Bipartisan legislation aimed at increasing opioid addiction treatment will be signed into law by Missouri’s governor on Thursday morning in Jefferson City. The governor will sign six …
Read More »Former inmate and current Columbia business owner Trey Dawson appears on “Wake Up Columbia”
Columbia native Trey Dawson was released from Jefferson City’s Algoa Correctional Center on Christmas Day 2019. Dawson says he’s served time in five prisons in Missouri and …
Read More »UPDATE: Columbia murder suspect has been captured
A Columbia murder suspect has been captured and is jailed in Boone County without bond. He’ll be arraigned at 1 this (Thursday) afternoon in Boone County Circuit …
Read More »Arrest made after shooting on Columbia’s Clinkscales road
A Columbia man who was shot during Wednesday morning’s incident at a home on Clinkscales has been arrested for burglary and for domestic assault. Columbia Police say …
Read More »UPDATE: Suspect killed in Fulton’s deadly home invasion was a convicted murderer
Fulton Police have confirmed that the suspect killed after Monday night’s home invasion was a convicted killer on parole from prison. Police believe 45-year-old Willie Thompkins was …
Read More »Parole revoked for a convicted mid-Missouri killer who barricaded himself in a house
Missouri’s Probation and Parole Board has quickly revoked the parole of a convicted killer who barricaded himself inside his Moberly home for more than 20 hours. 59-year-old …
Read More »Moberly Police identify suspect charged with murder for fentanyl overdose death
A parolee who’s charged with murder for a January overdose death in Moberly has been in-and-out of prison for the past decade. 939 the Eagle News has …
Read More »Cole County jury convicts Jefferson City man of murder
A Jefferson City man faces a potential life prison sentence, after being convicted of second degree murder for a 2018 killing. A Cole County jury deliberated for …
Read More »Closing arguments expected in Jefferson City murder trial
Cole County prosecutors and defense attorneys are expected to deliver closing arguments later today in a murder trial involving a suspect who was 16 at the time …
Read More »Boone County Prosecutor Knight: there were more victims in Joanthony Johnson case
Boone County’s longtime prosecutor says Joanthony Johnson could be the most prolific serial rapist in county history. Dan Knight made his comments during a recent interview with …
Read More »UPDATE: Charles Erickson to be released from a Missouri prison in January
939 the Eagle News has confirmed that Missouri’s Probation and Parole Board has scheduled a January release date for Charles Erickson, the Columbia man who pleaded guilty …
Read More »Jefferson City Probation and Parole district employees relocated, after fire
Jefferson City firefighters confirm the Probation and Parole district office on West Main street is a total loss, after Thursday’s blaze. The fire closed streets and also caused …
Read More »Several hundred attend Boonville-area job fair, hoping to land positions at Kawasaki and other companies
More than 300 job seekers and students packed a Thursday job and education expo in Boonville, dropping off resumes to work at Kawasaki and dozens of other Boonville-area …
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