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Prosecutors charged an Eldon woman Thursday with murder after police found a man dead from a possible heroin overdose. Lisa K. Shockley is charged with second-degree murder and drug distribution in connection with the death Saturday of Charles Weatherford. Police were called to Shockley’s home Saturday and found Weatherford unresponsive on the floor, according to

Troopers arrested three men from Georgia on Thursday morning after authorities say they found nine pounds of drugs in their vehicle. Troop F tweeted that a traffic stop for speeding turned into a drug bust. The tweet said, “Prevent engine overheating by NOT packing it with drugs.” {“url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF/status/1157110291001413632″,”author_name”:”MSHP Troop F”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MSHPTrooperF”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;Prevent engine overheating

A report from the Missouri State Auditor‘s Office released Wednesday shows the state lost a total of $45,000 in fees and uncollected interest in what the office found was a questionable contract for fingerprinting technology. The audit also outlined an apparent conflict of interest in the method the former director of public safety used in

Lululemon, which coins itself as a “yoga-inspired, technical athletic apparel company,” is set to open a seasonal store in downtown Columbia. The store will take over Allen’s Flowers former storefront at 111 S. Ninth St., Suite 170. The new Columbia store will have a grand opening celebration from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Aug. 9.

Some University of Missouri students will live in off-campus housing this year due to a lack of space in residence halls. MU signed deals with Campus Lodge, U Centre and The Rise to serve as student housing for the upcoming school year. The school will pay $3.6 million total to the three apartment complexes. U

Boonville residents will vote on a temporary sales tax increase of nearly 1 percent on Tuesday. The city is asking voters to approve a five-year, 7/8-cent sales tax increase to make capital improvements to the Kemper School Campus, a historic landmark. The money would be used to provide more youth and adult programs through the

A Columbia man who pleaded guilty to his involvement in a robbery at the First Community Bank in 2017 has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Online court records show Carl Lavell Wade will be credited time already spent in jail and that shock incarceration was also ordered for 120 days. The sentencing hearing,

Work to fix the Grindstone Parkway bridge over Highway 63 wrapped up this week but problems remain around the bridge. Cracks and potholes in the road approaching the bridge remained unfilled and unsealed Thursday. One Columbia local who regularly drives across the Grindstone Parkway bridge says the road still needs work. “It’s nice that it’s

UPDATE: The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the mother and child have been found safe. UPDATE: BOTH HAVE BEEN LOCATED SAFEhttps://t.co/WESheiZ0vE — MSHP General HQ (@MSHPTrooperGHQ) August 1, 2019 The Maries County Sheriff’s Office said the person who made the report was arrested on suspicion of filing a false report. ORIGINAL: Authorities have issued an

TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy and mild. Lows in the upper 60s. FRIDAY: Rain stays west of Highway 65, but clouds keep temperatures a bit cooler. Highs in the low to mid-80s. EXTENDED: The upper level pattern will keep rain to our west through Saturday, with the upper level high pressure moving east by Sunday.

The former chief financial officer for Columbia Public Schools is set to be in court later this month for a probation violation hearing. Anna Munson was sentenced to five years of probation in December 2018 after she pleaded guilty to taking money from a band booster club in the St. Louis area. She had lived

State auditor Nicole Galloway released a follow-up report for Callaway County five months after the county’s former collector was sentenced for embezzling nearly $300,000 from the county. The report, which was released on Thursday, found that Callaway County has taken steps to increase oversight. “Our audits provide recommendations for officials to put in place increased

THURSDAY: Chance of showers and storms along Highway 65 near Sedalia. Areas east stay mainly dry and partly cloudy. Highs range from the low to mid-80s. FRIDAY: Morning showers and storms along Highway 65. Some rain may make it as far east as Highway 63, but similar to Thursday many of us will stay on

The Columbia Police Department was investigating an early morning robbery on Thursday. Police were called to West Boulevard around 2:30 Thursday morning. Police said they found a victim near Red Lobster who told police he was walking along I-70 Drive when he was robbed. He said his personal belongings were taken, and the robber got

The Jefferson City Parks and Recreation Department continued to clean the North Jefferson Recreation Area on Wednesday. JJ Gates, assistant director of parks, said water has receded from the Noren River Access. Crews worked to clean the road, parking lot, ramp and trail system by the river access. He said the main priority was getting

The group tasked with finding ways to improve safety at schools across Missouri has released its final report. Gov. Mike Parson signed an executive order earlier this year to establish the School Safety Task Force. The task force held six public outreach sessions and got input through surveys, online comments and a student input session.

The Forum and Green Meadows roundabout project is on track to be finished within its planned 150-day project window, according to Columbia Public Works. “The contractor feels they are on schedule,” Public Works spokesman Barry Dalton said. “The inspectors feel they are on schedule.” Dalton said the workers had originally gotten because of weather and

The city of Columbia says a failed drain plug at a city pool led to a liquid chlorine leak into a creek that killed fish. Columbia Parks and Recreation staff were made aware of a leak that had occurred July 13 at Albert-Oakland Family Aquatic Center on Blue Ridge Road but were initially unable to

The Mizzou football team made several roster updates on Wednesday night. The Tigers will open up Fall Camp on Friday at 9 a.m. Most notably, Tre Williams is back on the team. You can read more about his reinstatement here. MU also announced former Rock Bridge standout Jonah Dubinski and linebacker Jacob Trump have medically

University of Missouri football team defensive end Tre Williams has been reinstated to the program, according to a Mizzou Athletics news release. Williams, a junior, was reinstated per the Athletic Department’s procedures and will take part in the team’s fall training camp, which starts Thursday. Prosecutors dropped a domestic assault charge against Williams, and he