Four people have now died in that crash yesterday (wed) on I-70 just east of Columbia. Authorities say a tractor trailer hauling some cars caught fire a little before noon, backing up traffic. The deadly, six-vehicle pileup happened minutes later a couple miles east of there. The wreck closed the …

A young woman reported missing in mid-Missouri has been found dead. Searchers spotted the body of Raffaela Stroik this (wed) morning in Mark Twain Lake. It was near where her car was abandoned close to the boat ramp off Highway 107. Stroik was 23 years old. She was a dancer …

Will you see Medicaid expansion get any traction during the upcoming legislative session? The Missouri Budget Project’s Tom Kruckmeyer isn’t so sure. He says lawmakers haven’t given it much of a priority. The former State Government Chief Economist says opponents claim expanding Medicaid would cost taxpayers. Kruckmeyer says that’s not …

One man is behind bars after leading cops on a car chase through three counties. The chase began after officers got a report about a car being stolen at gunpoint near Eldon Tuesday morning. The driver was spotted on Highway – 52 but didn’t stop. The chase eventually led through …

A corrections officer is attacked by an inmate at the JC-CC prison. The officer was taking the inmate to a segregation cell Monday when he pulled a homemade knife and slashed the guard’s face. The officer was stitched up and came back to work the same day. No one else …

Gov. Parson on Tuesday appointed Eric Schmitt to replace Josh Hawley as Missouri Attorney General. Schmitt was elected Missouri Treasurer in November 2016, the same election that Hawley was voted in as attorney general. He was a state lawmaker before that. Hawley defeated Claire McCaskill in last week’s U.S. Senate …

(A-P) — Governor Mike Parson will announce his pick to replace Josh Hawley this morning. Missouri Constitution states the governor gets to pick replacements for vacated postilions unless otherwise prohibited by law. The attorney general position will be vacated by Josh Hawley. He beat Claire McCaskill for a Senate seat …

The face of the military has definitely changed since you were in. Retired Major General Hank Stratman says women play much more of a role than ever before … especially in high tech career fields. Stratman, who’s originally from Vienna, spent 33 – years in the Army. He’s now a …

A Rocky Mount man could spend four years in prison after admitting to a abandoning a dead body. Darrell Willis admits to helping hide the body of Joanna Anderson in a 55 – gallon drum after she vanished in 2016. Willis told detectives he and Anderson’s husband, Steven Swon hid …

(KMIZ) — UPDATE 11:45 A.M.: MoDOT’s traveler map shows more mid-Missouri roads are becoming snow-covered. The map at about 11:40 a.m. showed Interstate 70 was partly covered by snow from Kansas City to a point east of the Route Z exit in Boone County. Conditions on Highway 240 between Glasgow …