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Kemper Military School has been a historic landmark in Boonville since just five years after the town itself was created. It was shut down in 2002 due to lack of money, but since then, Boonville city leaders have been trying to bring the buildings back in working order. “We’re working building by building,” Jim Gann,

Dustin Deacon, a Columbia man who escaped charges in the death of Brandon Coleman is now facing multiple charges since killing Coleman in his father’s defense. In May 2013, Deacon shot and killed Coleman on Ann Street in Columbia. The Boone County Prosecutor said Deacon shot Coleman to protect his father and didn’t file charges.

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Two men accused of stealing a tractor and setting it ablaze along with a nearby barn appeared in court Wednesday for the first time since their arrest last week. Both Travis Sullens and Gerald Farrow faced a judge for their arraignment. Authorities in Miller County say they stole a tractor, crashed it and then lit

MoDOT will begin work Wednesday night on Route 179 between West Truman Blvd./Industrial Blvd. and Merchants Drive in Jefferson City. The work will help reduce rear-end and left-turn crashes that frequent the area. When completed, one of the southbound lanes on Rte. 179 will become a two-way center turn lane. The new center turn lane

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Job cuts are expected at Missouri hospitals. The results of a new study by the Missouri Hospital Association show 1,000 full-time positions have been cut in the last six months and more are expected in the future. The Missouri Chamber of Commerce says the recent reduction in health care jobs is due to federal funding

It is that time of year again for tours at Budweiser’s Clydesdale breeding facility in mid-Missouri. This season alone- Warm Springs Ranch is expecting more than 25 foals (baby horses) to be born, including 20 this Spring. Warm Springs Ranch attracts more than 20,000 people a year from around the world to see the Clydesdales.

Following multiple shots fired complaints from neighbors, the Boone County Sheriff’s Department investigated an apartment at 765 Demaret Drive Tuesday. Investigators found a digital scale, drug packaging material, drug paraphernalia, and a small amount of methamphetamine. They also found a 9mm handgun. 18-year-old Dillon Ames was arrested and charged for felony possession of a controlled

Sunday’s fire at Crown Center Farms has been ruled unintentional by Columbia Fire Department Investigators. Battalion Chief Brad Frazier said in a news release that the fire started in the southeast corner of the building, in the vicinity of a furnace. That furnace could not be ruled out as a potential cause. The scene has

If you own your own business, do you have religious freedom? Can the government make you pay for abortions if it’s something you don’t believe in? Those are questions at the heart of the “Hobby Lobby” case, which involves Hobby Lobby owners, the Greens, and the U.S. government. Arguments were heard Monday by the supreme

A former Ashland bank chairman was sentenced in federal court Tuesday afterpleading guilty to using public funds to purchase a luxury vacation condo. 48-year-old Darryl Woods, President and CEO of Mainstreet Bank in Ashlandwas sentenced to 8 months in Reality Halfway House in Columbia, followed by4 months of house arrest, and one year of supervised

Boone County firefighters have battled 26 fires in just four days. And they said with the high winds expected Wednesday, the risk for an out-of-control fire is only getting worse. In just four days, two fires have burned barns to the ground. They also spread to the grass and threatened the homes nearby. A local

The search continues for two suspects involved in an armed robbery on West Havens Drive Monday night. Officers and deputies as well as the Missouri State Highway Patrol responded to a call of shots fired just after 8:30 p.m. Monday to the street just north of Columbia. Deputies found out the suspects confronted the victim

Columbia Police, Boone County Deputies, and Highway Patrol are looking for two suspects in an armed robbery that happened Monday night in the 200 block of West Havens Drive near the Clearview subdivision. A victim was shot at several times after giving the suspects what they wanted. At around 8:30 p.m., a man was walking

A state tax credit program is costing taxpayers millions, according to state auditor Tom Schweich. The historic preservation tax credit gives breaks to developers who renovate old homes and commercialbuildings around the state. An audit released Tuesday claims there are times when only 49 cents per tax credit dollar goes tofunding the reconstruction of these

Boone County firefighters were called to a structure fire just after noon Tuesday near Highway 63 north of Columbia on Barnes Road, just south of Sturgeon. An outside fire quickly spread, destroying a 40 foot by 40 foot barn. When crews arrived, the barn was fully engulfed in fire, which also spread to the nearby

A Texas man is being held in the Boone County Jail after his arrest in a child sex crimes case. Investigators say on Monday they arrested La’Anthony Murphy, 24, on suspicion of statutory sodomy and furnishing pornographic materials to a minor. Deputies say the victim is under the age of 13 and told them she

The Cole County Sheriff’s office canceled an Endangered Silver Advisory on Tuesday for Jesse Lee Lipson, 65, of Jefferson City. Lipson was found safe in the St. Louis area. Lipson first left his home at 2307 Schott Road around 11 Monday morning on foot. He has Alzheimer’s and dementia. Police say he is known to

Residents of a north Columbia neighborhood have become familiar with the sight of police cars after two shootings in two weeks. The Columbia Police Department has become familiar with the mile stretch of Derby Ridge Drive between Smiley Lane and Auburn Hills Park., as well. The police’s dispatch log shows the department made 31 stops