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You should start getting Amber Alerts about missing children a lot faster. The Highway Patrol’s Sgt. Scott White says you’ll get that information almost as soon as …
Read More »Authorities say Amber Alert system has improved
Senator and medical doctor does not support PDMP
A state Senator, who is also a medical doctor, does not support a prescription drug monitoring program for Missouri. “It’s a policy, well-meaning, ‘We’re going to do …
Read More »Construction worker dies from wall collapse in Jefferson City
A wall fell at a Jefferson City construction site, leaving a worker dead. Authorities say the collapsed retaining wall near the Old St. Mary’s Hospital trapped Jacob …
Read More »Wanted Mexico man caught in vacant, burning home
A wanted man apparently smokes himself out of a Mexico home. Authorities say they learned about a vacant home with smoke coming from it on Union Street …
Read More »Lucky’s Market to stay open in Columbia
It appears that Lucky’s Market in Columbia will remain open. The grocery store chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection this week. It announced last week that …
Read More »Columbia rape, invasion of privacy suspect’s trial begins
A Columbia rape and sodomy suspect who was on the run for months is finally scheduled to go on trial on Tuesday. Jay Robinson, 44, is facing …
Read More »Trump lawyers raise defenses as pressure grows for witnesses
(AP) — President Donald Trump’s legal team is raising a broad-based attack on the impeachment case against him even as it mostly brushes past allegations in a new book …
Read More »DeVos touts school choice plan during Jefferson City speech
(Missourinet) Federal Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos made a quick visit to Jefferson City Monday to give the keynote speech for the Federalist Society, a group of …
Read More »Missouri House passes bill targeting wind energy line
(AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led state House has voted against the use of eminent domain for a large wind-energy power line. Lawmakers voted 118-42 Monday to prevent using …
Read More »Pilot of Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog
(AP) Authorities say the veteran pilot of a helicopter that crashed near Los Angeles, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, tried to avoid fog so heavy it …
Read More »Missouri lawmakers say Supreme Court got it wrong on bail changes
(Missourinet) Eighty-two state lawmakers have signed a letter denouncing the Missouri Supreme Court’s rule changes limiting judges from requiring bail. A task force – including prosecutors, defense …
Read More »Trump to unveil his Middle East peace plan
(AP) President Donald Trump is set to unveil his administration’s much-anticipated Middle East peace plan in the latest American venture to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Odds of …
Read More »US advises travelers to avoid all of China
(AP) U.S. health officials have changed their travel advice to American travelers planning to go to China. Previously, the agency advised travelers to avoid any non-essential travel …
Read More »Supreme Court allows enforcement of new green card rule
(AP) A divided Supreme Court is allowing the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food …
Read More »Columbia coffee shop owner sentenced for dealing marijuana
The owner of Coffee Zone in downtown Columbia is going to federal prison for his role dealing more than a hundred pounds of marijuana. Osama Yanis, 49, …
Read More »Victim identified after Jefferson City house fire
One person dies in a Jefferson City house fire. Authorities say the fire started at about 6 p.m. Sunday on Laurel Drive south of the Highway 54 …
Read More »Boonville woman sentenced for role in 2016 I-70 shootout
A judge announces a ten-year prison sentence for the Boonville woman who shot at the cops during a high-speed chase on I-70. Victoria Buol, 27, got that …
Read More »Alabama fire chief confirms 8 deaths in boat dock fire
(AP) The fire chief in Scottsboro, Alabama, says at least eight people were killed in an explosive fire that consumed at least 35 vessels along the Tennessee …
Read More »Police: Two violent crimes in west Columbia unrelated
It looks like two violent crimes minutes apart, and less than a mile apart, in west Columbia were not related. Three people with guns robbed the Domino’s …
Read More »Kobe Bryant dies in helicopter crash
(AP) — Former Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter were among nine people who died after their helicopter went down Sunday morning about …
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