates for Columbia Board of Education at its Friday, March 15, 2019 meeting. Attending were (seated in video from left to right) Blake Willoughby, Della Streaty-Wilhoit and Jay Atkins. The three are vying for two seats on the board. The election is April 2. A playback of a

Live video of the news conference is streaming in the player below. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is meeting with officials in northwest Missouri as the Missouri River and its tributaries continue to flood. Officials from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Missouri Department of Transportation, National Guard and local emergency services were expected to join him

A plane flipped over on a runway at Omar N. Bradley Airport Friday afternoon, and one person was unhurt in the incident. The call originally came in just after 2 p.m. Friday, said Moberly Police Chief Troy Link. Officials on scene said one person was traveling in a single engine piper plane from Nebraska to

Authorities say a knife-wielding Oklahoma man who was fatally shot by police had been reported as a possible Missouri jail escape. Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Brook Arbeitman says 27-year-old Shawn Taylor Watie of Stilwell was shot by two officers in Sallisaw Thursday when he “came after” them with a knife. He died at

Video obtained Friday by ABC 17 News shows the fight in a Jefferson City bar that prompted two misdemeanor charges against a legislative aide. The video shows the March 7 confrontation between Jared Brown and another man who had not been charged as of Friday afternoon. In the video a man wearing a suit jacket

The Jefferson City Fire Department responded to a stove fire on the second floor of a residence hall on Lincoln University’s campus. Crews were dispatched to the scene in the 800 block of Locust Street around 9 p.m. Fire Chief Matthew Schofield said sprinklers in the building extinguished the fire. He said the fire department