The ‘J – Triple – C’ prison was on lockdown Wednesday after staff prevented an apparent escape attempt. No one was able to get out of the maximum security prison south of Jefferson City. Two inmates are being held in connection with the incident at the Jefferson City Correctional Center. …

A horse is dead after someone shot it with an arrow near Olean. Investigators also say the horse had its throat slit. Another horse was also shot with an arrow, but it lived. They say the arrow had been cut out of the dead horse. The Miller County Sheriff is …

Business and government leaders are nervous about will happen to some 800 – workers at Jefferson City’s ABB transformer plant after the company sells out to a Japanese firm. The sales of the factory in the Missouri River bottom is part of an $11 – billion deal to Hitachi. There’s …

A mid-Missouri man accused of murdering his young son last year has changed his plea to guilty. Matthew Hamm will be sentenced in February after admitting last week to second degree murder and abandonment of a corpse. Deputies found Hamm and the dead infant at a home in Fortuna in …

You’ll see some new state of the art ambulances on the roads in Cole County next year. Commissioners approved the purchase of two new ambulances for Cole County EMS. Several of the county’s older ambulances have high miles on them. EMS Chief Matt Lindewirth admits the units from both bidders …

It’s not the news Mid-Missouri city and county leaders were hoping for. Cole County Presiding Commissioner Sam Bushman says some requested funding for the planned Missouri river port didn’t materialize … It was $1 – million in seed money .. The Heartland Port Authority would potentially build a river port …

The victim is identified in a fatal Jefferson City shooting that happened last week. 33 – year old Justin Kammerich died after being shot at a home on Broadway last Wednesday. Another victim suffered critical gunshot wounds but survived. A 16 – year is now in custody in connection with …

A man and woman face charges after being caught with drugs and guns during a traffic stop. Callaway deputies pulled over Eric Marshall and Taylor Turkington near Williamsburg Saturday. A search turned up meth, pills, drug paraphernalia   and guns. Both face drug charges. Marshall also is charged with weapons …

No suspects are in custody yet in connection with two unrelated killings and the wounding of a third victim in Jefferson City. Two men were shot Wednesday night. One died .. the other has gunshot wounds. Earlier in the week, 23 – year old Lincoln – U student D’Angelo Bratton …

A victim is dead after a Mid-Missouri house fire. Crews were called to the home on Janice Drive in Iberia Tuesday morning. After getting inside, they found the victim dead. An investigation into the cause continues.