Boone County officials will have to find another way to address jail overcrowding after voters rejected Proposition L. The measure would have created a three-eighths-cent sales tax for 15 years to pay for a new jail. Sheriff Dwayne Carey says the county currently has 457 people in custody, despite having space for just 246. The…
A former Moberly daycare owner has been sentenced to 14 years in the Missouri Department of Corrections for abusing children in her care. Naomi Hess was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in August to four counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a child. The charges stem from a 2024 investigation at her daycare, Play…
A 40-year-old man is in custody after a SWAT standoff at a Jefferson City home Wednesday afternoon. Police say an officer spotted the man near the 100 block of Ventura Avenue and recognized him as having outstanding felony warrants. He ran into a nearby home and hid in the attic. Officers used thermal imaging to…
A former Moberly daycare owner is scheduled to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Naomi Hess previously pleaded guilty in a case involving allegations of physical and emotional abuse at her daycare, Play N’ Learn. The allegations involved three two-year-olds and a three-year-old. Hess was…
all of the votes are in, this is how voting went in yesterday’s General Election. Missouri Amendment 3 which would restricts abortion and transgender healthcare for minors DEFEATED (NO vote) by a 55-44% margin Amendment 6 which makes it harder for lawmakers to change citizen-led ballot initiatives PASSED by a 59-40% margin. Amendment 7 which…
Sheriff’s deputies in Boone and Cole counties conducted Halloween safety checks on registered sex offenders. In Boone County, 32 offenders were checked October 31st. Nine were found potentially in violation, with five receiving violations and four cases still under investigation. In Cole County, deputies checked 165 registered offenders. Sixteen were potentially non-compliant, and three people…
A Glasgow man faces felony charges after allegedly driving drunk, crashing into another vehicle and escaping from a patrol car while handcuffed. Thirty-year-old Ryan Suttner was arrested early Sunday after deputies found his Dodge Charger in a ditch along County Road 210. Court documents say Suttner managed to get out of the back of a…
Two men have been charged following a shooting at the Walmart on Grindstone Parkway in Columbia. Twenty-five-year-old Antory King and 27-year-old Michael Otey each face two counts of armed criminal action and first-degree assault. Both also face weapons charges involving the shooting at a motor vehicle. The victim, a 46-year-old man, was reported in stable…
A suspect is in custody following a law enforcement manhunt near Moberly Regional Medical Center. Multiple law enforcement agencies responded to the area Monday, prompting warnings for nearby residents to secure their homes and avoid the area. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office announced just before midnight that the operation had concluded and an all-clear was…
Four people have been displaced after an early-morning fire damaged a duplex in Jefferson City. Firefighters were called just before three o’clock Tuesday morning to the 21-hundred block of Red Oak Drive. Crews found flames in the attic that had broken through the roof. Six fire units responded, including five from Jefferson City and one…
Drivers traveling through Kingdom City can once again use U.S. 54 and Interstate 70 after crews completed demolition of the old highway bridges ahead of schedule. The roads reopened Sunday. The demolition is part of the ongoing transportation work in the area. Drivers should still watch for changing traffic patterns and construction activity as the…
Jefferson City police are investigating gunfire at a large gathering in northwest Jefferson City. Officers were called around 1:15 Saturday morning to 2411 Industrial Drive, where several hundred people were attending an event. Police found spent shell casings in a nearby roadway and a bullet-damaged vehicle in the parking lot. No injuries were reported, and…
An 18-year-old Ashland man is facing a felony D-W-I allegation after a crash seriously injured a passenger in Randolph County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says John Griggs lost control of a pickup around one Sunday morning on County Road 1130, north of Clifton Hill. The truck left the roadway and overturned. A 19-year-old Salisbury…
Columbia police are investigating a shots-fired incident at the Walmart on Grindstone Parkway in south Columbia. Officers were called to the store Sunday evening, shortly after seven o’clock. Police blocked off the parking lot, evacuated customers and brought in crime-scene investigators. At least one ambulance left the scene. The investigation remains ongoing. Police have not…
Two men have been arrested in connection with a weekend shooting in downtown Columbia that left a 36-year-old woman critically injured. Police arrested 28-year-old Demarquen Allen and 23-year-old Iseah Jackson, both of Columbia. Allen faces charges of unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. Jackson faces charges of being a felon in possession…
