Both eastbound lanes of I-70 are back open after being shut down due to a multiple vehicle crash this (Thursday) morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol the crash happened at the 122.0 mile marker between the Stadium and Midway exits. The accident occured when a 2000 Ram truck hit a patch of ice on…
Representative Jim Neely introduced house bill 437 today, proposing terminally ill Missourians have access to medical marijuana. The bill expands a 2014 law he sponsored known as the “right to Try act” which allows patients access to experimental drugs outside clinical trials before they are approved for use by the FDA.
One hundred twenty thousand dollars in damage is being estimated to an apartment complex at 2811 Mexico Gravel Road this (Thursday) morning. According to the Columbia Fire Department the cause was a result of attended cooking and originated in the kitchen around 12:18 am. There were a total of 22 occupants in the building. One…
Fulton Police arrested 4 people in relation to a stolen vehicle yesterday. Police report they attempted to stop the utility vehicle just before 1:00 PM when it pulled into a private driveway on South Business 54. The investigation revealed the vehicle had been stolen from Columbia. Arrested were Matthew Aldrich, James Bennett, Robert Gibson and…
The Missouri Easter District Court of Appeals upheld a jury’s verdict in the conviction of a Montgomery County man currently incarcerated for involuntary manslaughter. An Audrain County jury found Robert Scarlet guilty following a car crash in Montgomery County in 2013. The investigation uncovered Scarlet was intoxicated at the time, killing 18 year old Ryan…
Portions of Highway 54 in Callaway County will be closed next week for routine bridge inspections. The eastbound bridge over Richland Creek in Fulton will be inspected between 9AM and noon on Tuesday. The westbound bridge will be inspected between noon and 3:00. On Wednesday, the Auxvasse Creek bridge, east of Kingdom City, will be…
U.S. Representative, Blaine Luetkemeyer, has been sworn in for his fifth term as a member of 115th congress. Luetkemeyer represents Missouri’s third district, which includes Callaway, Camden, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln, Maries, Miller and Montgomery Counties. Luetkemeyer said in a statement today he will spend this term focusing on promoting reform in the economy, healthcare…
Sara Walsh, a Republican Party State Committeewoman from Boone County has announced her candidacy to replace Caleb Jones who is vacating his seat to become the new Deputy Chief of Staff. The 37 year old Ashland resident was planning to run for the position in 2018 when Jones would have been term-limited. Walsh intends to…
Missouri Governor-Elect Eric Greitens is not backing down on his opposition to state funding for sports stadiums, including a 200 million dollar soccer stadium in downtown St. Louis. Greitens told the St. Louis Post Dispatch yesterday he has “completely ruled out” funding, including the requested 40 million dollar tax credit for the soccer stadium project.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reports 2 fatalities during the New Year’s Holiday Counting Period. Troopers made 103 driving while intoxicated arrests, and 67 drug arrests. They also investigated 220 traffic crashes that yielded 84 injuries. During the same period last year, law enforcement agencies reported 954 traffic crashes, with 364 injuries and 7 fatalities.
Two people were arrested in a Callaway County burglary around 8:00 yesterday morning. Officers responded to an area near county roads 269 and 276 in Stephens where they found 35 year old Justin Archuleta and 36 year old Alicia Kauffman. Archuleta was booked into the Callaway County Jail on suspion of burglary, stealing and possession…
Fulton Police have arrested 2 people after finding them burglarizing a home on West 7th Street early yesterday morning. In a statement, officers report they found 40 year old Henry Nichols carrying items from the house. Nichols then led officers on a short foot pursuit where is was eventually taken into custody. Upon searching the…
Missouri Governor-Elect Eric Greitens announced he will be appointing Drew Juden as the Director of Public Safety. Juden is the Chief of Police in Sikeston. The announcement was made this morning at Zisser tire, the victim of severe looting and rioting during the unrest in Ferguson.
Little Dixie Fire Protection District responded to a natural cover fire that consumed around 5 acres of field yesterday afternoon in the 10 thousand block of Highway NN in Audrain County. Fire crews arrived on scene and found heavy smoke. The fire spread to properties owned by 2 neighbors. Firefighters were able to attack the…
