Month: April 2019

A man is facing charges of enticement of a child and sexual misconduct involving a child after court documents show he had intimate conversations with a 14-year-old in 2017. Antwan Megale Guthrie is said to have tried to entice a girl via conversations on his cellphone, according to the probable cause statement. Documents said Guthrie

A man with two United States extradition felony warrants for his arrest was taken into custody in Randolph County Friday. The Moberly Police Department received information from the FBI in Omaha, Nebraska, that Isaiah Patterson was in the Moberly area. Police then learned Patterson had warrants out for sex trafficking of a minor along with

Columbia Water and Light has identified the source of a water leak on Forum Boulevard. The water line is owned by MFA Oil and sits under the Break Time gas station on Forum Boulevard, near the Forum Shopping Center. Water and Light found the leak after Columbia Public Works went to repair a pothole. Crews

According to a team spokesperson, defensive back Terry Petry will transfer away from Mizzou for next season. The spokesperson said Petry is transferring in order to be closer to home and family. Petry is from Missouri City, Texas. Prior to the move, Petry was listed as the backup to DeMarkus Acy on the most recent

A spokesperson for the Mizzou women’s basketball team said Emmanuelle Tahane entered the transfer portal. The step is the first one required by players looking to transfer and, likely, signals Tahane’s time at Mizzou is over. However, she can still decide to return. Now, coaches from across the country will be able to contact and

Mizzou forward Jontay Porter has declared for the NBA draft according to a post made on social media. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JontayPorter/status/1119379207711334402″,”author_name”:”Jontay Porter”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JontayPorter”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”und” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://t.co/AHj67OWmqi”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/AHj67OWmqi&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Jontay Porter (@JontayPorter) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/JontayPorter/status/1119379207711334402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;April 19, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} Porter has reportedly hired an agent, but he would be able to return based on the new rules regarding NBA players

The Columbia Board of Education has approved a base pay increase of about 5 percent for all employees starting next school year. The starting salary for teachers will rise from $36,000 to $37,500. “We are working very hard to get salaries up to a competitive level with our other school districts,” CPS board member Jonathan

On four separate occassions this week, employees of different Jefferson City businesses sold alcohol to a woman who identified as 18-years-old. Jefferson City police officers performed compliance checks on 16 business that sell alcohol and all but four properly turned the minor away. These four businesses improperly sold alcohol to the 18-year-old: Break Time, 627

Columbia Water and Light confirms power has been restored to all customers in Columbia after several outages left hundreds without electrical service Friday. The city says winds knocked a large tree onto distribution lines, causing the hours-long outages. Power has been restored to all residents! Winds caused a large tree to fall across distribution lines

Police arrested Troy Jones, 30, of Jefferson City after he allegedly made threats againt Lincoln University students in an online video. Jones was charged Thursday with making a terroristic threat, a felony, and is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. Jones posted the video on social media Thursday in response to a

The sex of a body found in a barrel in the Gasconade River last week has been identified. According to the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office, the human remains were identified as belonging to a man. The Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t been able to identify who the man was. Deputies found the barrel stuck

TONIGHT: Temperatures drop into the upper 30s overnight with clear skies. It will be a chilly start to Saturday so make sure you have layers on in the morning. SATURDAY: Warmer with more sunshine. Highs reach the upper 60s to around 70. EXTENDED: Easter weekend will be gorgeous, with temperatures soaring to near 80 on

The University of Missouri will shift $25 million in its fiscal 2020 budget to focus on scholarships, research and employee pay. The university said in a news release that it will dedicate $10.5 million from other areas for employee performance and promotion raises, $9.6 million for scholarships and $4.6 million for research support. The budget

Missouri’s House speaker says he doesn’t plan on taking further action to discipline a House member who was investigated for sexual harassment. Republican Speaker Elijah Haahr on Thursday said he is following the House Ethics Committee’s recommendations on Rep. Rocky Miller, a Republican from the Lake of the Ozarks area. The committee investigated Miller and

The Boone County Office of Emergency Management apologized Friday afternoon for inadvertently slamming users with dozens of weather alerts from other parts of the country. The messages started going out after 1 p.m. to users who have signed up for the county’s emergency alert system through the vendor RAVE. The alerts included tornado warnings, flash

The Jefferson City Police Department took two people into custody on Thursday after they led officers on two separate chases. In the first incident, officers responded to Schnuck’s in report of a woman who had tried to shoplift and was arguing with an employee at 6:50 p.m.. The suspect then left the scene in a

FRIDAY: Clouds exit early, with sunshine warming temperatures into the low 60s. Winds will be breezy at times out of the south with gust up to 30 mph. TONIGHT: Under clear skies temperatures drop into the upper 30s. It will be a chilly start to Saturday so grab that jacket! EXTENDED: Easter weekend will be

The bench trial for Missouri Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch, R-Hallsville, who is being sued for blocking a constituent on Twitter was set to begin Friday morning. The lawsuit’s goal is to prevent politicians from blocking people on social media. It claims Reisch violated the First and Fourteenth Amendments. According to the lawsuit, attorney Mike Campbell

Boone County Public Water Supply District #10 has issued a boil advisory for residents in northern Boone County. A press release from the district says a water main break was the cause of the advisory being issued. Affected areas include: Blakemore Road Williams Road Maiden Road Oak Grove School Road Lockwood Lane N. Proctor Road

Columbia’s Planning and Zoning Commisson discussed zoning standards for medical marijuana facilities during a work session Wednesday. The commission recommends that facilities must be atleast 1,000 feet of schools, day cares and churches. Each of the four facilitiy types, cultivation facilities, medical marijuana-infused product manufacturers, testing facilities and dispensaries, will have specific zoning regulations. Commissioner