As winter weather moves in, Jefferson City officials monitor conditions
Crews with Jefferson City Public Works are on call as the latest weather system heads…
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Mid-Missouri sheriff pans state plan to downsize prison system
In the State of the State address last week, Gov. Mike Parson announced a plan to downsize Missouri prison…
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Man arrested after shooting at West Broadway Walmart
Columbia police confirm shots were fired at Walmart on West Broadway Friday. According to police, Jamie Anton Jackson, 18, was in a restricted area…
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Isolated power outages possible in southeast Columbia
Power went out for 1,977 customers of Columbia Water and Light Saturday…
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Downed tree damages home in northeast Columbia
A line of severe winter storms that moved across mid-Missouri Friday downed trees and caused power outages. A tree in a yard of the 1300 block of…
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Boulder hits Amtrak’s Missouri River Runner train
A boulder delayed travel for passengers headed from St. Louis to Kansas City…
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American Outdoor Brands splits into two, amending lease with Boone County
American Outdoor Brands, which has a location in Boone County, is amending its lease with the…
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Former Callaway County assistant coach pleads guilty to attempted sexual contact with student
A former assistant football and track coach in the North Callaway School District pleaded guilty to attempted sexual contact with a…
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Recovery ‘slow and messy’ after Jefferson City business destroyed in fire
Winn Harrison, the owner of CW Harrison, a roofing/guttering company, said he will be retiring after a fire destroyed his…
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Mid-Missouri sheriffs concerned with offender ‘catch-and-release’ system
Sheriffs across Missouri are expressing their concerns with the Department of Correction’s catch-and-release…
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Suspect on the run after police chase ends in Marshall
Authorities in Marshall, Missouri, were unsuccessful in finding a suspect during a…
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Guns in Columbia churches: places of worship talk security following deadly Texas shooting
Multiple Columbia churches say they have security teams on standby in case of active threat…
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Columbia police officer charged with involuntary manslaughter in child’s death
Andria Heese, an officer for the Columbia Police Department, was charged with first-degree manslaughter in a child’s…
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State committee monitoring case of Columbia psychologist charged with sodomy
Although Columbia psychologist Kurt Bumby is facing charges of sexual abuse, he still has his professional license to practice psychology. The…
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Columbia psychologist accused of sexual abuse bonds out of jail
Kurt Bumby, a Columbia psychologist, was released from the St. Louis County Jail after posting an $100,000 cash-only…
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Husband of missing woman pleads not guilty to child abuse, endangerment
Joseph Elledge, the husband of missing Columbia mother Mengqi Ji, pleaded not guilty to three felony charges.…
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Springfield man convicted of two murders
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) A Springfield man has been convicted of committing two murders within five days last year. A Greene County jury found…
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Winter weather affects food bank deliveries in Mid-Missouri
Snow and ice-covered roads have delayed deliveries to at least one central Missouri food…
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Police visited Columbia motel hundreds of times in past year
Police have visited a Columbia motel where a person was found dead Tuesday from a gunshot wound hundreds of times in the past…
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Advocate: Deadly pedestrian crash on College Avenue “preventable”
The City of Columbia has identified College Avenue as a “priority street,” one of the 3 percent of roads in the city on which 70 percent of fatal and…
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