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UPDATE: The crash cleared around 6:30 p.m. ORIGINAL: Crews are responding to a crash on Interstate 70 in Columbia. It happened before 6 p.m. in the westbound lanes near the St. Charles/Lake of the Woods exit. According to MoDOT, two vehicles are involved and traffic is backing up in the area. MoDOT said drivers could

A major Columbia-based medical lab business is being purchased by a publicly traded company. Quest Diagnostics said Tuesday via news release that it had signed an agreement to acquire Boyce and Bynum Pathological Laboratories’ assets and clinical laboratory business. Boyce and Bynum’s anatomic pathology division, Boyce and Bynum Pathology Professional Services, Inc., and the company’s

A third Columbia teen has been charged in connection with a string of robberies. Deandre M. Henderson, 19, was charged Monday with felony stealing for his alleged role in robberies in September on Elm Grove Drive and October on Brown Station Road. Henderson, along with Dea’vion Payne and William Harper, were creating fake social media

TONIGHT: It will be another bitterly cold night, as lows bottom out near 16 degrees. Even with fairly light winds out of the southwest, wind chills will hover near 10 degrees for many spots. The first part of the evening is expected to see mostly clear skies, with clouds building in through the night. WEDNESDAY:

A 100-mile chase Saturday night from Kansas City to near Boonville started after a man told police the suspect fired a gun at him. Dispatchers with the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Troop A heard Kansas City Police Department radio traffic about the pursuit a little before 9 p.m. Saturday and troopers joined the chase soon

A Virginia man was charged with first-degree domestic assault and second-degree kidnapping Monday after he allegedly threatened to throw a woman out of her third-floor window in Columbia. According to court documents, Jerry L. Camp tried to throw the victim out of the window, then threw her into furniture in the room, punched her and

An Eldon man pleaded guilty Tuesday to having sexual encounters with a child over two years as he traveled out-of-state for work. James A. Guthrie III, 37, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release. Guthrie admitted to traveling to North

A Columbia man was charged on Monday after officers had reason to believe he abused his 2-month-old daughter. According to court documents, Jonathan Holder called Boone County Joint Communications in July, stating his daughter was “breathing funny.” After the child was examined at University Hospital, it was determined that she was a victim of non-accidental

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,”