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KMIZ  –  New information about a Pulaski County murder. A Pulaski County prosecutor has charged Brandon Veasman with first-degree murder in last week’s death of Mark Ethington. New court documents allege Ethington was stabbed to death outside of his home in the 11000 block of Route MM near Dixon on …

The veteran Boone County prosecutor says cell phone records place Columbia murder suspect Joseph Elledge at the grave site of his wife at Rock Bridge State Park in October 2019. The revelation came during a heated Thursday hearing in Boone County Circuit Court between Prosecutor Dan Knight and defense attorney …

Would you ride a motorcycle without a helmet? A lot of Missourians are. Mo – Dot says rider fatalities are way up since last year’s repeal of the helmet law. But Senator Bob Onder thinks the agency’s numbers might be skewed …    Mo – Dot claims 116 – motorcyclists have …

AP — U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of extra shots. The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who …

Why did a female inmate die in a Cole County Jail cell last month? 35 – year old Tiffany McCormack was found dead in a holding cell on August 24th. Sheriff John Wheeler says the Callaway County Sheriff’s office is handling the investigation …      Callaway Sheriff Clay Chism says …

A man is facing murder charges after a body is found in Pulaski County. 42 – year old Brandon Veasman was arrested Tuesday after the victim’s body was found the 11000 block of Highway MM north of Dixon last Friday. Mark Ethington had been stabbed to death. Veasman is held …

KMIZ — Joseph Elledge is set to have another hearing TODAY Thursday, after defense attorneys requested to delay his murder trial on Sep. 10 due to receiving “voluminous” records from prosecutors. Two recent letters show Boone County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Knight has sent defense attorneys Missouri State Highway Patrol lab …

KMIZ — Pulaski County prosecutors charge a 24-year-old Crocker man in the death of his 8-month old daughter. Dillon Snider is charged with second-degree murder, child abuse resulting in death and endangering the welfare of a child.  He is being held on a one-million-dollar bond The infant was found dead …

KMIZ — The city council for the City of Jefferson is developing a ward-redistricting plan after the recent census. Officials have proposed options for changes to ward boundaries using standard redistricting criteria. The council is inviting the public to attend two open house events to provide comments on the proposed …