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Saturday marks one year since a Miller County sheriff’s deputy was killed in a head-on crash while on-duty. On April 20, 2018, Deputy Casey Shoemate, who was responding to a fire, died after he attempted to pass a firetruck that did not have its emergency lights on when he crashed head-on with a car driven

A boil advisory for several Boone County neighborhoods has been canceled. A water main break left people living on nearly a dozen roads near Hallsville to boil their water before cooking or drinking it. The affected roads were: Blakemore Road Williams Road Maiden Road Oak Grove School Road Lockwood Lane N. Proctor Road Gruender Lane

A Moberly man has posted bond after he was arrested for firing a single shot at his girlfriend Saturday in the 400 block of east Rollins Street in Moberly. According to police, Jared Satterfield allegedly fired the shot at her before the officers got there. He immediately told the officers he had a pistol in

A Hayti man is charged with the felony of drug trafficking after police found him with 81 grams of cocaine and 24 grams of heroin. According to the probable cause statement, officers pulled Willie Duckworth over in the parking lot of Walgreens on Missouri Boulevard. Documents said officers knew Duckworth did not have a license.

A Fulton man will be going to prison for at least 20 years for his role in initiating a high-speed chase in June 2017, with four children as passengers. Raymond Webster Ryan, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of endangering the welfare of a child in the first degree and four counts of child molestation

TONIGHT: Winds start to kick out of the south overnight– that will help slow cooling down into tomorrow morning. Temperatures drop into the 50s overnight. It will be cool out the door in the morning. SUNDAY: Thanks to southerly breezes, we’ll be pumping warmer temperatures into Mid-Missouri. We’ll top out in the low to mid

Just in 2015, the nonprofit arts and culture industry supported 659 jobs in Columbia, according to the Arts and Economic Prosperity Study. Columbia’s Office of Cultural Affairs is working to keep that industry thriving by focusing on accessibility and sustainability of the arts. Elise Buchheit, a program specialist in the office, said that along with

SATURDAY: You’ll want a jacket this morning with temperatures on the chilly side of things. That will improve toward this afternoon, with temperatures getting back into the low 70s. Winds from the last few days moving in drier air will lead to a nice feeling afternoon. TONIGHT: Those winds will shift direction overnight, so despite

A man is facing charges of enticement of a child and sexual misconduct involving a child after court documents show he had intimate conversations with a 14-year-old in 2017. Antwan Megale Guthrie is said to have tried to entice a girl via conversations on his cellphone, according to the probable cause statement. Documents said Guthrie

A man with two United States extradition felony warrants for his arrest was taken into custody in Randolph County Friday. The Moberly Police Department received information from the FBI in Omaha, Nebraska, that Isaiah Patterson was in the Moberly area. Police then learned Patterson had warrants out for sex trafficking of a minor along with

Columbia Water and Light has identified the source of a water leak on Forum Boulevard. The water line is owned by MFA Oil and sits under the Break Time gas station on Forum Boulevard, near the Forum Shopping Center. Water and Light found the leak after Columbia Public Works went to repair a pothole. Crews

According to a team spokesperson, defensive back Terry Petry will transfer away from Mizzou for next season. The spokesperson said Petry is transferring in order to be closer to home and family. Petry is from Missouri City, Texas. Prior to the move, Petry was listed as the backup to DeMarkus Acy on the most recent

A spokesperson for the Mizzou women’s basketball team said Emmanuelle Tahane entered the transfer portal. The step is the first one required by players looking to transfer and, likely, signals Tahane’s time at Mizzou is over. However, she can still decide to return. Now, coaches from across the country will be able to contact and

Mizzou forward Jontay Porter has declared for the NBA draft according to a post made on social media. {“url”:”https://twitter.com/JontayPorter/status/1119379207711334402″,”author_name”:”Jontay Porter”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/JontayPorter”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”und” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://t.co/AHj67OWmqi”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/AHj67OWmqi&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— Jontay Porter (@JontayPorter) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/JontayPorter/status/1119379207711334402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;April 19, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″} Porter has reportedly hired an agent, but he would be able to return based on the new rules regarding NBA players

The Columbia Board of Education has approved a base pay increase of about 5 percent for all employees starting next school year. The starting salary for teachers will rise from $36,000 to $37,500. “We are working very hard to get salaries up to a competitive level with our other school districts,” CPS board member Jonathan

On four separate occassions this week, employees of different Jefferson City businesses sold alcohol to a woman who identified as 18-years-old. Jefferson City police officers performed compliance checks on 16 business that sell alcohol and all but four properly turned the minor away. These four businesses improperly sold alcohol to the 18-year-old: Break Time, 627

Columbia Water and Light confirms power has been restored to all customers in Columbia after several outages left hundreds without electrical service Friday. The city says winds knocked a large tree onto distribution lines, causing the hours-long outages. Power has been restored to all residents! Winds caused a large tree to fall across distribution lines

Police arrested Troy Jones, 30, of Jefferson City after he allegedly made threats againt Lincoln University students in an online video. Jones was charged Thursday with making a terroristic threat, a felony, and is being held at the Cole County Jail without bond. Jones posted the video on social media Thursday in response to a

The sex of a body found in a barrel in the Gasconade River last week has been identified. According to the Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office, the human remains were identified as belonging to a man. The Boone County Medical Examiner’s Office hasn’t been able to identify who the man was. Deputies found the barrel stuck

TONIGHT: Temperatures drop into the upper 30s overnight with clear skies. It will be a chilly start to Saturday so make sure you have layers on in the morning. SATURDAY: Warmer with more sunshine. Highs reach the upper 60s to around 70. EXTENDED: Easter weekend will be gorgeous, with temperatures soaring to near 80 on