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A traffic stop leads Callaway County authorities to drugs and guns in Williamsburg. Deputies pulled over Eric Marshall of Curryville and Taylor Turkington of Elsberry on Saturday …
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Blunt makes cautious response to Obamacare ruling
Missouri Republican Senator Roy Blunt was a guest on NBC’s Meet the Press for the fourth time this year Sunday. Senator Roy Blunt – R appearing on …
Read More »Saudi Arabia rejects US Senate’s ‘interference’ in kingdom
(AP) – Saudi Arabia says it rejects last week’s U.S. Senate resolution that put the blame for the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi squarely on Saudi …
Read More »Fulton traffic stop leads to drug arrest
Two Jefferson City natives are in jail after a Fulton traffic stop. Police pulled over a car at William Woods and Dunham Drive at about 1 a.m. …
Read More »Zinke resigns as interior secretary
(AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, facing federal investigations into his travel, political activity and potential conflicts of interest, will be leaving the administration at year’s end, …
Read More »Federal judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional
(AP) — A federal judge’s ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who’ve seen the politics of health …
Read More »Mulvaney picked as Trump’s next chief of staff
(AP) — President Donald Trump has picked budget director Mick Mulvaney to be his acting chief of staff, ending a chaotic search in which several top contenders …
Read More »Second arrest in November Jefferson City killing
Jefferson City investigators have made progress when comes to November’s homicide of 19-year-old Nilez Nichols during an apparent drug deal gone bad. A 15-year-old is the second …
Read More »Nationwide email bomb threat scare hits Columbia
Cities and schools all over the country are dealing with bomb threats sent by email. Police say that includes several received in the Columbia area. They request …
Read More »Juvenile arrest after New Bloomfield school threat
Another threat has been made at a local school. Callaway County authorities say a juvenile threatened violence Thursday afternoon at New Bloomfield High School. That student was …
Read More »Chiefs lose on late Chargers comeback
(AP) – Philip Rivers led the Chargers to a pair of touchdowns in the final minutes, then hit Mike Williams for the go-ahead 2-point conversion with 4 …
Read More »MoDot director warns of hours-long delays on I-70
(Missourinet) The Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) director warned Thursday in Columbia about future massive traffic backups on I-70 in mid-Missouri, after the failure of a ten-cent …
Read More »MSHP: Two arrested with 300 pounds of marijuana
Two men are arrested with an offensive lineman-sized amount of marijuana on I-70. Mexican national Felix Lopez Gutierrez, 34, and 19-year-old Jonathan Padilla from Fresno, California, were …
Read More »Ex-Trump lawyer: Hush money paid over election concerns
(AP) – President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer says he bought the silence of two women because Trump was “very concerned” about how their stories of alleged …
Read More »Tainted romaine lettuce traced to at least 1 California farm
(AP) — U.S. health officials have traced a food poisoning outbreak from romaine lettuce to at least one farm in California. But they cautioned Thursday that other …
Read More »Autopsy set for migrant girl, 7, who died in border custody
(AP) – Immigration officials say an autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death of a 7-year-old migrant girl who suffered seizures in custody and …
Read More »Columbia man sentenced over local prostitution ring
A Columbia man gets 15 years in prison without parole for his part in a local prostitution ring. Kenneth Jones, 26, got his sentence Thursday in federal …
Read More »Strasbourg market attack suspect killed in police shootout
(AP) — The man authorities believe killed three people during a rampage near a Christmas market in Strasbourg died Thursday in a shootout with police at the …
Read More »McCaskill critical of Senate in farewell speech
(Missourinet) Missouri Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill had sharp words for her colleagues during her final prepared speech in the chamber’s floor Thursday. The two-term office holder in the …
Read More »Moberly man deemed sexually violent predator
A Randolph County jury decides a Moberly man is a sexually violent predator. The Missouri Attorney General’s office said Thursday that Daniel Jensen recently got eligible for …
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