NEWS – Callaway County

Westbound drivers on I-70 in Callaway County will soon see a major traffic shift. Starting Tonight, crews will move traffic between mile markers 144 and 149 onto newly built median lanes as part of MoDOT’s… Read more: I-70 Westbound Shift Begins Tonight in Callaway County

Pending President Trump’s signature, the National Churchill Museum in Fulton will soon be recognized as a National Historic Landmark. It will be one of 36 in the state. Bills that would bestow that status to… Read more: Churchhill Museum to become Historic Landmark

A hit and run on Sunday in Kingdom City. Or should we call it a smash and dash? According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a car struck the Subway restaurant in Kingdom City and… Read more: Subway hit in Kingdom City

A 33-year-old Auxvasse woman was taken into custody Tuesday and charged with multiple offenses in Callaway County. Ciera Conatser, allegedly crashed into a victim’s vehicle on purpose. The victim being someone she is in a… Read more: Auxvasse woman charged with assault

A Callaway County jury has recommended prison time for a Holts Summit woman convicted in a 2025 deadly shooting. Heather Smith was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of 38-year-old Kara Dills, along… Read more: Jury Recommends 25 Years for Holts Summit Woman in Deadly Shooting

North Callaway’s transition into consolidating two existing elementary schools, Williamsburg and Hatton-McCredie, is nearing completion. Construction on a new facility being built next to the high school, began in December of 2024. Preparations are under… Read more: North Callaway readies for new Elementary School

Severe Thunderstorms have been rumbling across the listening area throughout the afternoon.  Storms that rolled through Columbia and Mexico earlier today contained nickel to quarter size hail. Earlier in the day, Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe… Read more: Storms roll across listening area, Auxvasse readies shelter

A heads up for drivers in mid-Missouri: starting April 23, the U.S. 54 ramp onto westbound I-70 will be closed as part of a traffic shift. MoDOT says eastbound U.S. 54 traffic will move onto… Read more: U.S. 54 Ramp to Westbound I-70 Closing April 23 for Traffic Shift

That two-vehicle accident that shut down Highway 54 in Callaway County on Wednesday, turned out to be fatal. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says a 2008 Ford Fusion collided with a southbound semi grain truck… Read more: Fulton man dies in Hwy 54 crash

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… Read more: Myers’ appoints Cowherd to fill open Fulton Council seat

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… Read more: Lamont scheduled for hearing in hatchet incident

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… Read more: Fulton and Columbia teens injured in I-70 accident