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SATURDAY: We’ll start off the day on a bright note, with partly cloudy skies as you wake up. With temperatures making it down into the middle 30s in some spots, you’ll want that coat heading out the door. Heading into this afternoon, you’ll downgrade to a lighter jacket, as temperatures warm into the upper 50s

A Portland, Missouri man faces felony drug charges after he was arrested Thursday afternoon in Callaway County. According to a news release, Joseph Meidel, 52, was arrested for felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia after sheriff’s deputies executed a search warrant in the 10000 block of State Highway 94 in

Plans for a new terminal at the Columbia Regional Airport paid for in part by a 1 percent increase in hotel taxes are on track, city officials said Friday. Columbia Regional Airport Manager Mike Parks told the Columbia Chamber of Commerce members Friday morning that the new terminal construction is on schedule for 2022. Parks

The attorney for a Boone County woman seeking a new trial for her role in a man’s death say he’s taken new steps in her case. James Schottel, the attorney for Tausha Fields, said he recently recorded an interview with Fields’ trial attorney. The interview will play a part in a hearing set for May

Officers of the Columbia Police Department have responded to at least 15 reports of gunshots in the last nine days, according to dispatch records. No injuries or property damage have been reported in any of the incidents, but officers have found shell casings at multiple scenes. Below is a map marking the locations of the

One person was injured in a rollover crash Friday night, according to officials with the Boone County Fire Protection District. The crash happened on the I-70 off-ramp at Route Z around 7:15 p.m. The Boone County Fire Protection District said in a tweet that its members and members of the Columbia Fire Department removed one

Flights to and from Columbia Regional Airport are available to book after the expected resumption of commercial air service Tuesday. Both American and United Airlines — which operate flights to and from Dallas-Ft. Worth, Chicago and Denver out of Columbia using regional carriers — had flights available for Tuesday. City officials have said they expect

According to a team spokesperson, forward KJ Santos will transfer from the Mizzou basketball team. Santos struggled in his only season with the Tigers and averaged 1.3 points per game. Santos appeared in just 20 games last season after missing time due to a foot injury. Santos played just two minutes combined during the SEC

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