A Cole County judge has thrown out a gerrymandered congressional map designed to pick up another seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, saying that it violates the single subject amendment rule, deeming it unconstitutional. The measure would have appeared as Amendment 6, and would have also prevented lawmakers from weakening citizen initiative and referendum…
Thousands of Mizzou students are arriving on campus within the next couple of days. KBIA reports that Mizzou officials said they expect about 2,700 students to arrive on campus Wednesday and about 1,400 more on Friday. A portion of Virginia Avenue onto Rollins Street, as well as Rollins Street onto Hitt Street, will both be…
A box truck with the US Postal Service crashed in Boone County near Ashland on Wednesday after the driver suffered a medical emergency. Troopers said that the driver was killed, and that the medical emergency was the cause of death, not the crash. The accident happened on the Route H on-ramp from Highway 63 between…
Fire crews responded to an apartment complex on Wednesday after a dryer caught fire. The incident occurred at Grindstone Apartments in the 3100 block of Old Highway 63 just after midnight. There were no injuries reported and the fire was extinguished within 20 minutes, according to reports.
The Columbia Police Department is asking for help to find a man who was last seen at the weekend. 37-year-old Bruce Call was last seen 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of Rollins Road, according to a Facebook post from the department. Authorities say Call was driving a silver Nissan Rogue with license plate…
Four 16-year-old boys were involved in a crash early This morning in Ralls County that left one seriously injured. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a car traveling north on U.S. 61 near Quarry Lane ran off the road, hit a guardrail and overturned before coming to rest down a steep embankment. One teen from…
An 83-year-old woman from Auxvasse was moderately injured after a crash on Route Z in Callaway County on Tuesday. The woman was reportedly driving northbound near Lowry Lane and I-70 when her vehicle traveled off the right side of the road and struck and embankment. She was transported by ambulance to Boone Hospital with moderate…
A Columbia man was arrested over the weekend for leading officers on a chase of over 100 miles per hour. An officer reportedly tried to pull over 22-year-old Deadren Martin’s car due to being a black car without its lights on at dark, as well as failing to yield. He then reportedly did not stop…
Multiple felony charges against a Columbia man have been dropped for the second time. Travis Birkhead was accused of assaulting someone outside a bar in 2022, when he was charged with rape, assault and kidnapping. Some initial charges had been dropped and refiled before in 2024. But recently, 13th Circuit Judge Jeff Harris said that…
A Kansas man accused in the death of a man on a motorcycle in July 2025 in Boone County has pleaded guilty. On Friday, 37-year-old Donald J. Legleiter pleaded guilty to First Degree Involuntary Manslaughter, Second Degree Assault, First Degree Property Damage, and Leaving Scene Of Accident causing Physical Injury in the July 14, 2025…
A Boone County man was charged over the weekend with assault after allegedly shooting someone with a BB gun at a homeless camp. Officers were called to a hospital on Friday, where a victim reported that 62-year-old Frank Phillips shot them with a BB gun on East Walnut Street. The victim reportedly had multiple wounds,…
About an hour after their initial announcement, the Columbia Police Department announced that there was no threat found near Frederick Douglass High School. They reportedly initially closed off the streets and evacuated the staff from the building due to reports of a bomb and shooting threat, although the officers and K9 units found no danger….
The Country 96 St. Louis Cardinals Red Cross Media Blood Drive in Mexico exceeded its goal Monday. Organizers were hoping to collect 23 units of blood, but donors gave 28 units during the drive at the Mexico Elks Lodge. The blood drive comes as the Red Cross continues to face a blood shortage across the…
The Jefferson City Academic Center is starting the school year in a new, larger location. The Jefferson City School District held a grand opening Monday for the renovated facility on St. Mary’s Boulevard. The center previously operated out of the Miller Performing Arts Center, where teachers say classrooms were too small for students’ needs. Staff…
Columbia City Council members continued work Monday night on the city’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget. The budget calls for a 1.4 percent increase in public safety spending, including a 2.5 percent increase for the fire department and a point-seven percent increase for police. Residents raised concerns about transparency and proposed changes to downtown parking…
