A 23-year-old man is dead after a hit and run crash on Paris Road. Police said Hunter Sadler was pronounced dead at the scene. A release from …
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Grand jury indicts Elledge on first-degree murder
A grand jury has indicted the Columbia man with a missing wife for first degree murder. The indictment for Joseph Elledge was announced Friday. He is accused …
Read More »Cole County officials arrest suspect in 1991 murder case
A man who was a person of interest in a nearly 30-year-old Cole County murder is now charged with the crime. Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson confirms …
Read More »Columbia police still on search for suspected purse thief
Columbia police officers remain on the lookout for a robbery suspect. Police say the robber stole a purse in the parking lot of Sam’s Club around 10 …
Read More »Missouri evaluates over 60 for new virus but none are ill
(AP) — Missouri health officials are keeping tabs on several dozen people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus or traveled to places that put them …
Read More »Fulton woman seriously hurt in I-70 crash
A Fulton woman’s car flips several times on Interstate 70. Troopers say Nicole Guilliams has serious injuries after the crash at 9:28 p.m. Thursday night east of …
Read More »(AUDIO) Local Bernie Sanders supporter Maren Bell Jones
Several polls show Bernie Sanders as the front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Supporter Maren Bell Jones with Our Revolution Mid-Missouri joined Wake Up …
Read More »Financial pain deepens as nearly 60 countries report virus
(AP) — A deepening health crisis became an economic one too Friday, with the virus outbreak sapping financial markets, emptying shops and businesses, and putting major sites …
Read More »Democrats eye Super Tuesday even as South Carolina looms
(AP) — Bernie Sanders will swing through North Carolina, Virginia and Massachusetts in the coming days. Elizabeth Warren will make stops in Texas and Arkansas. Amy Klobuchar …
Read More »Kansas man charged in Sedalia man’s death
(AP) — A Kansas man is charged with second-degree murder in a shooting death during the weekend in Sedalia. Daniel Fernandez, of Kansas City, Kansas, is accused …
Read More »New virus has infected 83,000 globally, caused 2,800 deaths
(AP) A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally. The World Health Organization has named the illness COVID-19, referring to its …
Read More »Man shot by FBI agent in Kansas City has died
(AP) — The FBI says a man who was shot by an agent in Kansas City has died. The agency said 35-year-old David William Irving was shot …
Read More »Lawsuit: 4,600 on Missouri public defender ‘wait lists’
(AP) — Civil rights advocates have sued to end Missouri’s use of public defender “wait lists,” a practice they contend deprives thousands of people of their right …
Read More »Man tied to Fulton shooting facing federal charges
A Columbia man tied to a Fulton shooting is now facing federal charges. Prosecutors indicted Lionel Gurley on Wednesday for being a felon in possession of a …
Read More »Boonville woman killed in I-70 crash at Rocheport bridge
A Boonville woman is dead after a crash at the Missouri River Bridge. Troopers said Chantel Winfield, 35, lost control of her car on the icy roads …
Read More »Trump urges calm even as US reports worrisome new virus case
(AP) — President Donald Trump declared that a widespread U.S. outbreak of the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe isn’t inevitable even as top health authorities at his side …
Read More »Gunman kills 5 at Milwaukee brewery before taking own life
(AP) — An employee opened fire Wednesday at one of the nation’s largest breweries in Milwaukee, killing five fellow workers before taking his own life, police said. …
Read More »Carey: Authorities “starting to get a handle” on local crime
Overall, Boone County Sheriff Dwayne Carey says he’s seeing progress in the fight against local violent crime. “It just kind of goes in spells, but yeah I …
Read More »Missouri Senate backs new limits on punitive damages after filibuster
(AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led Senate has advanced a bill tightening rules for punitive damages in liability lawsuits. The vote Wednesday came after Republicans agreed to set aside …
Read More »Basye bill adds parent notification to gender topics in schools
(Missourinet) State law could be changed to require that Missouri public school districts tell parents if class material, guest speakers, or displays in school mention sexual orientation …
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