Five inmates, and two officers have injuries following a crash involving a Missouri Department of Corrections van and a tractor trailer during the afternoon hours of Tuesday, December 12, 2023. According to a DOC spokesperson the inmates and officers were on their way to facilities in the western part of the state when their van…
Moser’s Food Stores is being acquired by Pro Food Systems, Inc (PFSbrands). Moser’s operates supermarkets in eight locations in Audrain, Boone and Callaway counties, as well as in Warrenton. The acquisition is happening through its parent company, the Show Me Oil Company, which also operates a convenience store. PFSbrands is headquartered in Holts Summit, and…
A Higbee man is dead after a two-car accident in Boone County during the morning hours of Monday, November 20. 2023. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened on West Missouri 124, 881 feet east of Perche Creek. A vehicle driven by 35-year-old Frankie T. Sloan of Columbia crossed the center…
A Centralia teen is dead and a Sturgeon teen has serious injuries following a two-car accident in Boone County during the afternoon hours of Thursday, November 16, 2023. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report it happened on MO 124 at Route CC. A vehicle driven by 18-year-old Madison L. McArthur of Sturgeon…
11,118 deer were harvested during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2023 deer hunting season this past weekend on October 28th and 29th. Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation was released this (Monday) morning and showed Franklin was the top county with 258 deer harvested. Audrain County checked in with 99, Boone County…
Two horses are dead and one person is recovering from injuries following an accident on U.S. Highway 63 near Sturgeon yesterday (Friday) afternoon. According to a report from KMIZ 17, the Boone County Fire Protection District said a tractor trailer rear ended the back of a horse trailer and was stuck. The driver of the…
According to a press release from the Callaway County Sheriff’s Office, on October 5, 2023 at approximately 11:12 PM, Callaway County Sheriff’s Office deputies were on routine patrol in the Kingdom City area. While on patrol deputies observed 54 year old Michael Benney of Centertown, entering a vehicle at a local gas station. Depuies were…
A Centralia teen has minor injuries after a one-car accident in Boone County last (Wednesday) night. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol it happened on Route CC at Dinwiddie School Road when a 16-year-old boy was driving his 2002 Dodge Intrepid too fast for conditions and failed to navigate a curve. The vehicle crossed into…
Two Centralia women and a Columbia teen have injuries after a two-car accident in Boone County on Thursday, August 31, 2023. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol accident report it happened on Route B at Route HH. A vehicle driven by a 17-year-old girl from Columbia was stopped waiting to turn left and was rear…
Nine people have injuries after a one car-accident in Boone County yesterday (Sunday) morning. According to the Missouri Highway Patrol accident report it happened when a 2010 Honday Odyssey driven by 47-year-old Freddie Thomas of Columbia malfunctioned causing the vehicle to travel off the roadway and overturn. 33-year-old Quania L. Lambert, and eight juveniles ages…
Portions of Route D in Audrain County will be closed for culvert replacement operations starting Aug. 21 from Route HH to County Road 975. Work will take place between 8 a.m. and 4p.m. Additional stretches of Route D in the area will close for similar work that is expected to wrap up on Aug. 23….
A Fulton man is facing charges after an arrest in connection to the threat that put Boone Hospital Center on lockdown Thursday night. 22-year-old James Dean Lolley was booked into the Boone County Jail on a requested charge of second-degree making a terroristic threat, according to online jail records. Lolley was released on bond. Official…
Boone Hospital has resumed normal operations after going into lock down the night of Thursday, August 10, 2023. According to a spokesperson for Boone Hospital the hospital went into lock down after Boone County Joint Communications received a call from an individual threatening the hospital. Boone hospital said the threat was not credible, however all…
Multiple employees at Boone Health will have their positions eliminated. Boone Health made the announcement yesterday (Monday) that 62 of its 2,320 positions will be eliminated as a response to increasing costs and changing reimbursements. The health care company said out of the 62 positions, 47 are currently unfilled and 15 are held by current…
