One man arrested for meth possession in Moniteau County Wednesday seemed a little-clothes minded – deputies found him and another woman asleep inside a car parked in a random driveway on Highway P – and he was naked. 37-year-old Jeffrey Stoney and 55 year old Elizabeth Knox told authorities they …
Read More »Help KWOS help the disaster victims — all day today!
May 23rd, 2019 was a day that nobody in Mid-Missouri will soon forget, as an EF3 tornado ravaged parts of Jefferson City, Eldon and Brazito, and surrounding areas. Now, it’s your chance to help rebuild these great communities! We’ve teamed up Capital Region Medical Center, GFI Digital and other community …
Read More »*** NEW INFORMATION *** Shots fired in Wednesday west side Jefferson City incident
Investigators now say the trouble started with an attempted drug deal on Bel Air Drive on the west side of town yesterday (wed) afternoon. Two cars wound up chasing each other, and someone shot a gun from a Ford Mustang. One of those bullets wound up in an innocent person’s …
Read More »Former L-U staffer sues university
KMIZ– JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – A former employee of Lincoln University filed a lawsuit against the institution May 31 over alleged discrimination on the basis of race. ABC – 17 reports Sheila Gassner, a 55-year-old white woman, worked for the public university for nearly 30 years before her discharge on July …
Read More »*** UPDATE *** One arrest after near head-on crash with JCPD cop prompts west side manhunt
One suspect is in custody and officers continue to search for another after a police presence in a western Jefferson City neighborhood last night. JC-PD SWAT officers and other agencies were hunting for two suspects who nearly hit a police detective’s cruiser head-on Bel Air Drive around 5-pm … x610620 …
Read More »JCMO Memorial Airport bouncing back from the flood
Crews are now in the middle of the messy, smelly clean up at Jefferson City’s Memorial Airport. While water still sits on the runways, crews are ripping studs and drywall out of the terminal and the hangers. The floodwaters were up to almost four feet in some buildings. Repairs to …
Read More »Cole County ambulance staffers assist disaster victims .. again!
First responders keep giving back to Mid-Missouri’s disaster victims. A crew from Cole County Emergency Medical Services delivered an ambulance full of relief supplies … x360620 Michelle Brade says her team donated everything from kitchen, bathroom and personal care items to school supplies for kids. Cole County EMS plans a …
Read More »Holts Summit special election solves Ward 2 dilemma
Holts Summit finally has a Ward 2 alderman. Chris Redel won the tiebreaking vote over Lisa Buhr 59-to-39 yesterday (tue). They each got 35 votes in the April election. They were going to flip a coin to break the tie, but Buhr said no.
Read More »Flood waters start to fall
Flood waters are beginning to fall back in parts of mid-mo, and we’re getting some roads back. Modot says the Route 40 Missouri river bridge in Howard County is open, after being closed for a few weeks. Same for Route 87 north of Boonville, and 179 a little north of …
Read More »Prison time for a Moniteau County man in baby’s death
A mid-Missouri man accused in the death of his infant son has pleaded guilty in the crime – but denies committing it. Christopher Buxton entered an Alford plea this week (mon). The Jamestown man was arrested and charged in 2016 after his 2 and a half month old son died …
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