A Mexico man is pleading guilty to charges stemming from a March pursuit that ended in Jefferson City. 23-year old Myron Samare Mahaney was a passenger in a vehicle that fled from a Missouri State Highway Patrolman on Highway 54 and ultimately crashed into stopped traffic on Dix Road in Jefferson City on March 14,…
Lincoln University in Jefferson City is seeing a rise in enrollment for the fall semester. Enrollment for the current semester is 1,833, a 2% increase from last fall’s 1,794 with full-time student numbers rising by the same percentage. The university has stepped up its focus on recruiting and admissions recently, including hiring regional remote recruiters…
According to Jefferson City Police, only one minor injury is the result of a four vehicle crash on the Missouri River Bridge last evening. The driver of a Fiat failed to stop in time in halted traffic causing four cars to pile up. The driver of the Fiat was the only injury and was transported…
Sean Hoehn, 41, of Holts Summit is in the Cole County Jail without bond after being arrested at a traffic stop by the Cole County Sheriff’s K9 Unit in the area of Hwy 50 and Hwy 179 in Jefferson City on Monday. He was arrested for possession of Meth and Heroin. The investigation continues.
Ashley Allen, Mindy Hees, Edger Walters are under arrest and being held at the Cole County Jail without bond for possession of a stolen firearm and several drug charges, including processing and packaging materials. Allen had possession of the weapon. They were arrested by Cole County Sherriff SWAT and the MUSTANG Drug Task Force as…
The State of Missouri’s Information Technology Services Division within the Office of Administration will hold a hiring event from 1 – 4 p.m. this Friday at the Harry S. Truman State Office Building, 301 West High Street, in Jefferson City. There are vacancies at all seniority levels. Interviews will be conducted onsite and applicants can…
The 2022 Special Olympics Missouri (SOMO) State Outdoor Games are coming to Jefferson City October 7-9. The Opening Ceremony will be at Binder Sports Complex on Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. There will be a parade of athletes, the Lincoln University Marching Band is performing, Miss Missouri, Clare Kuebler is throwing out the first…
Yesterday, Tod Ray Keilholz, 59, a business man from Jefferson City was arrested after being indicted by a federal grand jury for 52 counts of fraud involving more than $27.1 million dollars. The charges include $12.4 million dollars in Paycheck Protection Program loans under the temporary pandemic CARES Act. Keilholz will remain in federal custody…
Yesterday afternoon, a Jefferson City school bus getting ready to transport a volleyball team rolled downhill into a parking lot, injuring 9 young ladies. The bus was parked outside Jefferson City High School on Union Street. The driver exited the bus and entered the building and students began to board in his absence. For currently…
An apartment fire yesterday in the 800 block of Monroe in Jefferson city has displaced two adults and four children. The accidental fire started in the kitchen of a basement apartment and was contained to that area, although the entire unit sustained moderate damage. No one was home when the fire started and no injuries…
A Jefferson City student was subject to search after it was reported that the student may have had a weapon on a school bus. No weapon was found. However, he will be disciplined for possession of other prohibited items.
A Jefferson City woman, Iasha D. Cannady, was sentenced Tuesday to a dozen years in federal prison after pleading guilty in December to two counts of using explosive materials to damage a building and one count of possessing a Molotov cocktail. Cannady attacked two rental properties in July 2020– one in the 800 block of…
A protest against the Grain Belt Express power lines at the Public Service Commission (PSC) is today at 10:00 a.m. The “Tiger Connector” project, owned by Invenergy, includes a 40-mile electric transmission line through Audrain and Callaway counties. Protest organizers are concerned that local rates will increase and they are happy with current relationships and…
In Jefferson City, a man tending a yard near the shoulder of the road was struck by a passing car. On Southwest Boulevard, William Kaullen, 49, of Linn was using a weed-eater on the berm between the sidewalk and the road. A licensed juvenile driver veered from the roadway and hit him. Kaullen struck the…
Jefferson City and Fulton Schools are hiring more counselors and partnering with local mental health professionals to protect our children. The American Counseling Association Knowledge Center survey results indicate that about half of Americans, mostly those under 18, now meet some of the diagnostic criteria for mental disorder. They say that suicidal ideation, extreme depression…
