ST. LOUIS (AP) – A man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for blowing up his ex-wife’s car outside a St. Louis home where she and the couple’s teenage son were sleeping. Dean McBaine, of Jefferson City, was sentenced Wednesday for possession of an unregistered destructive device. …

(MissouriNet) — Governor Mike Parson’s 30 billion dollar budget proposal includes a two-percent pay raise for most state workers beginning next January. MoDOT and Conservation are not included in the pay increase because those departments work under a different pay boost system. Parson’s proposed raise builds upon his state worker …

(MissouriNet) — Missouri’s governor will release his budget blueprint today in Jefferson City. Governor Mike Parson signed a 29-point-seven billion dollar state operating budget into law last summer, which included a three percent pay raise for state employees. State Budget Director Dan Haug will unveil the Parson administration’s budget blueprint …

ST. LOUIS (AP) – One day after St. Louis’ top prosecutor filed a federal lawsuit alleging a concerted and racist conspiracy to push her out of office, other black female prosecutors from across the U.S. are defending Kim Gardner, saying they’ve faced the same resistance in their own communities. Six …

A Mexico Missouri woman dies in a crash on Highway 54 in Callaway County. The patrol says Nicki Nation’s car crashed into the back of a truck yesterday (tue) afternoon on the highway near Auxvasse (uh-VAWZ). She was 39 years old. The man in the truck was not hurt. Another …

The staffer in the North Callaway school district who sent sexually-suggestive text messages to an underage student will avoid prison time. Davonte Kyles has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor attempted sexual contact with a student. The former middle school track coach gets two years’ probation. Authorities say Kyles sent inappropriate messages …

The lawyer for a Columbia man with a missing wife wants his client’s trial to take place elsewhere. Joseph Elledge’s attorney filed for a change in venue for his February trial. The lawyer pointed to intense media coverage of the case. Elledge is facing child abuse and endangerment charges. He …

A man tied to a killing at a Columbia Waffle House will spend decades in prison. The Daily Tribune reports Matthew McMillan got a 30-year prison sentence yesterday (mon). He is not the guy who shot and killed Anthony Warren at the restaurant on Vandiver on New Year’s Day of …

A few districts are running snow routes today (mon), as road crews continue to clean up that mess of precipitation we got at the end of last week. Columbia Regional Airport had a record two-plus inches of rain fall Friday during thunderstorms. That led to flooding that still has a …

No luck finding the guy who robbed a Columbia credit union last week. Police have now released surveillance pictures of the suspect in the robbery of the United Credit Union on Falling Leaf Lane on Tuesday. He did not try to be sneaky about it.he wore a multi-colored hoodie with …