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Homeland Security is urging all Americans to be on high alert after ISIS encouraged terror attacks in the U.S. over the 4th of July weekend via social media. In just a few days, the State Capitol grounds will be filled with nearly 50,000 people for Salute to America. Independence Day is a holiday to celebrate,

Over the weekend, the Missouri State Highway Patrol conducted a dry water enforcement on Missouri lakes and rivers. Troopers conducted sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols. Troopers arrested three people statewide for boating while intoxicated and issued 85 boating violations. Troopers also issued 588 warnings to boaters. They also issued 137 summonses for non-boating violations through

A Mizzou football player has been released from the hospital following a recent car crash. Harold Brantley was treated for broken ribs and an injured ligament in his knee after the crash that happened last weekend involving him and a MU women’s basketball player, who was a passenger in the car. Brantley’s car went off

Safety and security upgrades are moving ahead at the 911 center in Jefferson City. In a unanimous vote Tuesday morning, the Cole County Commission agreed to pay for a portion of the $300,000 project. Cole County is going to contribute $74,000 for the project, and the rest is coming from the city’s half cent sales

The Boone County Commission is working to improve public safety and is continuing to search for a new 911 director. The former 911 director, Scott Shelton, stepped down from the position about 4 months ago after spending less than 6 months on the job. Commissioner Karen Miller said she was surprised when he stepped down,

A teen was killed in a Montgomery County crash early Tuesday morning. It happened at around 12:30 a.m. on Old Williamsburg Road. Troopers confirmed 18-year-old Jacob Davenport of New Florence went off the road, rolled multiple times, and was thrown from the vehicle.

If you went outside at all on Tuesday morning or afternoon, you may have noticed a hazy sky, and orange glow from the sun through the early afternoon. The haze is being caused by smoke from wildfires currently burning in central Canada and in Alaska. The jet stream is positioned to bring northwest wind flow

The suspect in another shooting off Clark Lane earlier this month was taken into custody Tuesday. Police arrested Cobrae Townsend around 2 a.m. He is wanted for the home burglary and shooting during the afternoon of June 10. That day several people broke into the house in the 1700 block of Hanover Boulevard. The man

A 36-year-old Missouri man faces six years in federal prison for distributing more than $1.2 million worth of synthetic marijuana. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri says Stephen Brian Reynolds of Camdenton was sentenced Monday in Springfield. Reynolds, owner of Lucky’s Novelties in Lebanon, pleaded guilty last August to participating in a

Columbia police are investigating a shooting in Central Columbia overnight on Tuesday where 15 shell casings were found in the 200 block of Fourth Avenue. Just before 2:30 a.m., police were called to the intersection of Providence and Worley for a report of shots fired in the area. According to police, several black males were

A bullet broke the back window of a car on Hickam Drive Monday evening, after police say people shot at each other on the street. A news release sent from the department said a white car, traveling west on Clark Lane, shot at a car stopped on Hickam Dr. The occupants of the dark-colored vehicle

“Everybody wants to bang bang and nobody wants to think think,” said James Dunn Sr. as he talked about recent crime in Columbia. Dunn Sr.’s son Rickie was shot and killed in Columbia in November and police still have not made any arrests. “It’s just like salt in the wound every day,” Dunn Sr. told

Storms developed quickly Sunday afternoon near a cold front which was slowly moving south. Very unstable air and wind shear caused the storms to rotate. We had many sightings of wall clouds and funnel clouds with these storms, one which touched down briefly 3 miles north-northeast of New Bloomfield at 5:47 PM. Debris was seen

Columbia police are still looking for the people who shot up a north Columbia neighborhood Sunday afternoon. The drive-by shooting happened on Greensboro Drive near Edenton Boulevard. Residents in the neighborhood said they’re fed up with the crime in the area. Michael Little has been renting a duplex in the area for about a year.

Court documents on Monday revealed a possible motive after Columbia police arrested a suspect for arson following a seven-hour standoff over the weekend. Mehrdad Fotoohighiam barricaded himself inside the home off Carrick Court and refused to communicate with authorities Saturday night. On Friday the Boone County prosecutor’s office issued a warrant for Fotoohighiam’s arrest for

An autopsy was scheduled Monday for 31-year-old Sarah Nicholls. Her body was found Saturday afternoon in Moniteau County. Right now, authorities believe she was carried away by heavy flood waters while camping with a friend in Prairie Home Thursday night. Some of Nicholls’ closest friends find it hard to believe she was simply swept away.

A Columbia man landed in jail, accused of assaulting a woman near Socket off Clark Lane. Police arrested Jeffery Peterson, 38, around 4:15 p.m. Sunday. The victim was in a relationship with Peterson. She claims he shoved her around 3 Sunday morning, biting her thumb and taking her money and cigarettes before throwing her puppy

A central Missouri man is facing two felonies and a misdemeanor after officials say he was caught with drugs. Justin Lange appeared in court Monday, after he was stopped by officers this weekend near East 14th Street and South Marvin Avenue in Sedalia. Police dogs found meth, marijuana and drug-packing material in his car. Lange

A home caught on fire over the weekend after a lightning strike near the Lake of the Ozarks. Flames were coming from the roof around 5:30 Friday morning off Wedge Wood Court, about 10 minutes north of Camdenton. Crews managed to keep most of the blaze contained to the attic, but there was also smoke

A Springfield woman charged with arranging her mother’s death has pleaded not guilty. Gypsy Blancharde, 23, entered the plea Monday during a brief hearing in Greene County Court. She is charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action in the June 14 stabbing death of 48-year-old Clauddinnea “Dee Dee” Blancharde at their home near Springfield.