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***UPDATE 6 P.M.***The linemen have returned home to Columbia.***ORIGINAL STORY***Twelve linemen from Columbia Water & Light will return home Wednesday evening.The linemen were dispatched to Ohio and New Jersey to help restore power after Hurricane Sandy over two weeks ago. The crews worked with First Energy to restore electricity to thousands of customers in those

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) – Missouri’s two U.S. senators are taking opposite positions on whether to raise taxes on the wealthy as part of a solution to the so-called fiscal cliff facing the economy.Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said Wednesday that she supports President Barack Obama’s insistence that top income-earners should face higher tax rates. But Republican

Columbia police are asking residents and students to take precautions before the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.Officers say those who leave for extended periods of time have an increased risk of becoming a victim of burglary. Because of that increase risk, officers will be increasing patrols in certain neighborhoods that have been identified as “higher potential targets.”

Columbia’s newest high school is set to open in nine months, however its location poses big transportation problems.The roads and bridges leading to Battle High School are outdated according to transportation officials.Boone County and Missouri Department of Transportation officials are working to solves those issues with new road and bridge designs.At a meeting Wednesday afternoon,

A man was sentenced an October 2011 robbery and assault in Jefferson City.Demetrius Boyce, 26, will spend 30 years in prison for robbing and shooting a man on Lafayette Street on October 6, 2011. A jury found Boyce guilty in July of first degree robbery, first degree assault and armed criminal action.Prosecutors say Boyce knocked

Columbia police are investigating a burglary at Forum 8 Theaters early Wednesday morning.According to detectives, the suspects disabled phone lines for the area by cutting cables in a nearby utility box. The suspects then forced their way into the theaters by prying a door open around 2 a.m.Police say the suspects then used a power

A priest already convicted of sex crimes and accused of molesting Mid-Missouri children is at the center of another investigation.Boone County prosecutors confirmed today there is an ongoing investigation into allegations Fr. Gerald Howard sexually abused a boy in Columbia in the 1980s. Howard is currently in jail in Cooper County on similar charges.Authorities say

Fulton police are investigating a report of shots fired early Wednesday.Officers found eight shell casings near Bartley Lane and West Morningside around 1 a.m. after residents called in a shooting.Police say no one was injured in the shooting and no property was damaged. The investigation is ongoing, but cops say there is no suspect description.

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Head Coach Frank Haith announced the signing of a nationally-ranked recruiting class on Wednesday as Wes Clark (6-0, 175, Romulus, Mich. / Romulus H.S.), Torren Jones (6-8, 215, Chandler, Ariz. / La Lumiere School (Ind.)) and Johnathan Williams, III (6-9, 210, Memphis, Tenn. / Southwind H.S.), signed national letters of intent

Clouds will linger through much of the day Thursday as a weak weather system passes through the region. The system is an upper-level disturbance, which is energy moving through the atmosphere, above the surface, that causes lift needed for cloud development. If there is enough moisture, these systems can cause rain or snow, depending on

Highway Patrol Troopers say Freddie T. Rudkin, 18, was killed after a crash on Highway 63.It happened Wednesday just before 4 p.m. on Hwy 63 at Westbrook Drive.Investigators say the Ashland teen went off the right side of the road, hit a rock bluff and overturned. He wasn’t wearing his seatbelt and was thrown from

***UPDATE 3 P.M.***The Columbia Public Works Department performed a dry run of its snows routes on Thursday in order to test all of its equipment on city roads.When it comes to snow removal, officials say safety comes first and therefore plow operators try to limit as many hazards as possible.Before plows hit the road, Public

According to court documents, University of Missouri football player Dorial Green-Beckham is no longer facing a drug charge.Green-Beckham pleaded guilty on October 16th to an amended charge of second degree trespassing. He paid a $200 fine and must also pay court costs.The wide receiver was initially charged with possession of less than 35 grams of

COLUMBIA (AP) – Smoking won’t be allowed at the University of Missouri on July 1, six months earlier than originally planned.The Missouri Students Association pushed for the earlier date, saying there was no good reason to wait for the previous Jan. 1, 2014, deadline.The ban will end an effort that began in 2009, when smoking

A convicted felon in Mexico, Mo. was arrested Wednesday night on drug charges after a search of his home.The East Central Drug Task Force searched the home of Charles F. Picton, 40, in the 100 block of Alabama Street. During the search, officers found and seized numerous packages of marijuana, a small amount of methamphetamine,

The Columbia Police Department announced a new partnership among local law enforcement agencies to prevent violence in the city.The “Columbia Ceasefire Initiative” was created in response to a rash of recent shootings in the city after police connected three groups to seven different shootings back to August.For the first time, Columbia police are admitting there

The Morgan County Prosecutor’s office has upgraded charges against a mother and her boyfriend accused of killing a child.Jamie Ann Litton, 26, of Stover and Thomas T.J. Presley, 21, of Versailles are now charged with first degree murder and child abuse resulting in death. Both charges are Class A felonies.Litton and Presley had been previously

LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) – A Kansas City lawyer charged with killing her millionaire father by forging documents to deny him medical care no longer has control over his will.A Clay County probate court judge removed Susan Elizabeth Van Note as the personal representative of her father’s estate Thursday in Liberty. Van Note is free on

Stover’s police chief pleaded guilty Thursday to a misdemeanor driving while intoxicated charge.Trampus Jackson pleaded guilty in Morgan County Circuit Court. The judge sentenced Jackson to 90 days in jail, but suspended the sentence and placed Jackson on supervised probation for two years.Morgan County dispatchers confirm that Jackson will be back at his job on

***UPDATE FRIDAY, 10:45 A.M.***Boonville’s mayor is confirming the Hostess plant will close at noon today. Julie Thacher said she received a call at about 6:00 this morning that the facility would shut its doors putting about 100 people out of work. Thacher said a Hostess outlet store located near the plant will close on Monday.***UPDATE