KWOS Jefferson City News Authority

Do you the think the young Springfield man who walked through a Wal Mart armed should face a charge of ‘making a terroristic threat’? Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson says the charge was appropriate … x250815 Thompson has mixed emotions about proposed so-called Red Flag laws. He says, while he …

Opening arguments took place yesterday (wed) in a lawsuit challenging the University of Missouri’s gun ban on campus. The Attorney General has stepped in for opponents of the ban. They argue it’s unconstitutional. The school argues allowing more guns on campus would be a safety risk. The bench trial is …

Heads up if you’ve used a credit or debit card lately at Hy-Vee. The store is reporting a data breach for customers at some fuel pumps, drive-thru coffee shops, and restaurants like Market Grille. No word yet on which stores were affected by the data breach, or when the breach …

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) – Authorities are searching property owned by Missouri Rep. Vicky Hartzler for a missing woman. The Cass County Sheriff Office said in a news release Tuesday that it’s working with Overland Park, Kansas police in the search for Silvia Pearson. Hartzler spokesman Steve Walsh confirmed that police …

An Ashland man has turned himself in on child rape charges. Christian Wynn will probably be in jail until his next hearing in three weeks. He is accused of having sex with someone younger than 14 years old in Boone County between 2015 and this June.  

One Columbia man is arrested after police say he crashed his car into playground equipment while trying to get away from the cops. Lamont Boone allegedly drove away from a traffic stop yesterday (tue) afternoon on Old Highway 63 near Stephens Lake Park and Lakewood Apartments. The car hit some …