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Two people have to go to the hospital after a fiery crash shuts down I-70 near Boonville. The Highway Patrol says the wreck happened at about 11 …
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Mo. Task Force 1 begins missions in Florida
Missouri Task Force 1 spent a lot of time Thursday making sure buildings were safe in Panama City, Florida. They continued with that type of mission on …
Read More »After Michael’s rampage on Florida Panhandle: ‘Nothing Left’
(AP) – Hurricane Michael’s pounding waves and winds obliterated row after row of beachfront homes at ground zero on the Florida Panhandle when the epic Category 4 …
Read More »Luetkemeyer praises federal tax cuts
You’ll probably have a little more money in your pocket this holiday season than last year. Mid-Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer says he and his colleagues tweaked the …
Read More »Columbia man sentenced to 20 years in prison for 2016 rape
A Columbia man will spend the next 20 years in prison after he was convicted of first-degree rape in August. A judge sentenced 21-year-old Austin Campbell Thursday …
Read More »Quaker Window Products to build new plant, create 300 jobs
Construction starts in December on a big new mid-Missouri job maker. Quaker Windows and Doors is opening a $65 million manufacturing facility in Eldon. The state department …
Read More »Saudi delegation in Turkey for talks on missing writer
(AP) – Turkey’s state-run news agency says a delegation from Saudi Arabia has arrived in Turkey as part of an investigation into missing Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. …
Read More »Reported Trump-Xi meet as U.S. stocks dip, trade deficit hits record
(AP) China says it is in communication with the United States amid reports of a planned meeting between President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump next month …
Read More »Kanye West delivers jaw-dropping show in Oval Office
(AP) – Kanye West’s visit to the Oval Office will be remembered as a jaw-dropping performance. The rapper didn’t rap. But, seated across from President Donald Trump …
Read More »Unions sue over change to Missouri state employee law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – State employee unions are suing to block a new Missouri law that gave administrators greater leeway in hiring, firing and promoting some …
Read More »High-speed chase in mid-Missouri ends with arrest
A wanted Saint Louis man leads several local cops on a long high-speed chase. Investigators say James Hunt ran a stop light on Columbia’s Conley Road near …
Read More »Arrest made after Columbia armed robbery
An armed robbery suspect is now in Boone County Jail. Columbia Police say a woman was robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday night on Bus. Loop 70 just …
Read More »Missouri Task Force 1 heads to Panama City, Florida
Missouri Task Force 1 hit the road Thursday morning for Panama City, Florida, an area hit hard by Hurricane Michael. Most of the sixteen Boone County-based emergency …
Read More »Fulton police arrest overnight burglary suspect
Fulton Police nab a burglary suspect overnight. The alarm went off at the city public works building on Brookside Drive at about 1 a.m. Thursday. Officers say …
Read More »Deadly Hurricane Michael pushes through Southeast
(AP) — An official with an emergency management agency says Tropical Storm Michael is responsible for a child’s death in Georgia. News outlets report Seminole County Emergency …
Read More »Groundbreaking for middle school on Sinclair Road Thursday
Columbia celebrates the groundbreaking for its new middle school on Sinclair Road at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. So what’s next for the growing district? Superintendent Peter Stiepleman says …
Read More »Warren sentenced to 15 years for Columbia meth operation
It’s a 15-year prison sentence for the Columbia man who was part of a pretty big meth operation. Gary Warren agreed to sell drugs to a police …
Read More »Astronauts forced to make emergency landing
(AP) NASA says that two astronauts from the U.S. and Russia are in good condition after an emergency landing following booster rocket failure minutes after the launch. …
Read More »(AUDIO) Jay Ashcroft on voter ID ruling
Missouri Sec. of State Jay Ashcroft says he’s working with the attorney general’s office on an appeal of a Cole County judge’s ruling striking down key parts …
Read More »Columbia man sentenced for dealing heroin
A Columbia man is going to federal prison for a while over heroin trafficking and an illegal gun. Horashio Pritchett, 39, got a six-year sentence Wednesday. Police …
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