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A Missouri House committee has approved two measures that could require people to show government-issued photo identification to vote. One measure would ask voters to amend the state constitution to allow photo ID requirements. The other bill outlines how Missouri would implement those requirements if the amendment passes. The Missouri House Committee on Elections voted

A man pleaded guilty Tuesday to making a terrorist threat to University Hospital. The University of Missouri Police Department said its officers arrested 51-year-old Ruben Espinosa back in October. MUPD said MU Health Care officials reported the threat on October 6 after University Hospital got a threatening phone call. Espinosa admitted to leaving a voicemail

Some Missouri Senate Republicans and anti-abortion groups are pushing a proposal to ban fetal-tissue donation. A Senate committee reviewed the legislation Tuesday. The bill would prohibit the practice in Missouri and enact other regulations on abortion clinics including annual, unannounced inspections. Planned Parenthood officials say clinics in Missouri don’t participate in fetal-tissue donation. The practice

Fire officials in Fulton have confirmed Bobby Metz, 82, died in a house fire on East Reed Street Monday night. Another person in the home was able to get out and was treated for minor burns. An autopsy is set for Tuesday. Firefighters reported heavy flames at the home when they arrived Monday night. At

Fire officials believe a heat lamp is to blame for a house fire in Boone County. Crews with the Boone County Fire Protection District were called out to the scene on Route U just before 4 p.m. Investigators say it appears a heat lamp that was sitting on top of a lizard cage fell onto

No one was hurt after a group of armed males tried to get into a Columbia home Monday night. It happened at a residence in the 900 block of North Garth Avenue. Police said a group of six suspects got out of two cars and started banging on the victim’s door. Police said three of

A man was facing possible charges Tuesday after allegedly shooting a gun while drunk and injuring his neighbor in Camden County. Authorities said they responded to a reported shooting at a residence on Oxon Run Ct. in Sunrise Beach on Friday. Camden County deputies said an investigation revealed that 51-year-old Gary Weber fired a gun

Crews with the Jefferson City Fire department responded to reports of a fire at the Federal Recycling Center Monday night. The department was called out just before 5 p.m. to the facility on Main Street. Crews arrived on scene to heavy equipment on fire. It was put out and firefighters remained on scene to ventilate

Multiple Mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies were involved in two separate high speed pursuits that both ended in Cole County Friday, January 8. Detective Tom O’Sullivan with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department said there are many factors deputies and officers must weigh on whether to begin a pursuit. These variables include things such as weather conditions

Another storm system will track across Mid-Missouri Friday, bringing light rain and a chance of snow from Thursday night through early Saturday. Out ahead of this system, winds will shift to the south, warming temperatures from Wednesday through Friday. Forecast models are currently bringing this low pressure across central Missouri, moving it quickly into Illinois

Driving down the Business Loop, you might have noticed slick conditions near College Avenue. The owner of Robinson’s Cleaners said a leak in the ground behind her business is causing the issue. Kit Price owns Robinson’s Cleaners on the Business Loop near College Avenue. She said the ground behind her building has been leaking for

The Columbia School Board approved Monday evening a lease proposal with Cornerstone Insurance for Douglass High School’s temporary location. The board met Monday at 6:30 p.m. at CPS headquarters on West Worley Street. Superintendent Dr. Peter Stiepleman said the one-year relocation lasts for the 2016-17 school year. The Columbia school board has allocated $5 million

One of the men accused of threatening violence during racial unrest at the University of Missouri has pleaded guilty. Conner Stottlemyre, of Blue Springs, admitted Monday in Nodaway County District Court to making a terrorist threat. The 19-year-old was attending Northwest Missouri State University in November when he was accused of posting a threat on

Officials confirmed a prisoner died last week in Jefferson City. On Monday, the Missouri Department of Corrections said Otis Smith, 80, was pronounced dead Thursday afternoon from what appeared to be natural causes. Smith was serving a life sentence with no chance for parole for a capital murder case from St. Louis.

A Boone County Circuit Judge on Monday convicted 18-year-old Ashley Renee Moore of Columbia of a misdemeanor count of operating a motor vehicle in a careless and imprudent manner, for her role in a deadly 2014 Columbia crash. Moore’s bench trial began on Dec. 17, and Judge Kimberly Jane Shaw took the case under advisement.

Due to cold weather conditions, the following churches will not have services today: Audrain County: First Baptist Church – Ladonia Calloway County:-Oak Chapel Missionary Baptist – Guthrie-First Christian Church- Fulton, Services Cancelled Sunday -St. James United Methodist Church – Fulton-Court Street United Methodist Church – Fulton-Shiloh United Methodist Church – Holts Summit-Auxvasse Christian Church –

A Missouri House committee approved four bills that deal with ethics in a hearing Monday. House Speaker Todd Richardson says ethics is a top priority this session. The push follows the resignations in 2015 of two former lawmakers accused of inappropriate behavior toward interns. State Representative Caleb Rowden sponsoredHB1575 andHB1979 which were both approved today.

Roosevelt Easley, 30, of St. Louis, was charged in Boone County Monday with resisting arrest and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident. Easley was taken into custody on Friday, January 8 near Missouri Boulevard and Dunklin Street in Jefferson city after leading law enforcement on a high speed chase that started in Columbia.

Mid-Missouri was hit was its first significant snowfall of the season Saturday morning. The storm started in the southwestern part of the state, moving up toward Columbia and Jefferson City. The heavy, wet snow creating slick and slushy road conditions for drivers. MoDOT says they were prepped and ready for the storm. They say in

Columbia Police have released three still photos from thesurveillance footage taken during last month’s robbery at the Hitt Street Mini Mart. The robbery happened on Dec. 30 and has since been under investigation. Two male suspects armed with a handgun entered the business and demanded money from the clerk. There were three victims inside the