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Two dozen dead in Nashville tornado

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighborhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At least 24 people were killed, some in their beds, authorities said. The twisters that struck in the hours …

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No plea from husband in missing Columbia woman’s death

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man charged in his Chinese wife’s death pleaded not guilty to child abuse and domestic assault charges but a plea in the murder case was delayed. Joseph Elledge entered the pleas Monday to child abuse, endangerment and domestic assault. A plea on a first-degree …

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Mid-Mo Congressman is intrigued by Dem Presidential race

The ‘jockeying for position’ that is the Democratic Presidential Primary has them running scared in D-C. GOP Missouri Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer says he’s hearing from his more moderate Democratic colleagues … While Luetkemeyer isn’t sure who’ll be left standing when the smoke clears, he does think a Trump re-election is …

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Roadwork could delay your commute

A lane of northbound Highway 63 is closed over I-70 in Columbia. MoDot crews need to fix a bridge joint. The one-lane traffic on northbound 63 started last (sun) night. It will continue around-the-clock until Wednesday. Also today (mon).Route 179 is closing just south of I-70 near Wooldridge at the …

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Woman dies in 63 crash near Westphalia

A woman dies after an SUV crashes into a building off Highway 63. The patrol says Phyliss Copeland was the passenger in the SUV when it crashed into a metal post yesterday (sun) afternoon near Westphalia, flipped, and slammed into the building. The 72-year-old Vienna woman died. Driver Bobbie Copeland …

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Mexico Missouri man dies in Columbia hit and run

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – Police say a Missouri man has been killed in a hit-and-run crash in Columbia, and a woman has been arrested in the case. Station KOMU reports that the fatal crash happened early Friday morning, when 23-year-old Hunter Sadler, of Mexico, Missouri, was hit as he walked …

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Court documents provide information into 1991 Cole County killing

KMIZ ABC-17 — Cole County Prosecutor Locke Thompson filed a first-degree murder charge Thursday against William “Chris” Niemet in the 1991 shooting death of 15-year-old Greg Jones. First-Degree Murder Charge Cole County charges Chris Niemet with 1991 murder on Feb. 27, 2020 The probable cause statement supporting the murder charge …

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