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The Higbee Senior Citizens Center will suspend operations beginning June 28 due to issues with funding. The city of Higbee is working with the center to come up with a solution, said center administrator Linda Peterson. The city is considering using half of the building on Railroad Street for meetings and other events while the

Crews worked to clean out hangars at the Jefferson City Memorial Airport on Tuesday as floodwaters receded. The airport began flooding more than three weeks ago and was covered in more than 5 feet of floodwater in some places while the Missouri River was in a major flood stage. Nicholas Haill, a line manager at

The man accused of killing another inmate in Audrain County has drug-induced paranoid schizophrenia, according to his mother. Ryan Blair is accused of killing Michael Eisenhauer. The Audrain County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post that Michael Dale Eisenhauer, 42, of Centralia, was pronounced dead at SSM Hospital in Mexico after an assault by

The Centralia Police Department announced on its Facebook page it will start to use a community watch program. The department used the program in the past but decided it would benefit the town again. Centralia Mayor, Chris Cox, said he has been working to support the department’s decision. “I remember when I was a youngster

The Columbia City Council plans to send a letter to the Columbia Public Schools Board of Education requesting the school district pay more for the services of police officers. CPS currently staffs four school resource officers (SRO) from the Columbia Police Department. Terms of the annual agreement are outlined in a contract. CPS and the

WASHINGTON (AP) – Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer took a ball off the face during a bunting drill on Tuesday. Manager Dave Martinez said before the Nationals faced the Phillies that he hadn’t yet gotten a chance to check on Scherzer. The three-time Cy Young Award winner is still scheduled to start one of the

Preliminary results show voters favored Chris Redel over Lisa Buhr for Board of Alderman Ward 2 in Holts Summit. Buhr received 39 votes and Redel received 59 votes. According to the Callaway County Clerk’s website, on Friday a verification team will return to finalize the certification. Tuesday’s special election came after Buhr and Redel tied

A judge has sentenced a Moniteau County man to seven years in prison for the death of his infant son. Christopher Buxton, 33, entered an Alford plea — in which the defendant pleads guilty but maintains that he did not commit the crime — to involuntary manslaughter Monday and was immediately sentenced. His case had

Two Boonville Correctional Center inmates are now charged after they were allegedly found with drugs in the prison. According to court documents, prescription drugs were found on May 20, hidden in a letter addressed to Ronnie Stephens, 34. Earlier on May 9, Eric Conley, 49, allegedly had another man throw a package over the fence.

The Mid-County Fire Protection District and the Missouri State Fire Marshal’s office are investigating the cause of a Camdenton house fire. Firefighters responded to the home on Round Table Drive in the Camelot Complex around 9:08 a.m. Tuesday. The Mid-County Fire Protection District said around 30% of the home was damaged by fire, smoke and

Crews with the Missouri Department of Transportation reopened the Missouri River Bridge north of Boonville on Tuesday afternoon. Officials closed the bridge due to flooding June 3. Crews also opened Route 87 north of Boonville, but Routes 5 and 40 north of the bridge are still closed. Officials said those areas will remain closed until

The Jefferson City Housing Authority held its monthly meeting Tuesday morning with tornado recovery filling most of the agenda. Capital City Apartments, significantly damaged in the May 23 tornado, is a low-income housing complex on East Elm Street operated by the authority. Cynthia Quetsch, the authority’s executive director, said five of the 44 units in

TONIGHT: Partly to mostly cloudy and muggy. Temperatures fall into the mid-60s. Showers and storms return after midnight. WEDNESDAY: Scattered showers and thunderstorms likely. Some could be strong south of Highway 54 with small hail and isolated strong wind gusts. Highs reach the upper 70s to low 80s. EXTENDED: Storms exit with the front on

A man accused of stealing a gun from inside a Boone County sheriff’s patrol vehicle could appear in court next month. Jametrius X. Commander, 20, of Columbia, was arrested by deputies around 2:35 p.m. Thursday at a home off East Forest Avenue. According to court documents, Commander stole an AR-15 rifle from the patrol vehicle

The Missouri Western District Court of Appeals overturned a guilty verdict for a woman who was convicted of first-degree involuntary manslaughter in 2017. Emily Usnick was tried and found guilty after her baby was found wrapped in a trash bag, inside a container, inside the trunk of a car in 2009 in Miller County. The

The Columbia City Council unanimously approved a climate plan that has been in the works for more than a year at Monday’s meeting. The plan is a move to “address risks posed by climate change and contribute to international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,” according to the council memo. Now that the plan has

TUESDAY: We’re waking up to a foggy start this morning, thanks to the rounds of rain we’ve seen the last few days and winds fairly calm this morning. This will continue until the later morning hours before clearing up, so slow down on that morning commute. We’ll some sunshine attempt to return this afternoon with

Columbia’s longest-serving mayor died early Monday. Former Mayor Darwin Hindman died at his home Monday morning surrounded by his family, said Fourth Ward Councilman Ian Thomas, Hindman’s son-in-law. Thomas said Hindman “died peacefully.” He was 86. Hindman was mayor from 1995 to 2010, preceding Bob McDavid. He garnered several civic honors, including an honorary law

Jefferson City Public Works crews will continue checking roads for damage as the flood water recedes. Many crews spent Monday washing away mud and debris from the roads. The city has opened nearly every road south of the Missouri River and only found minor damage to roads in this area of town, said Jefferson City

Tyler Bozeman’s daughter was taken from him when she was only a few months old. “When she said, ‘are you sitting? Are you sitting down?’ My heart skipped a beat,” said Bozeman. Jillanne Pagano took her daughter away from Bozeman in 2013. According to Bozeman, he thinks Pagano kidnapped their daughter away out of anger.