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A Mid-Missouri man will spend 12 years behind bars after admitting to molesting a child. Dale Dietsch was first arrested for having child porn, but after investigators searches his home last year, a concerned citizen came forward and reported further abuse. Holts Summit Police said he also babysat children. One girl said he molested her

A Mid-Missouri convicted felon is going back to jail after firing a gun into the air while trying to break up a road rage incident. Terrill Reynolds pleaded guilty after the fight in Fulton last June. Reynolds was a passenger when another vehicle in front of them stopped to avoid hitting a child on a

Crews were working to repair busted pipes that cause multiple sinkholes through Columbia. The newest one is downtown near 9th and Elm streets, next to Shakespeare’s Pizza. Crews plan to work on that damage Thursday. Workers started repairs on the sinkhole along Nebraska Avenue Wednesday. Officials said the broken pipe was put in in the

Columbia Police Wednesday released results of their drunk driving enforcement from Saturday through Tuesday. CPD partnered with the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and arrested 11 people for driving under the influence. CPD held a sobriety checkpoint Saturday at Locust and Waugh between 10:10 and 12:03 a.m. 161 drivers were stopped and 3 were arrested for

Three people are in jail after they were charged with multiple drug charges. Police said the investigation was a lengthy one and took some time to get all the information they needed before the drug bust on March 13th around 9:30 in the morning. Captain Doug Shoemaker at the Jefferson City Police Department said in

The Columbia Housing Authority board voted unanimously to ban smoking inside all public housing. The ban will take effect May 1. Officials said the ban aims at cutting down on the cost of cleaning apartments. CEO Phil Steinhaus said an apartment previously occupied by a non-smoker is cheaper than one of a smoker. The Centers

Columbia police have issued a warning to residents after two more neighborhoods became targets for burglars. Police say in the last few weeks, there has been a rash of burglaries in two south Columbia neighborhoods — off of Nifong Boulevard and Bearfield Road and off of Providence just south of Corporate Lake. Bryana Maupin with

Measurable rain is expected to move into Mid-Missouri early Wednesday afternoon as a low pressure system develops over south Texas Tuesday, and pulls northeast. Rain will move in from southwest Missouri late Wednesday morning into the early afternoon, impacting the Lake of the Ozarks area first. Steady rain continues through Wednesday night, becoming more light

Work on two bridges north of Columbia Mall will cause some road closures through early summer. Crews started work this week on Route E which turns into Stadium Blvd. MoDOT is replacing the entire deck of the bridges over Rocky Fork and Perche Creek. All of this will keep the bridges closed until June 5th.

A Columbia road will be closed through early Tuesday night so crews can remove trees. This emergency closure is happening at Heriford Road between Parker and Burlington St. City officials said the trees are an imminent hazard. The road should be open again by 7:00 p.m.

The movie ‘American Sniper’ is now bringing controversy to the University of Missouri. School officials are looking into disparaging comments directed at students for speaking out about their beliefs. Some feel the movie should not be shown, claiming the story is racist. The former president of the Muslim Student Organization, Farah El-Jayyousi, is the one

Missouri Department of Transportation has begun repairs on the Lamine River bridge just west of Boonville on Interstate 70. A MoDOT inspection crew found a three-inch crack on Monday in one of the steel beams running along the bottom of the bridge. MoDOT crews were out Tuesday putting a steel beam in place under the

Cecil Clayton is scheduled to be executed at 6:00 Tuesday night. Clayton was convicted of gunning down a Sheriff’s Deputy back in 1996. Clayton asked both the Missouri Supreme Court and Governor Jay Nixon to consider his last minute argument. He claimed he is suffering from dementia and the effects are from a sawmill accident

A teen turned herself in for a deadly crash near Rangeline and Vandiver last fall in north Columbia. Ashley Renee Moore, 17, was taken into custody after turning herself over to the Boone County Sheriff’s Department around 2:25 Monday afternoon. Witnesses say a vehicle swerved out of the lane, lost control and hit two pedestrians

A former Mid-Missouri daycare owner was sentenced to 5 years in prison Tuesday for child endangerment. In 2010, Shelley Richter was accused of shaking a baby, leaving him brain damaged and blind. This past December Richter was convicted in Cole County court. The family of 5-year-old Lane Schaefer told the courtroom how their lives have

A Morgan County man is being held in federal custody without bond for threatening to kill President Obama. 24-year-old Cameron Stout of Stover was federally charged with making multiple threats against Obama. Stout’s case will go to a federal grand jury in Jefferson City. A confidential informant on Friday told a Morgan County Sheriff’s deputy

A Mid-Missouri man accused of five crimes over the span of four months is headed to prison. Joshua Harrington was sentenced to 19 years in jail Monday after pleading guilty to a number of charges. Police think the crime spree might have started with a home invasion robbery off High Oaks Court near Nifong last

Sewer work will close parts of Lafayette Street Wednesday through Thursday. The work will close Lafayette from just north of east Elm Street to east Miller St. from 7:00 Wednesday morning through 9:00 a.m. Thursday. Drivers are encouraged to seek an alternate route and allow a little extra time to get to where they’re headed.

A Jefferson City Correctional inmate accused in another inmate’s death is scheduled to be in court Tuesday. The killing happened at the JCCC last August. Randy Teter is charged with first degree murder in the death of Mark Melton. Court documents said Teter beat Melton, and stomped on his head and throat. Melton was a

The Missouri State Highway Patrol Tuesday released numbers from its latest DWI saturation efforts. Troopers held a checkpoint this past Saturday in Boone Co. Thirty cars were stopped, and two of those drivers received DWIs. There were other various tickets handed out, including 5 for speeding, one for misdemeanor drugs, and a child restraint violation.