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A man facing the death penalty had his motion denied on Monday after his attorneys asked a St. Louis judge to preclude the death penalty from his case. According to court filings, the judge denied Pablo Serrano-Vitorino’s motion to strike the notice of intent to seek the death penalty as well as the motion to

Two former members of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity at the University of Missouri were sentenced Monday to five years of probation for assaulting a pledge. Nikolas Childress and Zachary Barabasz pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and fourth-degree assault in September. The two pledges who said Childress and Barabasz assaulted them also filed a civil

TODAY: Election day looks to remain mostly dry, with partly sunny skies and cool. We’ll start the day with sunshine but clouds will move in with a chance of sprinkles or a brief light shower in the afternoon and early evening. Little to no rain is expected but it wouldn’t hurt to have your umbrella

Progress on the Heartland Port District, a potential multimillion dollar project with massive economic implications, made a significant jump Monday. The Jefferson City Council approved their three nominees to the Port Authority Board of Commissioners, the governing body for the port. “It’s going to require a lot of study, a lot of work and a

Party: Republican Place of residence: Jefferson City Age: 38 Education: Drake University; Juris Doctor from Regent University in Virginia. Political experience: Assistant state attorney general, Secretary of State’s Office, Private Attorney Opponent: Nicole Galloway What makes you qualified for this position? Well I’m a hard worker. I’ve been in the military. I know I have

The Columbia City Council approved $7 million worth of improvements to part of the city’s wastewater treatment plant. The council unanimously passed the improvements to the plant’s digester complex at the plant off Gillespie Bridge Road. The improvements include new covers for the four individual digesters, a new mixing system and roof and brick work

Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill stopped in Columbia on Monday, the last day before the midterm election, holding a news conference with local veterans at Orr Street Artists Studio. The campaign stop is part of a tour focusing on veterans’ issues that began last week and comes as an extremely close re-election campaign against

Several big Republican names joined Senate candidate Josh Hawley on Monday in Jefferson City in a last-minute push toward Election Day. The event at the Missouri GOP Headquarters happened one day before the hotly contested midterm election pitting Hawley against incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt and Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe

A crash on Paris Road between Brown Station and Waco roads was backing up traffic in Columbia during evening rush hour, authorities say. Boone County Joint Communications sent an alert out a little before 5:30 p.m. saying a crash on Paris near Waco was causing a traffic backup. Other details were not immediately available. BOONE

UPDATE 4:54 P.M.: Columbia police say the suspect in an armed robbery of a south Columbia Commerce Bank is also suspected in robberies at two other bank and an auto parts store. Police arrested Roger L. Ballinger, 34, of Springfield, Missouri, on suspicion that he displayed a gun and demanded money at the bank at

Officials said they are expecting a large voter turnout Tuesday. Polls will open at 6 a.m. and will close at 7 p.m. Boone County Clerk Taylor Burks said to avoid the polls first thing in the morning, early afternoon and early evening since those tend to be peak times. He suggested people vote, “mid-morning and

TONIGHT: Drizzle will persist into early evening and end and clouds will gradually break up overnight. Lows will drop to near 40 by morning with a west breeze at 8-12 mph. TUESDAY: Election day looks to remain mostly dry, with partly sunny skies and cool. We’ll start the day with sunshine but clouds will move

UPDATE 2:45 P.M.: Emergency dispatching notes say multiple vehicles were involved and first responders contained a possible fuel leak, Columbia Fire Department Assistant Chief Brad Fraizer said. Fraizer said no other information was available. ORIGINAL: A semi-truck ran off Interstate 70 westbound in the rain late Monday morning at the Stadium Boulevard exit. It wasn’t

A northeast Missouri man was hospitalized early Monday after he crashed his truck while running from Miller County deputies. The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported Travis K. Hettinger, 31, suffered moderate injuries when he lost control of his truck, went off the road and hit concrete blocks at about 2 a.m. in Eugene, Missouri, as

UPDATE 11/5 -4 A.M.: A man is suffering minor injuries after losing control of the truck he was driving eastbound on I-70, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. The MSHP crash report said it happened just after 2:30 p.m. Sunday near the 117 mile marker of the interstate. Ethan Eisenmann, 20, was driving a

MONDAY: After a dry start to the early part of the day, an area of rainfall will progress out of eastern Kansas through 7am. This will bring western portions of Mid-Missouri rainfall by 8am. Widespread rain filters in by 10 AM, lasting through 2 or 3 pm. Most scattered rain chances continue into the evening

The last day before midterm elections, candidates and politicians continue to push for votes. Democratic candidate and incumbent Sen. Clair McCaskill will be in Columbia on Monday at the Orr Street Studio to hold a news conference with veterans. Republican candidate Josh Hawley will be in Jefferson City, campaigning at the GOP headquarters, before heading

The property is on the east of Bearfield Road and to the north of Gans Road off of Discovery Parkway. The 31-acres of land is currently zoned for agriculture. City council could discuss annexing the land and rezoning for single-family homes. The annexation is set for a 2nd read on Monday’s city council agenda. During

The Mid-County Fire Protection district was dispatched around 7:30 p.m. Sunday to a home on Newton Street in Camdenton, Missouri. Firefighters searched the home and found no one inside. Crews brought the fire under control within 30 minutes, according to the MCFPD press release. The home suffered extensive fire, smoke and water damage. The cause

The Missouri State Highway Patrol said two people are dead and one is suffering moderate injuries after a head-on crash in Randolph County. It happened just after 8 p.m. Sunday on US 24 south of Huntsville. According to the MSHP crash report, an SUV being driven by Kayla Cox, 31, was traveling east on the