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  • Harvey Hearing Today in Columbia

    26-year-old John Austin Harvey, of St. Joseph, has a preliminary hearing scheduled for 9am today (Tuesday) in Boone County Court. He was formally charged with multiple child sex crimes in Boone County, after a 12-year-old girl was reported missing in Columbia on July 9th and she was found with Harvey on July 11th. Videos on…

  • Atterberry Has Bond Hearing

    A Bond Hearing scheduled for 8:30 this (Tuesday) morning in Callaway County court for 53-year-old James Atterberry. He has been charged with one count of third-degree domestic assault, one count of fourth-degree domestic assault and one count of careless and imprudent driving from an incident that occurred earlier this month on the 900 block of…

  • MoDot Closes Center Street Exit Ramp

    MoDot crews will close the ramp from Center Street to eastbound U.S. Route 54 in Holts Summit during the day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today (Tuesday) and tomorrow, to make pavement repairs. Motorists must use an alternate route.

  • Columbia Police Arrest Two More for Murder

    Columbia Police arrested 44-year-old David Adams and 37-year-old Julius Cureton, both of Columbia, yesterday in connection to a December 2017 robbery and homicide. According to a news release, investigators said they believe the home invasion was drug-related and that the home was targeted by the suspects. Adams and Cureton were each arrested on charges of…

  • MoDOT to Reopen I-70 Martinsburg Exit

    The Missouri Department of Transportation is planning to remove the barriers on Eastbound I-70 between Columbia and Kingdom City tonight, as crews will start moving eastbound traffic onto newly constructed lanes around 7 p.m. Friday. MoDOT expects traffic to be using the new eastbound lanes by Saturday morning. As part of the change, the eastbound…

  • Macon Appoints Craig Interim City Administrator

    The City of Macon has appointed Mary Lou Craig as the city’s interim city administrator. Craig will replace Scott Meszaros, who was fired last week after being on the job for less than six months. According to a social media post, Craig has worked for the city as either the city clerk or assistant city…

  • Martinsburg Picnic This Weekend

    The 123rd Martinsburg Picnic is this weekend. Festivities get underway tonight at 5pm. The parade is Saturday at 11. It’s sponsored by the Martinsburg Knights of Columbus Hall #1270, with the theme being “Home of the Free, because of the Brave.” Entertainment includes local entertainers Greg Widner and Sun Down Shot, on Friday and Saturday…

  • Peery Arrested as Fugitive

    Audrain County Sheriff’s Office arrested 21-year-old Audrain County resident Kristie Peery yesterday as a fugitive instate. Peery had not returned to jail after attending a treatment facility. She had been arrested in June in Mexico on drug possession and distribution charges as well as three failure to appear warrants.

  • Thomas Faces Preliminary Hearing Today

    A preliminary hearing scheduled for a 32-year old Columbia woman who allegedly took some drugs, and then fell asleep in her car, which was found running on a Jefferson City lawn last month. Bailey E. Thomas was charged with felony counts of Second Degree Drug Trafficking and Possession of Controlled Substance, misdemeanor counts of Unlawful…

  • MoDot Crews Switch Columbia Traffic Pattern

    More traffic changes in mid-Missouri yesterday. This time on US Highway 63. Traffic shifted in the work zone in Columbia after Missouri Department of Transportation crews completed the new bridge north of Broadway and finished rehabilitating a bridge over Interstate 70. Head-to-head traffic moved from the southbound lanes to the northbound lanes between Broadway (south…

  • Brain Eating Infection at Lake of the Ozarks

    An infection that annually infects fewer than 10 people on average across the United States, has been found in Missouri. The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services has announced a case of a Missouri adult with an infection of amebic meningoencephalitis, or PAM, commonly called the “brain-eating” infection. The amoeba, which can cause the…

  • Senate Bill 68 Forces School Cell Phone Changes

    Students across mid-Missouri head back to school, en masse, beginning next week. And as they go, they do so under new guidelines for electronic devices. Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Missouri Senate Bill 68 last month, which requires all school districts to adopt written policies banning the use or display of personal electronic devices during the…

  • Mullings Charged With Stealing

    A Columbia woman has been charged with two counts of stealing from her former employer. According to court documents, on April 16, police officers were called to the 3100 block of Wingate Court for a fraud report. The hotel’s owner said their former general manager, Samantha Mullings, had made several unauthorized purchases. The documents allege…

  • Gibson Faces Multiple Drug Charges

    A Callaway County man was charged yesterday {Tuesday} with multiple drug charges. On Monday, a narcotics search warrant was executed at Robert Gibson’s camper on County Road 276 in Stephens, MO. Gibson had multiple previous drug charges on his record. According to probable cause statements, the search party found 20 grams of methamphetamine, as well…

  • Columbia Man Hit With Pornography Charges

    A Columbia man was arrested earlier today and charged with possession of Child Sexual Abuse Materials. 63-year-old Charles E. Hooton was arrested after someone reported seeing child pornography on his phone in May. Hooton has previously been convicted of statutory sodomy in the year 2000, and is a registered sex offender. Court documents state that…