Emergency service agencies in Osage County are at loggerheads, trading barbs on social media in a battle that began last week. It started when the Osage County Dispatch Center said on Sept. 24 it would no longer follow an agreement with Osage County Ambulance District from 2017. The agreement which was set in 2017 said
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Update as of 7 p.m.: Russell Bucklew was pronounced dead in a prison in Missouri just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. Missouri Gov. Mike Parson will not interfere with the scheduled execution of a man convicted of murder. Parson’s office said he has declined to grant clemency to Russell Bucklew, who is scheduled to be executed
Continue ReadingThe head of a southeast Missouri school district where Battle High School players were reportedly subjected to racist treatment said the school can find no evidence of such behavior by its players and fans. Jackson R-2 School District Superintendent John Link said the district has looked at video and spoken with parents, referees and police
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Camdenton police say a scare about potential explosives at a motel happened when a man claimed he had “C4 explosive” in his room. Prosecutors have charged Anthony M. Harris, of Kansas City, with four counts of drug trafficking and one count of unlawful use of a weapon after police had to evacuate the Sleep Inn
Continue ReadingThe Central Missouri Humane Society is hoping to find homes for dozens of cats seized at a Boone County residence in August. The organization said in a news release Tuesday that it will hold an adoption event each day this week from noon to 6 p.m. starting Wednesday. The adoption event continues through Sunday, when
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Tensions were high at a press conference at Columbia City Hall Wednesday where city leaders gave an update on several shootings. Those tensions could also be felt in the community. Vernon Forbes lives in the neighborhood where 18-year-old Nadria Wright was shot and killed on Sept. 14. He said he heard the shots. Police released
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A third man was charged on Tuesday in connection with an alleged assault at a fraternity on the University of Missouri’s campus. Jaret F. Carlsen was the third person, along with Joseph Huber and Jared Huber, who allegedly attacked attacked a man in the parking lot of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity house on Sept.
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Investigators say a witness told them a shooting Sunday in north Columbia could be in retaliation for a September killing, court documents show. Police arrested Daniel D. Ayers, 17, and Le’Andre J. Mitchell, 18, after the shooting on Silver Mill Drive that resulted in no injuries. It’s the latest in a string of shootings, several
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A Jefferson City man was arrested and charged after he allegedly broke into a Salvation Army Thrift Store on Sunday. Police responded to the location on Michigan Street in Jefferson City at about 3:45 a.m. and found that the front door of the business had been shattered, according to court documents filed on Monday. Officers
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The Missouri State Penitentiary is back open Tuesday after more than four months of closure due to tornado damage. The attraction brought nearly 34,000 tourists in 2018. A structural inspection of the penitentiary found varying degrees of damage to the roof, the walls and other areas of the building. The estimated cost of damage was
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TUESDAY: We’ll see more sunshine in the morning, with clouds increasing toward the afternoon. Temperatures look to top out near 90 once again, with heat indices in the low 90s . TONIGHT: Partly cloudy with overnight lows falling back into the upper 60s and low 70s . EXTENDED: We’re continuing to track a cold front
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From Jan. 1, 2019, to Sept. 24, 2019 the Columbia Police Department received reports of 213 stolen firearms. City spokesman Steve Sapp says CPD has recovered 93 of those stolen guns. Dale Roberts, executive director of the Columbia Police Officers’ Association said there is a network of people buying and selling stolen guns in Columbia.
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Three buildings could all be implicated by the demolition of a crumbling structure in downtown Jefferson City. Andy Neidert, the owner of the building at 200 E. High Street, started the application process for a demolition permit in early September. A section of the building, which once housed law offices and apartment buildings, suddenly collapsed
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Attorneys for a Columbia death row inmate believe a recent Supreme Court decision should not affect the status of his lawsuit. Lawyers for Ernest L. Johnson said that the 5-4 high court decision upholding Russell Bucklew’s death penalty by lethal injection does not change the trajectory of their case. Johnson’s attorneys asked the Eighth Circuit
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A man charged in a large gun theft at a Columbia pawn shop has a history of burglarizing businesses in Jefferson City. Alexander Mears was involved in burglaries at Las Palmas Taqueria on Ellis Boulevard and China Wok just down the road June 27, according to court documents. He allegedly had help from Dakota Blackburn
Continue ReadingProsecutors charged a man in Boone County in connection with a shooting on Highway VV in March. According to court documents, Richard Johnson fired a gun at the victim from a moving vehicle multiple times March 25. Investigators said they found shell casings at the scene that later matched the gun found in Johnson’s possession.
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Nationwide, the number of homicides is going down but that is not the case for Columbia, according to data kept by law enforcement agencies. FBI crime data show 14,123 people died across the country in homicides — a decrease of 1,072 homicides from 2017 to 2018, or 7.5%. The number of homicides involving firearms nationwide
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Boone County prosecutors have charged two teens after shots were fired in the 5300 block of Silver Mill Drive on Sunday. Several officers searched the area around Silver Mill and N. Burning Bush Drive shortly before 9 p.m. A CPD officer told ABC 17 News crews that gunshots were fired but did not say if
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A Cole County judge issued an order Monday granting the release of a woman accused in the death of a Jefferson City child. Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem granted the release of Quatavia Givens with specific conditions. According to the order, Givens must post a $5,000 cash or surety bond and keep a
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UPDATE: Columbia police said officers also arrested Alex Mears, 20, of Columbia in connection with the burglary. The department said the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Boonville Police Department, Jefferson City Police Department and the Boone County Sheriff’s Department assisted with the investigation. Court documents show Mears has also been linked to a
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