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Four JCMO crashes = six injuries

ABC – 17 — Six people were injured in four separate crashes in Jefferson City on Wednesday, police said. Only one of them suffered serious injuries. Three people were hurt in a crash on the Highway 54/63 southbound Missouri River bridge just before noon A motorcycle rider was badly hurt …

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Will Columbia man convicted of murder get a new trial?

The top lawyer for a Columbia man convicted of killing his wife in 2019 and burying her in Rock Bridge state park wants a new trial. St. Louis defense attorney Scott Rosenblum has filed a five-page motion for a new trial, saying Boone County Judge Brouck Jacobs erred in admitting …

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Marijuana convictions – topic for debate

A Missouri statehouse lobbyist thinks lawmakers will turn a kind eye to expunging criminal records of Missourians who were caught with marijuana …      Eapen Thampy also agrees with the Governor that lawmakers need to continue the debate on legalizing marijuana in Missouri. Thampy is still facing federal charges after …

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Fulton bus driver loses his job

ABC – 17 — A Fulton bus driver was fired Tuesday after being caught on video using his phone while driving students. The bus driver, 73-year-old Gary Storch said some of the things parents are saying about him aren’t true. Storch said he was only trying to bring a little …

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JCMO April ballot issues

ABC – 17 — Jefferson City voters will decide in April whether to allow the city to raise millions of dollars through bonds to upgrade its sewer system. The city council voted unanimously Monday night to put a $44 million bond issue on the April ballot. Jefferson City voters will …

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Snake breeder murder trial latest

(AP) — A Mid-Missouri woman shot and killed her husband at his snake breeding business because she was the beneficiary of his $1 million life insurance policy, which would have helped her financially struggling spa business. Lynlee Renick is on trial for first-degree murder in the June 8, 2017 death …

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More $ for state government workers?

(AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson is recommending a 5.5% pay raise and a $15-an-hour minimum wage for state employees. The Republican governor said he wants the pay increase to take effect Feb. 1. It would need approval from the state Legislature when the session begins in January. The pay …

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One Ft. Wood soldier is dead .. two other charged with murder

LEBANON, Mo. (AP) — One soldier was shot and killed and two others were charged with second-degree murder after they allegedly robbed two homes shortly after one of the suspects was married, Missouri authorities said. Ethan Williams, 23, died of a gunshot wound in Lebanon Friday night, Lebanon police said. …

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Omicron is in St. Louis

(AP) — Missouri health officials on Friday reported the state’s first presumed case of the omicron coronavirus variant in a St. Louis resident. The resident recently traveled within the U.S. It’s unclear if they are vaccinated.  

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