Fulton Mayor Steve Myers has appointed Jacque Cowherd to fill the Ward 4 vacancy on the Fulton City Council. The opening came quickly, after councilwoman Lauren Nelson resigned her position on the council because she was moving out of Ward 4. She resigned effective April 9. Cowherd served as superintendent of the Fulton School District…
A Callaway County man accused of attacking a deputy with a hatchet is set to appear in court today. Twenty-year-old Slade Lamont has an arraignment scheduled for 8:30 a.m. in Callaway County Circuit Court. Investigators say Lamont swung the hatchet and struck a county lieutenant in the leg on February 20 before being taken into…
Two mid-Missouri teenagers were hurt Friday afternoon after a crash on Interstate 70 in Montgomery County. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report, shortly after 4pm, near mile marker 172, a 22-year-old man from Grandview, Missouri, was driving a 2022 Kenworth T680 eastbound on I-70. As he was merging into the left lane,…
Just days after the municipal election, Fulton Ward 4 Councilwoman Lauren EH Nelson has resigned her position on the council. The move came about yesterday (Thursday), according to a Friday press release from the city. Nelson is resigning “due to an upcoming relocation out of Ward 4, which makes her ineligible to continue serving in…
Heather Vodnansky, of Holts Summit, was appointed to the Missouri State Foster Care and Adoption Board. Ms. Vodnansky serves as the lead trial counsel for the Missouri State Public Defender. She is involved in her community, including roles with the Callaway County Extension Council and is a member of the First Christian Church of Fulton where…
A Callaway County man accused of attacking a deputy with a hatchet is set to appear in court next week. Twenty-year-old Slade Lamont has an arraignment scheduled for April 13 at 8:30 a.m. in Callaway County. Investigators say Lamont swung the hatchet and struck a county lieutenant in the leg on February 20 before being…
A 29-year-old Kingdom City woman hit a rare trifecta Saturday night in Columbia. Cassandra Albright was reportedly involved in three separate accidents. According to a press release from the Columbia Police Department, multiple calls came in at around 6:30 p.m. for a car that had crashed into a home in the 4500 block of Stevendave…
A pre-trail hearing yesterday saw a trail date of April 20th set for Heather Smith at the Boone County Courthouse. Smith is charged in Callaway County in the 2025 fatal shooting of a woman outside of a Holts Summit apartment. Smith is charged with second-degree murder, three counts of unlawful use of a weapon, armed…
Drivers near Kingdom City should plan for a weeklong closure on North Outer Road 70. The Missouri Department of Transportation says crews will shut down a section of the road from March 30 through April 4 to complete box culvert work. During that time, workers will fill in the old structure after recently finishing a…
The Fulton Police Department has released the name of the person that drowned early Thursday morning at Morningside Lake in Fulton. The man was identified as 39-year-olf Wallace Jerome Franklin Jr, of Fulton, MO. Authorities were unable to locate anyone upon arrival at the Lake Thursday morning, after receiving a call for a person in…
The Missouri State Highway Patrol pulled a drowning victim from Morningside Lake in Fulton Thursday morning. According to the Fulton Police Department, the Fulton PD, Fulton Fire Department and Callaway Ambulance District responded to a report of a person in the water yelling for help in Morningside Lake at around 10:09 a.m. today. First responders…
One person is dead after a house fire late Sunday night in Callaway County. Fire crews were called to a home on County Road 305 west of Fulton around 11:24 p.m., where they found the structure heavily involved in flames. Due to the intensity of the fire and unsafe conditions, firefighters were forced to take…
