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A man arrested Sunday night following a shooting in northeast Columbia could face charges. Justin Michael-Thomas Jones, 35, of Columbia, was arrested on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon while intoxicated around 9:40 p.m. at a home in the 1600 block of Ballenger Lane. Police said officers found a bullet casing in the

MONDAY: You’ll want to keep the umbrella handy as you’re headed out the door in the morning. Some of the thundershowers tomorrow morning may feature some small hail as well. These storms will very likely be below severe limits. The rest of the day will be dry and cloudy before another round of showers builds

Lawyers met at the federal courthouse in Kansas City on Friday to present their arguments in a case filed against Republican state Rep. Cheri Toalson Reisch. The hearing before Judge Brian C. Wimes took about two hours. Only Reisch and Centralia attorney Mike Campbell, the plaintiff, were called as witnesses. Plaintiff’s case The plaintiff’s argument

Power is restored in west central Columbia. A semitruck knocked down a power line on Business Loop, causing the outage, around 1:30 p.m. Sunday. Water & Light crews worked for several hours to restore power and replace a broken utility pole. Billy Lewis, a lineman for Water & Light, said the department is understaffed but

A St. Peters woman got serious injuries Sunday morning when her car went off the road on I-70 just after 10:30 a.m. near the 95.6 mile marker. Troopers said 58-year-old Felicita Moran was driving east when her car went off the road and overturned. They did not provide a reason for why she went off

A Moberly man faces assault and armed criminal action charges after Moberly police said he stabbed a man early Sunday morning. Police responded to reports of a man yelling for help in the 1500 block of E. Rollins Street. The alleged victim had been involved in a car crash while trying to drive himself to

TONIGHT: We’re continuing to track moisture streaming into the region overnight. That will help fire off the chance for a few spot showers overnight. Eventually, energy left over from overnight storms in Kansas will push eastward through the morning lead to spotty thunderstorm development between 6am-11am Monday. MONDAY: You’ll want to keep the umbrella handy

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Authorities say officers responded to a brawl involving up to 300 teenagers at the Worlds of Fun amusement park in Kansas City, Missouri. Kansas City police say several law enforcement agencies were called to the park Saturday night when an off-duty Clay County sheriff’s deputy reported several large fights involving

EASTER SUNDAY: We’ll be greeted with even more sunshine waking up this morning, and with winds turning out of a more southerly direction, even warm up a bit more than we did yesterday. Temperatures will reach the low 80s this afternoon with the help of winds at times gusting to near 30 mph. Clouds will

Saturday marks one year since a Miller County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a head-on crash while on-duty. On April 20, 2018, Deputy Casey Shoemate, who was responding to a fire, died after he attempted to pass a firetruck that did not have its emergency lights on when he crashed head-on with a car driven

A boil advisory for several Boone County neighborhoods has been canceled. A water main break left people living on nearly a dozen roads near Hallsville to boil their water before cooking or drinking it. The affected roads were: Blakemore Road Williams Road Maiden Road Oak Grove School Road Lockwood Lane N. Proctor Road Gruender Lane

A Moberly man has posted bond after he was arrested for firing a single shot at his girlfriend Saturday in the 400 block of east Rollins Street in Moberly. According to police, Jared Satterfield allegedly fired the shot at her before the officers got there. He immediately told the officers he had a pistol in

A Hayti man is charged with the felony of drug trafficking after police found him with 81 grams of cocaine and 24 grams of heroin. According to the probable cause statement, officers pulled Willie Duckworth over in the parking lot of Walgreens on Missouri Boulevard. Documents said officers knew Duckworth did not have a license.

A Fulton man will be going to prison for at least 20 years for his role in initiating a high-speed chase in June 2017, with four children as passengers. Raymond Webster Ryan, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree and four counts of child molestation

TONIGHT: Winds start to kick out of the south overnight– that will help slow cooling down into tomorrow morning. Temperatures drop into the 50s overnight. It will be cool out the door in the morning. SUNDAY: Thanks to southerly breezes, we’ll be pumping warmer temperatures into Mid-Missouri. We’ll top out in the low to mid

Just in 2015, the nonprofit arts and culture industry supported 659 jobs in Columbia, according to the Arts and Economic Prosperity Study. Columbia’s Office of Cultural Affairs is working to keep that industry thriving by focusing on accessibility and sustainability of the arts. Elise Buchheit, a program specialist in the office, said that along with

SATURDAY: You’ll want a jacket this morning with temperatures on the chilly side of things. That will improve toward this afternoon, with temperatures getting back into the low 70s. Winds from the last few days moving in drier air will lead to a nice feeling afternoon. TONIGHT: Those winds will shift direction overnight, so despite

A man is facing charges of enticement of a child and sexual misconduct involving a child after court documents show he had intimate conversations with a 14-year-old in 2017. Antwan Megale Guthrie is said to have tried to entice a girl via conversations on his cellphone, according to the probable cause statement. Documents said Guthrie

A man with two United States extradition felony warrants for his arrest was taken into custody in Randolph County Friday. The Moberly Police Department received information from the FBI in Omaha, Nebraska, that Isaiah Patterson was in the Moberly area. Police then learned Patterson had warrants out for sex trafficking of a minor along with