Missouri Auditor Scott Fitzpatrick is releasing an audit this morning about Missouri Vocational Enterprises (MVE), which is run by the Missouri Department of Corrections. Auditor Fitzpatrick joined …
Read More »UPDATE: Columbia homicide suspect who barricaded himself at Forest Village had lengthy criminal history
(Story updated to include the exact dates of incarceration for Burnett) The Columbia Highlands homicide suspect who apparently shot and killed himself during a long standoff Tuesday …
Read More »Felon with Ties to Kansas City/Columbia Pleads Guilty to Murder in Deadly Columbia Burglary
Missouri’s attorney general says a convicted felon who broke into a retired FBI agent’s home in south Columbia in 2020 during a deadly burglary is heading to …
Read More »UPDATE: Mid-Missouri murder suspect found dead in Audrain County
A mid-Missouri parolee accused of murdering his mother and then absconding has been found dead in Audrain County, according to the “Mexico Ledger” newspaper. Newspaper managing editor …
Read More »Jefferson City’s Truman Building is backdrop for today’s state employee pay raise bill-signing
Jefferson City’s approximately 14,000 state employees will soon see an increase in their pay. Governor Mike Parson (R) will sign the bipartisan 8.7 percent pay raise for …
Read More »Missouri’s governor say his AG pick embodies faith, family and freedom
Missouri’s next attorney general is a familiar name in state government and at the Statehouse in Jefferson City. Governor Mike Parson (R) has appointed his office’s general …
Read More »Judge rejects bond for Columbia parolee who barricaded himself in house
Charges have been filed against the parolee who allegedly took a hostage Tuesday night before barricading himself inside a home near Douglass park for three hours. Boone …
Read More »UPDATE: Barricaded Columbia suspect was paroled from prison in 2021
Columbia Police have identified the parolee who allegedly took a hostage Tuesday night before barricading himself inside a home near Douglass park for two-and-a-half hours. The incident …
Read More »Additional sex-related charges filed against Jefferson City couple jailed without bond
A Jefferson City couple who were already jailed without bond for child sex charges are now facing additional federal child pornography charges. 33-year-old Paul Schofield and his wife …
Read More »UPDATE: Mid-Missouri couple charged with sexually assaulting child held without bond
Two former Missouri Department of Corrections (DOC) employees are jailed without bond this (Wednesday) morning, for allegedly videotaping their alleged sexual assault of an unconscious four-year-old child. …
Read More »Federal prosecutors: Jefferson City couple sexually assaulted four-year-old
A Jefferson City husband and wife are now facing federal charges for videotaping their alleged sexual assault on an unconscious four-year-old child. 33-year-old Paul Schofield and his …
Read More »Bipartisan opioid legislation that was approved unanimously by Missouri Legislature to be signed
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 …
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