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Jefferson City public schools are increasing their security for the coming school year. Fifteen new high-definition security cameras have already been added to the area middle schools. The district says that it hopes to have a buzz-in system at all of the public schools within the next four years. Currently, Jefferson City Public Schools spends

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says traffic fatalities are down almost 16 percent compared with last year. The patrol said Monday that 364 people have died from traffic accidents so far in 2013. That’s down from 431 fatalities at the same point last year. Missouri’s annual traffic toll rose last year to 826 after having

Law enforcement in Macon are alerting residents of a phone scam. According to police, residents are receiving an automated phone call on their cellphones. The recording states the call is from a local bank and they are working to confirm bank card information. Police say the caller ID is similar to the local bank’s name

The suspect in a 1999 rape case on the University of Missouri campus was sentenced to two life sentences Monday. 47-year-old Marvin Jones had pleaded guilty in May to charges of forcible sodomy and forcible rape for a 1999 rape. On October 16, 1999, the University of Missouri Police Department investigated a rape at the

A major intersection in northeast Columbia will close for nearly three weeks due to construction. For the next 20 days, Lake of the Woods Road at the intersection with St. Charles Road will be closed to all traffic. Construction crews are working on a new roundabout at the intersection to alleviate traffic flow due to

The Benton County Sheriff’s Department is looking for 72-year-old Hellen Erlene Cook. Cook is a white female,5 feet tall, 97 pounds, has brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen about 11:30 a.m. Saturday at her lake property she and her husband owned southwest of Warsaw close to Truman Lake. The Benton County Sheriff’s

A Centertown woman was thrown from her motorcycle Sunday afternoon on U.S. 54 in Callaway County. Heather Slusser, 34, was traveling eastbound when the motorcycle went off the road. She was in fair condition Sunday night. The Missouri State Highway Patrol said in a report that Slusser than overcorrected, went off the other side of

A Stover woman was in fair condition Sunday night after a car crash early that morning. Sheryl Taylor, 62, of Stover, was a passenger in a 1991 Toyota Previa when the car went off Missouri 52 near Route AA, the driver overcorrected and hit a ditch. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report then says the

Fulton police stopped a vehicle on Highway 54 for going 100 mph in a 70 mph zone Sunday morning. Police say the driver, identified as Larry Threlkeld, was intoxicated. Threlkeld’s driver’s license was revoked and he had a felony warrant out of Callaway County for DWI-chronic offender. Threlkeld was arrested and taken to the Callaway

A dishwasher was blamed for a Columbia house fire Sunday morning. Fire crews said the flames and smoke were spewing from the kitchen window of 1000 Bourn Avenue just after 9 a.m. The Assistant Fire Marshal said in a news release that a dishwasher had sparked the blaze, which did roughly $10,000 worth of damage

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The Columbia Police Department responded to three incidents early Sunday morning. The first robbery happened on Grant Court around 12:30 a.m. Police say two males pulled a gun on a man in his garage and took off with an undisclosed amount of money and the victim’s belongings. A burglary happened shortly thereafter on Teakwood Court,

A Jefferson City man was arrested Saturday for allegedly stealing a vehicle, again. Around 7 p.m. an automated license plate reader alerted aBoone County Sheriff’s deputy to a stolen vehicle on I-70 near the Lake of the Woods exit. The driver of the car, 32-year-old Chet Jones, was arrested for first-degree tampering and driving a

A Versailles man drowned Saturday at Pomme de Terre Lake in southwest Missouri. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, rescuers were called to the lake around 3:30 p.m. Saturday for a report of a missing swimmer. After a search, divers were able to recover the body of Vitaly Shereheta of Versailles.

A St. James man died Saturday morning after falling overboard at the Lake of the Ozarks. 35-year-old Johnny Ellis was walking to the back of a boat around 11:45 a.m. when he went off the side. The boat was at the 2.5 mile marker near Big Niangua. The Missouri State Highway Patrol report stated a

A Saint Joseph man is recovering tonight after a tubing accident this week at the Lake of the Ozarks. David Trammell tells us today he’s doing better after getting hit by a boat’s propeller trying to get his daughter. The Trammells were driving a rental boat Thursday when their 12-year-old daughter tried to get in

A former Columbia man accused of a murder here more than 30 years ago will spend the rest of his life in prison for a triple murder in Saint Louis. Mitchell Osburn’s case is a big deal in St. Louis, but it opens some wounds still in Columbia too. Osburn’s been sentenced to life in

Police are investigating a robbery at Walmart on Conley Road. Around 1:20 a.m. Saturday morning, Columbia police were called to the Walmart for a report of a robbery. Investigators say a black male entered the store and demanded money from a cashier. Police say the suspect implied he had a weapon but did not show

A Mid-Missouri teenager was killed late Friday night in a single-car crash in Cooper County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says Henry A. Imhoff, 16, of Jamestown was traveling southbound on Route 87 near Route D around 11 p.m. when he crashed. Troopers say Imoff was driving around a curve when the car traveled off

With about 3,000 people packing the streets of downtown for Ninth Street Summerfest, the Blue Note and Columbia police increased their security force to ensure everyone’s safety. But security officials with the Blue Note saidthey are not expecting any violent crimes to happen at the event, even after all the recent shootings. They said their