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Ameren Missouri crews were working late Friday afternoon to repair a gas leak in central Mexico. The Mexico Public Safety Department was sent to the natural gas leak in the 100 block of East Promenade Street at 12:42 p.m., said department Maj. Brice Mesko. Private contractors had damaged a gas line, causing the leak, Mesko

TONIGHT: Some clouds build tonight as temperatures drop close to freezing again, but most areas will be above 32 degrees through the night. Our far northern counties may drop below 32 by morning. Westerly winds become light through the night, allowing wind chills to only drop a few degrees below the actual air temperature tomorrow

District leaders will recommend a new associate principal for Battle High School to the Columbia Board of Education with the plan that he take over the top job at the school in 2020. Adam Taylor, current assistant principal at Battle High, will be recommended for promotion to associate principal next school year and principal in

One person is in custody after burglaries in and around Mexico, according to the Mexico Department of Public Safety. The department said in a post on Facebook Friday that officers responded to a business in the Central Business District at the end of March after it was burglarized. Officers discovered the crime was linked to

A Florida man was arrested and charged with delivery of a controlled substance after troopers found 33 pounds of marijuana in his vehicle. Marcos Espinal, 26, was pulled over on Interstate 70 in Cooper County by a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper on April 1 for following too closely to a truck. The trooper could

FRIDAY: It’s a much colder start to the day as lows bottom out in the mid to upper 30s through the morning. Skies will be bright around Mid-Missouri, but it remains chilly with a westerly breeze and highs in the mid-50s. TONIGHT: Some clouds build tonight as temperatures drop close to freezing again, but most

Two suspects were taken into custody after a short foot pursuit in west Columbia early Friday morning. Columbia police tried to pull their vehicle over around 2 a.m. Friday near the Phillips 66 on I-70 Drive SW. The suspect sped into the gas station and fled the scene on foot. Police were able to find

An inmate at Jefferson City Correctional Center was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Ryan A. Vaught was originally charged with the killing in June 2014 in a grand jury indictment. Vaught was accused of killing his cellmate, 65-year-old Daniel Skipper, on Feb. 16, 2014 at the

Boone County is working to reduce recidivism by crossing jail booking records with homelessness data. “We can see individuals who have been in and out of jail six times in that year and touching the homelessness system many more times,” said Boone County Director of Community Services Kelly Wallis. The county identified 111 people experiencing

An attorney for the family suing Callaway County over a man’s suicide in jail claims the city should have to pay for documents just now disclosed. Anthony Laramore, a St. Louis-based attorney representing the family of Cody Ousley, wants a judge to sanction the county for jail protocol documents they recently discovered. Ousley’s family sued

A Jefferson City woman is charged on multiple counts of stealing after allegedly taking multiple kitchen appliances from a department store. Rebecca Schuessler faces two counts of felony stealing $750 or more after reportedly shoplifting four kitchen mixers. Two police reports from last month show Schuessler visited the Jefferson City Kohl’s and apparently stole two

A Holts Summit man already accused of rape, kidnapping and attempted kidnapping in two incidents is now charged with sodomy and kidnapping in a third. Boone County prosecutors charged Anthony Todd Rowell, 49, last week with first-degree sodomy and first-degree kidnapping in connection with an incident in Ashland in December 2017. Rowell is accused of

The University of Missouri System president said Thursday that freshman enrollment at the system’s Columbia campus is projected to increase this year but the three other universities in the system might not be seeing the same boost. The board of curators met Thursday at the Missouri University of Science and Technology campus in Rolla. The

TONIGHT: As a cold front dips south skies will slowly clear through the night as winds gradually shift out of the west. Winds will stay breezy with gusts up to 25 mph. Temperatures fall quickly back into the upper 30s by morning. Grab that coat! FRIDAY: Skies will be bright around Mid-Missouri, but it remains

Repairs to the runway at Columbia Regional Airport are on schedule, according to city leaders. The airport closed last week after passengers and pilots had concerns about a bump on runway 13-31. The runway is typically used as a secondary runway but commercial flights starting using it after the main runway was shut down April

A bald eagle was hit and killed by a passing truck Thursday morning in Cole County, according to the Missouri Department of Conservation. It happened on Route B in Wardsville near the bridge over the Moreau River. The national emblem of the United States, the bald eagle is a federally protected species under the Bald

Police arrested a Columbia man Saturday after he ran from police following several gunshots downtown. Davion Gross, 21, was charged Saturday with two felonies: recieving stolen property and resisting arrest for a felony. According to the probable cause statement by Columbia Police Department Officer Nicholas Boddie, officers heard about eight gunshots near East Broadway and

New charges were filed Wednesday against a Holts Summit man accused of pretending to be a police officer and forcing a woman into sex in 2017. Anthony Rowell was charged with sodomy and kidnapping in the case and court documents say a woman told investigators he impersonated a police officer before assaulting her as her

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says he appreciates lawmakers for compromising on how to pay for road and bridge repairs. Senators on Thursday gave initial approval to a plan to spend $50 million upfront. If the Missouri Department of Transportation is awarded a federal matching grant, that would trigger another roughly $300 million in bonding. Parson

EDITOR’S NOTE: The calculations in this story are based on the airport’s 1 percent portion of total revenue from the city’s hotel sales tax and thus capture revenue from all hotel users, not just those who come to Columbia via the airport. The city of Columbia could lose more than $13,000 in hotel revenue with