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UPDATE: Fayette police said Wednesday afternoon that a missing 26-year-old woman has been found in Jefferson City. Police put out an appeal for public help finding Brenn Groseclose late Tuesday. Other details were not immediately available. ORIGINAL:The Fayette Police Department said it was looking for a missing woman Monday night. Brenn R. Groseclose, 26, of

The EF3 tornado that pounded Jefferson City in the early-morning hours of May 23 left dozens of businesses and residences damaged. Some, including three food establishments, were forced to shut down entirely. The Burger King location on Christy Drive, the Ellis Boulevard location of the Sonic Drive-In franchise and the kitchen of the Capital Bowl

Columbia police will perform an exploratory search of the city landfill in the case of a Columbia woman missing since 2006. Columbia Police Department Assistant Chief Jeremiah Hunter said at a news conference Friday that investigators will try to determine the area of the landfill where trash was being dumped in August 2006 in their

TONIGHT: Mostly clear and warm, 72. THURSDAY: Hot and humid with highs near 90 and the heat index in the upper 90s. A cold front arrives by late afternoon, triggering thunderstorms by evening. EXTENDED: Showers and thunderstorms move west to east on Thursday evening, bringing 1-1.5″ of rain to the western half of the area,

A Holts Summit man pleaded guilty to child molestation on Monday in a case that was filed earlier this year. Austin T. Hoyt had sexual contact with an 11-year-old girl four times beginning as early as 2017, according to court documents. Hoyt was originally charged with two counts of child molestation, two counts of statutory

Missouri lawmakers are backing a bill to ensure that people can continue trading in multiple vehicles to get tax breaks on new cars. The House on Wednesday voted 126-21 to pass the measure and send it to the Senate. It would allow multiple vehicle trade-ins to be subtracted from the price of a new car,

A Missouri audit report shows that taxpayers spent more than $200,000 to defend former Gov. Eric Greitens’ use of a self-deleting text message app. A 2017 lawsuit alleged Greitens’ office used the app Confide to subvert Missouri’s open records laws. The case was dismissed in July. Greitens resigned last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct

University of Missouri officials recognized Patriot Day and remembered the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001 with a wreath-laying ceremony Wednesday morning. LIVE PLAYBACK of the ceremony can be viewed in the player below. The bell in Switzler Hall rang 18 times to honor the 18th anniversary of Sept. 11. The ceremony began on the

Members of a Missouri House committee said Tuesday that a bill placing stricter limits on in-home day care providers is problematic for families but nothing can be done about it until at least January. House Bill 397 limits the number of children both licensed and unlicensed day care providers can care for. It went into

Columbia Public Schools will take public comment on a collective bargaining agreement with teachers reached under a judge’s order. Work on the agreement began after a Boone County judge ordered Columbia Public Schools and an educators union back to the negotiating table after talks fell apart in April. “It really started with some change in

WEDNESDAY: More hot and humid weather for a third straight day. Temperatures will reach near 90 this afternoon with heat indices in the upper 90s . Could see an afternoon storm or two this afternoon, but expect the same coverage we’ve seen the last two days. TONIGHT: Skies will be mostly clear heading into the

Missouri lawmakers are back in Jefferson City for the annual veto session. The session starts Wednesday at 12 p.m. at the Missouri State Capitol. The veto session gives lawmakers the ability to overturn any of the vetoes Governor Mike Parson made. Parson vetoed six bills since he took office. However, it is unclear if any

A structural inspection of the Missouri State Penitentiary reveals the extent of the damage caused by the May 22 tornado. The roofing on Housing Unit 4 by the tornado and the building is considered dangerous because of falling hazards, according to a structural inspection report conducted by Allstate Consultants. The Jefferson City Convention and Visitors

President Donald Trump endorsed current Governor Mike Parson in a tweet Tuesday night. In the tweet, Trump said Parson is “very popular, strong and knows what he is doing – he gets it!” {“url”:”https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1171590284544827392″,”author_name”:”Donald J. Trump”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;I am pleased to endorse Governor Mike Parson of Missouri. He is very Popular, Strong, and knows

Matt Kelly, whose family owns several properties in Columbia, is looking at adding two buildings to an empty lot in south Columbia. Kelly wants to rezone 1.45 acres off of Green Meadows to build two buildings that would be businesses on bottom and apartments on top. Engineers from A Civil Group explained the project to

A Boone County nonprofit formally agreed to pay the monthly bills for almost a dozen streetlights for one neighborhood on Tuesday. Andy Griffith of Community of Faith Outreach signed on to pay for 11 streetlights in the Fairway Meadows neighborhood off of St. Charles Road. “It was definitely a spur of the moment kind of

State Rep. Chuck Basye said Tuesday that he plans to pre-file legislation to prevent school districts from keeping parents or students form recording meetings between teachers and special needs students. Basye, R-Rocheport, said he believes parents just want the recordings for review purposes. He said his legislation will help students and parents. “One of the

Prosecutors charged a man in Cole County in connection with a high-speed chase. According to court documents, the chase started after the suspect’s vehicle was involved in a hit-and-run crash. Authorities said an officer saw the suspect vehicle in the area of Highway 54 and Highway 179 around 8 p.m. Monday. The probable cause statement

More than 60 locations in Boone County could handle the first batches of medical marijuana in the state next year. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services released the names and locations of the companies that applied to receive a license for a dispensary, cultivator, infused product manufacturing or testing facility. The state received

Missouri House Democrats filed bills to reform Missouri gun laws Tuesday, but party leaders acknowledged the bills won’t be considered during the special session taking place this week. LIVE PLAYBACK of the conference can be viewed in the player below. The Minority House Caucus held a news conference to discuss bills to reform Missouri’s gun