Mid-Missouri News

(AP) – Max Scherzer became the 17th pitcher since 1900 to strike out 300 batters in a season, reaching that milestone by fanning 10 in seven innings …

A convicted Mid-Missouri killer dies in prison. The Missouri Department of Corrections confirms 44-year-old Sandra Plunkett died last week at the Chillicothe prison. Plunkett was convicted in …

(AP) – A newspaper reports screenshots of text messages show former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens and his staff used a message-deleting app to discuss government business. The …

Have you taken a “Spin” on Jefferson City’s new orange bicycles yet? Plenty of locals are using the rental bikes. JCPD Sergeant Jason Payne says it’s been …

(AP) – Political committees with ties to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and former President Barack Obama are aiming digital messages to black voters in five states …

(AP) Bill Cosby has left a Pennsylvania courtroom in handcuffs to begin serving a three-to-10 year prison sentence for sexual assault. Defense lawyers tried to keep the …

Columbia Police are looking for suspects after a couple cases of shots fired on Monday. Authorities got calls about gun shots in the Whispering Meadows subdivision off …

It turns out the former Callaway County Collector was collecting a lot of cash for herself. Pam Oestreich pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to embezzling …

(Missourinet) The Missouri Supreme court won’t determine the fate of a ballot measure proposing to change the way voting districts are drawn up. The high bench declined …

(AP) – Brett Kavanaugh says he won’t let “false accusations” drive him from his quest to win Senate confirmation to the Supreme Court. That’s part of an …

A seven-year-old has minor injuries after a Cole County bus crash. The Highway Patrol says say the bus was trying to cross Highway 50 at Henwick Lane …

It’s a lesser charge for one of the people involved in a deadly botched drug deal in Columbia in 2016. The Daily Tribune reports Dariel Reid (pictured, …

A California, Mo. man has died in a car accident in the southwest corner of the state. The Highway Patrol says Billy Penn crossed the center line …

(AP) – Eleven days ago, Lee Gantt was at a Hurricane Florence party in her neighborhood in Georgetown, where the story is that some houses near the …

Cole County commissioners are considering an engineering study. The new county jail has unfinished shell space where they could expand and add cells for about 200 more …

The head of the Missouri Corrections Officers’ Association says state prison workers need more pay. Gary Gross tells Missourinet those officers make an average of $29,500, below …

(AP) – The White House says President Donald Trump and his embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spoke on Monday and will meet Thursday at the White …

An Iowa man is going to federal prison for a while on child sex crimes, thanks to the work of an undercover Boone County Sheriff’s Department detective. …

Columbia police have confirmed shots fired at a home near the I-70 connector. Officers found shell casings at Eastwood Drive and Clark Lane at about 5:30 a.m. …

(AP) – A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court. It …