Author: KXEO

The City of Moberly has rescheduled a water outage today as it replaces a faulty junction valve. Water service will be restored once repairs are completed. Customers affected are in the following area: If residents experience low water pressure, or have no water, in their area, there will be a 48-hour Boil Advisory once water…

A federal grand jury sitting in Jefferson City returned indictments yesterday against three individuals charging a range of federal offenses. Included in those charges, Alex Mills Zoll, 42, Cedar Rapids, Ia., was charged with three counts, enticement a minor to engage in sexual activity, an attempt to produce child pornography, and the transfer of obscene…

A scary accident yesterday morning in Columbia as firefighters and paramedics were called to the 300 block of Parkwood Court. A Columbia Fire Department ladder truck, now equipped for technical rescue operations, got a workout. At approximately 10a.m, a construction accident resulted in the rebar impalement of a person’s leg. Rescue crews used special tools…

A Columbia doctor accused of rape has been found guilty of two misdemeanors in a separate case. Travis Birkhead was found guilty of two counts of violating a restraining order, but he was found not guilty of first degree harassment. He will be sentenced on October 17th. Birkhead is still charged in another case with…

A Columbia man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday to more than five years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing thousands of dollars from clients. 24-year-old Calvin Lee Gray was sentenced to 65 months in federal prison and will have to repay the $357,582. Gray admitted that from August of 2022 to August of…

A registered sex offender in Fulton was arrested and charged with a felony after allegedly being seen at a public park with a playground and splash pad. 31-year-old Schylur Mahurin was charged Wednesday after the Callaway County Sheriff’s office received multiple complaints over the weekend. A probation officer who had a GPS Monitor on Mahurin…

A warrant has been issued for a St. Louis man who faces multiple felony charges in Boone County following a July 29th incident. Earlier today, the Columbia Police Department was granted a no-bond warrant for the arrest of Jalon James Jamar Pittman Jr. According to probable cause statements, a victim reported that Pittman was staying…

A Columbia man accused of armed robbery has had his case moved to federal court. 21-year-old Noah Cooley was charged in Boone County Court with first degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, and unlawful use of a weapon after he robbed the Vapor Maven on Business Loop 70 with the use of a…

A Marshall man was charged yesterday with Child Endangerment in Boone County from an incident in 2021. According to probable cause statements, a crash between a Buick Lucerne and a Ford F-150, happened on October 27, 2021. The statement alleges that Brandon Lewis, a passenger in one of the cars, intentionally failed to secure the…

An Ashland man was taken into custody on Tuesday night after a standoff with law enforcement. The Ashland Police Department responded to a home in the 900 block of James Court at 9:24 p.m. to serve a full U.S. extradition warrant for 26-year-old Alexander Edward Nolan, who had a probation violation. Boone County Sheriff’s Deputies…

Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services is now offering back-to-school vaccinations for students by appointment. They will host two special consecutive Saturday clinics, August 9th and August 16th, to help prepare for the school year. The clinics will be from 9 a.m. to Noon at the PHHS Building at 1005 W. Worley St. in…

Kayley and Michael Birnbaum both have hearings scheduled for later today in Benton County Court. They are two, of the now three suspects, in the 2021 murder of a Columbia man. The couple pled not guilty last month to charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action in connection to the death of 28-year-old Cody…