A Columbia police officer pleads guilty to a lesser charge in the death of a four-year-old. Andria Heese admitted to careless driving yesterday (tue). Heese had been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the January 2019 death of Gabriella Curry. Investigators say Heese ran over Curry with her police cruiser at …

(MissouriNet) — The governor is expected to sign off on gas tax increase—but an advocacy group is moving forward in trying to put the question on a general election ballot. Lawmakers approved the state’s 17-cent-a-gallon gas tax to 29.5 cents over five years, including a refund if consumers collect receipts. …

Columbia Regional Airport’s passenger numbers are rebounding. About 10-thousand people flew out last month. That’s about half of a typical month before the pandemic, but way up from April of last year. American Airlines just announced it’s adding a fifth daily flight next month. Mike Parks with the airport says …

A Jefferson City man is dead after a weekend shooting at a popular Lake of the Ozarks bar. The Camden County Sheriff says 27 – year old Vonza Watson was shot and killed around 11 – Saturday night at the Lazy Gators complex at the Lake. Three people are in …

(JCFD) – The Jefferson City Fire Department responded to a report of a structure fire in the 2300 block of St. Louis Road at 0618 hours on May 28, 2021.  The first fire company arrived and reported a significant amount of fire and smoke coming from the back of the …

KWOS – Jefferson Bank / Person You Should Know with Austin Peterson & John Marsh  May 21, 2021 / Week 3 Angie Stiefermann / Communications Supervisor / JCPD This person is known as the VOICE OF CALM in Emergencies This person work as an EMT at age 19 and served …

A registered sex offender in Jefferson City is accused of trying to contact a young girl. Police arrested 69 – year old Norman Jolly this week. He’s now been charged with first degree stalking. The mother of a 12-year old girl told police Jolly tried to get in contact with …

KMIZ 17 – A Jefferson City police officer suffered minor injuries during an assault Wednesday night. Officers stopped several people while trying to investigate a disturbance with weapons in the 200 block of W. Atchison. Police said three men kept walking and ignored officers. Eventually, police detained the men in …

Missouri has the ‘Castle Doctrine’ on the books and Mark McCloskey decided to use it. He’s the St Louis attorney who, along with his wife, face charges after they used guns to hold off protestors in their upscale neighborhood last summer …       McCloskey says he’ll run for Roy Blunt’s U-S …

(AP) — The Missouri Highway Patrol is reviewing allegations that Republican Rep. Chad Perkins had sex with a drunk 19 year old while on duty as a police officer in 2015. Highway Patrol Capt. John Hotz confirmed to The Associated Press Thursday that the agency received a request for an …