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New details surfaced Friday about a Mid-Missouri church with a controversial pastor who is still facing charges of rape and sexual abuse. Travis Smith is pastor at the First Baptist Church in Stover, according to its website. But his church is no longer a part of the Lamine Bapitst Association with the Missouri Baptist Convention.

Four middle school students were injured Friday morning after a bus crash in Jefferson City. The accident involved bus 47 from Lewis and Clark Middle School. It happened around 7:30 a.m. near Eastland and Lewis and Clark Drive. Officials confirmed three children went to the hospital in an ambulance and a fourth one was taken

A school bus near Climax Springs overturned Friday morning near Route FF. Seven students from Climax Springs R-IV slid off the road. It turned on its side and hit a tree. The children were sent to Lake Regional Hospital for observation. Fire crews from the northwest protection district, Camden County deputies and two state troopers

Both garbage trucks in Centralia were damaged by fire early Friday, and one is being considered a total loss. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 2 a.m. and found both trucks burning. Police say the fire appeared to have started in the cab of one of the trucks, and that the doors of

Deputies in Pulaski County say a Laquey man was critically injured in a stabbing. Investigators say it started as a family fight. Around 4 p.m. Thursday, deputies responded to a home on Highway W in Laquey. Medics arrived to find Raemond Pruett bleeding profusely from a large stab wound. Investigators say a family member who

The Kansas City Royals’ game against the Tampa Bay Rays was postponed on Thursday after heavy rain turned to sleet and snow during the middle of the fourth inning. No makeup date has been set. The Rays don’t return to Kansas City again this season. The temperature was 41 degrees with winds gusting to 31

The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August, 2014. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive says the network will carry

One person is dead following a serious accident in Jefferson City. The Jefferson City Police Department is investigating a fatal accident that happened in the 1400 block of Highway 50 eastbound around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Police say around 2:30 p.m., a truck driven by Stephen Berhorst, 37, of Westphalia crossed the line on Highway 50,

Missouri’s Office of Administration has filed a Sunshine Law request after someone within the House of Representatives tried to gain access to a restricted server. In a release late Thursday, the Office of Administration says the state’s data center detected “repeated and unauthorized” attempts to access a secure state server. The secure server had been

A mid-Missouri man is in jail and accused of threatening to shoot police officers. Mark Balcer of Jefferson City was arrested this week after he called authorities, saying he had bombs in his yard and was going to blow up lesbians. Balcer allegedly told friends he would kidnap and kill his case worker then commit

Multiple accidents have been reported in Mid-Missouri, causing significant delays on area roads. Around 3 p.m. Thursday, two accidents were reported on the westbound lanes of I-70 just west of Columbia. Emergency crews responded to the accidents, including one that involved hazardous material. Both crashes involved tractor trailers. The accidents were near Midway and the

Jefferson City police say they are winning the fight against heroin in the Capitol City and plan to keep it that way. Police met Thursday with thecity’spublic safety commission about plans to keepreducingthe number of heroin overdoses. Last month, Jefferson City police and Mid-Missouri drug task forces arrested 80people,five of themsuspected ofbeing major heroin dealers.

Local law enforcement is searching for the two suspects who escaped after Tuesday’s car chase in Boone County. The Sheriff’s Department is searching for 21-year-old Sheldon O. Grayson and 26-year-old Autumn D. Kee. Officials say the two suspects should be considered armed and dangerous. Grayson is described as a light-skinned black male, 6’3″ tall, and

A serious crash on Highway 124 in Boone County sent three people to the hospital Thursday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to a three-vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 124 and Proctor Road around 12:45 p.m. Officials say a black Ford F-150, driven by Harold Burnham, 59, of Columbia, flipped and landed on the top

A Columbia man has been indicted on murder and assault charges for a deadly March accident on Highway 54. 28-year-old Dennis Leporin was indicted Wednesday for second-degree murder, second-degree assault, driving while intoxicated and two misdemeanors. The indictment replaced earlier charges filed against Leporin. Court documents state on Wednesday, March 6, Leporin was driving the

Mid-Missouri law enforcement agencies announced they will begin a crackdown on impaired drivers. The Columbia Police Department and Jefferson City Police Department, along with other Missouri law enforcement agencies, will be on the lookout for drunk drivers from May 2 to 13. The crackdown coincides with prom and graduation season. Officers remind anyone under the

The Missouri Department of Transportation’s Central District says it fixed more than 10,000 potholes during its 2013 Pothole Patrol. Road crews used approximately 350 tons of asphalt to fix the potholes. Across Missouri, MoDOT filled about 75,000 potholes using more than 3,000 tons of asphalt. MoDOT launched the month-long program on March 18 to fix

The Southeastern Conference and ESPN have announced a 20-year agreement to operate a SEC network that is scheduled to debut in August 2014. SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said Thursday the SEC network will produce 1,000 live events each year, including 450 televised on the network and 550 distributed digitally. Slive says the network will carry

The Missouri Highway Commission met Wednesday to discuss the possibility of making Highways 50 and 63 four lanes. Theplans would make it easier to get in and out of town. The Jefferson City Area Chamber of Commerce’s Transportation Committee chair proposed adding two more lanes on those highways. A local restaurant owner who has been

On Wednesday, a Columbia man was found guilty in the death of a teenager in 2012. The jury recommended Anthony Graves receive a life sentence of 30 years for the murder, and another 20 years for armed criminal action. The formal sentencing will now be up to a judge in a few weeks. Graves, 20,