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A Columbia man pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to illegally having a gun during a street shootout in a residential neighborhood. Richard S. Jones, 25, pleaded guilty to being a drug user in possession of a firearm. Columbia police officers were sent the night of June 24 to the 4600 block Rice Road on

Another person was charged Monday after a string of reported storage unit thefts in Callaway County. Caroline M. Elliott allegedly broke into a storage unit at Mom and Pop’s Storage in July and stole a washer and dryer set valued at $300. When police made contact with Elliott in Octover, she admitted that she and

A former mid-Missouri educator was sentenced to five years of supervised probation in Cooper County on Nov. 20 after she pleaded guilty to charged of sexual contact with a student. Clairyssa Lorenz was also sentenced to five years of probation in Moniteau County when she pleaded guilty to the same charges, The victim, who was

The Gasconade County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a Bland man’s death. Deputies were sent early Sunday to 104 Pleasant Ave. in Bland and found Jesse Robbins, 53, suffering from a suspected gunshot wound, Sheriff John Romanus wrote in an email. Robbins was pronounced dead at the scene despite efforts to save him, Romanus wrote. The

THIS AFTERNOON: Tracking lots of sunshine into this afternoon… Unfortunately temperatures will struggle to climb due to persistent snowpack. High temperatures will range anywhere from the mid-upper 20s north of HWY 50, to the low 30s across the Ozark Plateau. Winds stay steady out of the northwest at 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: It will be a

THIS AFTERNOON: Tracking lots of sunshine into this afternoon… Unfortunately temperatures will struggle to climb due to persistent snowpack. High temperatures will range anywhere from the mid-upper 20s north of HWY 50, to the low 30s across the Ozark Plateau. Winds stay steady out of the northwest at 5-10 mph. TONIGHT: It will be a

Most students will head back to school Tuesday after having Monday off due to weather and road conditions. A few schools, such as Moberly public schools, have canceled classes for Tuesday, while others have class but buses will be running snow routes, such as Boonville R-I schools. For a full list of closures and alternate

TUESDAY: Slick spots are likely on untreated roads and hills this morning, so give yourself plenty of time to get out the door. Temperatures will be in the low teens with wind chills in the single digits. Despite the sunshine in place, highs will still struggle to climb out of the 20s, with many locations

UPDATE: According to court records, Stokes pleaded guilty to six counts of felony knowing burning or exploding back in 2014. Police arrested him for starting six different fires over the course of 24 hours in downtown Columbia. Court records say Stokes was placed on five years probation in December 2014 but his probation was revoked

At a special meeting Monday, the Columbia City Council directed human resources manager Margrace Buckler to put out a call for search firms that will assist in the city’s mission to hire a new city manager to replace Mike Matthes. In the last decade or so, the city has used two different firms to hire

The Columbia City Council accepted Monday a $179,000 severance agreement with former City Manager Mike Matthes and appointed an interim city manager. The council met in closed session to discuss the severance agreement and Matthes’ appointment. They emerged from closed session before 1 p.m. to vote on the agreement with Matthes and former Deputy City

Columbia city staff intend to send a warning to Bird, one of the companies behind the rentable electric scooters that dot Columbia, stating the company violated its agreement with the city. A city ordinance regulating the scooters states “the scooters must be removed from the right-of-way when there is snow on the sidewalks and roadways,”

A Boone County judge is considering the case of a former police chief suing the city he used to work for after hearing arguments Monday. Boone County Court before Judge Jeff Harris heard arguments over a motion for partial summary judgment in a lawsuit brought by former Sturgeon Police Chief Greg Halderman. The Sturgeon Board

A Columbia man convicted of murder and weapons charges this month has asked a judge to grant him a new trial. Denico Crawley filed a motion for a new trial last week through his public defender, Derek Roe. A jury convicted Crawley of four counts on Nov. 1 — second-degree murder, unlawful use of a

Officials responsible for clearing Columbia roads are hopeful their work and the sun did enough Monday to limit refreezing overnight. Columbia’s Public Works Department tweeted Monday afternoon that the chance for an overnight refreeze had decreased on priority routes. Spokesman Barry Dalton wrote in an email that the lower chances came from snow- and ice-melting

TONIGHT: It will be a mostly clear night for Mid-Missouri, as bitter cold air settles into the region. Temperatures will be nearly 15 degrees below average, as overnight lows drop to near into the lower teens for areas with snow pack. Some freezing fog is possible for areas north of Hwy 24, with areas south

A Fulton sex offender pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to transporting a 13-year-old girl across state lines for sexual activity. Michael J. Collins, 21, was also on state probation at the time of the federal offense for a prior conviction for sexual misconduct involving a child, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news

Nine people were killed in traffic crashes across the state during the Thanksgiving counting period, including one in mid-Missouri, the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Monday. The period ran from 6 p.m. Wednesday through 11:59 p.m. Sunday. In mid-Missouri, Clara Silva, 62, of New Franklin was pronounced dead at the scene when her Mazda crossover

THIS AFTERNOON: We’re continuing to track clouds clearing out of Mid-Missouri with the western half of the viewing area under full sunshine, with our eastern counties seeing cloudy skies and flurries. This will slowly work eastbound… but it will be cold across the board today. Temperatures struggle to make it into the mid 20s and

Crews will continue to plow Mid-Missouri roads through the overnight hours. The Missouri State Highway Patrol has reported one of the state’s major roads is “impassable.” The patrol tweeted Sunday evening that Interstate 70 was impassable between Kansas City and Marshall, Missouri. The bulletin was the latest warning from authorities as blizzard-like conditions made their