(MISSOURINET) – Democratic Senator Claire McCaskill’s campaign claims the right-leaning Project Veritas committed fraud in its production of hidden camera video of her and her staff. Campaign manager David Kirby Wednesday called on the state Attorney General’s office to investigate the activities as a violation of the Missouri Merchandising Practices …

We know the name now of the man who died in a helicopter crash in Callaway County. Deputies say the chopper went down yesterday (wed) afternoon in a rural area near Bartley Lane a little east of Fulton. 47-year-old Charles Prather of Saint Peters died. No one else was on …

Dale Earnhardt, Richard Petty … and Ryu Taggert. The Mid-Missouri race car driver has been picked to be part of NASCAR’s Drive 4 Diversity effort. The program offers racing opportunities to a select few of the very best minority drivers in the U-S … Taggert, who’s not even out of …

Would you volunteer to serve on a city commission if it wasn’t for the time commitment? The Jefferson City Council narrowly okays a plan to allow those committees to vote electronically … Councilman Ken Hussey says he supports the idea to let those advisory groups vote by video conference or …

A one-time coach and counselor pleads guilty to having sex with one of her students. Clairyssa Lorenz was put on five years probation. She admitted to having sex with the 16 – year old boy during the summer of Lorenz worked as a counselor in California schools and coached softball …

There’s now a lawsuit filed in connection with a partial building collapse here in Jefferson City. The owner of the building at 200 – East High is  suing his next door neighbor. Andy Neidert’s suit says he wasn’t responsible for maintaining the wall between his building and the adjacent structure …

(MissouriNet) — Missouri’s prison system has a possible record shortage of about 800 correctional officers. Department of Corrections Director Anne Precythe  Precythe says the agency has 16 new hiring initiatives for its 22 prisons and she hopes to go to the Legislature next year with ways to boost employee pay.

A Mid – Missouri man is accused of trying to run over a utility vehicle with two people inside. Moniteau County deputies say they spotted 35 – year old Timothy Hancock chasing the UTV with his pickup on a gravel road near Fortuna Sunday. They say it looked like he …

Two suspects are in the Callaway County jail after a meth bust. Officers searched a Fulton motel room after a tip Monday and found a large quantity of meth. Officers caught up to Courtney Pape and Dylan Nelson during a traffic stop. They say they found more meth, pipes and …

A suspected violent gangster from the state of California is arrested in Jefferson City. Officers say they were checking on something else on West Ashley on Saturday afternoon when they spotted Steven Lopez sitting in a car. They’d heard he might be in the area. Lopez tried to run but …