(MissouriNet) — Two people had to be rescued after their pickup became stranded on a flood low water crossing near Rolla Friday. Drivers are being warned to obey road closures during the spring flooding season. Missouri State Highway Patrol Corporal Juston Wheetly says there have been many drowning deaths as …

KMIZ 17 – A contractor will begin a rehabilitation project this week on the U.S. Route 54/63 bridges over the Missouri River in Jefferson City. The project will extend the lives of both bridges. Beginning Monday, the contractor will repair the substructures of both bridges as the first phase of …

Missouri opens up a new tier of people eligible for the coronavirus vaccine today (mon). The group includes teachers and others considered “critical infrastructure.” Health departments start scheduling vaccine appointments today (mon). MU Health Care is vaccinating thousands of people at Faurot Field in Columbia on Friday and Sunday. About …

Boone County authorities say two people abandoned a corpse. They arrested Jamie Lee Chick of Columbia and Blake Williford of Centralia over the weekend. Investigators say they found out on the 7th that the resident of a home on Mount Zion Church Road was dead, after a burglary alarm went …

(KMIZ 17) — Former Libertarian candidate for Missouri governor in 2020 Rik Combs announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat for Missouri. Combs is a former senior officer in the United States Air Force for parts of three decades before retiring and serving as CEO for a consulting firm …

(MissouriNet) — An attempt to bolster Missouri’s gas tax has cleared the Missouri Senate today. The plan, which would boost the fee by 12-and-a-half cents gradually over five years would also offer a rebate. Senator Denny Hoskins, a Republican from west-central Missouri’s Warrensburg, opposes the plan intended to help repair …

(KMIZ 17) — A Jefferson City man was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison after pleading guilty to a shooting that happened in 2019. Antonio Ingram agreed to plead guilty to a count of unlawful use of a weapon.  in exchange for the plea all other charges against him …

A Callaway County man is found not guilty of a 2019 murder. ABC 17 reports a jury yesterday (thur) afternoon decided not to convict Michael Hatfield. He was arrested soon after 49-year-old James Newsom was found dead in a home in Readsville east of Fulton. Hatfield’s attorney says Hatfield shot …

(MissouriNet) — The owners of the now-defunct Circle of Hope Girls Ranch in southwest Missouri’s Humansville remain jailed without bond this (Thursday) morning, after pleading NOT guilty in Cedar County Court. Boyd and Stephanie Householder are from Nevada, near Humansville. Attorney General Eric Schmitt had to stop speaking at one …