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An outside photo of Columbia fire station #2 (2021 file photo courtesy of the Columbia Fire Department) Columbia fire officials plan an 11 am press conference to provide information on that horrific overnight fire at the Columbia Square Apartments, which killed two people. The complex is located near west Columbia’s …

The FBI is offering a $10,00 reward for two men who escaped from the Cass County Jail December 5th. The pair are considered armed and dangerous. They aren’t thought to be traveling together.

As many as 20,000 birds are put down on an Osage County far. The Avian Flu is highly contagious. None of the destroyed birds made it into the food supply. The farm is quarantined.

The Columbia Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 1055 and Jefferson City Firefighters Local 671 are joining 939 the Eagle and Newsradio 950 KWOS from 6 to 6 today at Columbia Mall and at Buchheit in Jefferson City (December 14, 2022 Columbia Mall photo from 939 the Eagle’s Dr. Randy Tobler) The …

Authorities are still looking for a 15-year old girl from Ashland who has been missing for more than a week. Emilee Dubes has not been seen since Dec. 4. Ashland police chief Gabe Edwards said in an Instagram video that they believe Emilee cut a screen on her bedroom window …

A Jefferson City police officer is recovering after being attacked by a dog. Officers were called to the Days Inn on Jefferson Street when staffers asked that police remove a person and two dogs from the motel Monday night. Officers spotted drugs on the suspect and when they tried to …

More details come out after a Hallsville man died by electrocution after crashing a car in southern Boone County. Sheriff’s deputies say they arrested Justin Trader, 29, on Monday. He’s now charged with second degree murder and other felonies after the incident that killed Andrew Moss, 22, in September. Authorities …

A man accused in the death of a man near Hartburg last September now faces murder charges. Justin Trader is accused in the electrocution death of Andrew Moss. Moss crashed a stolen Jeep into a utility pole and was electrocuted when the lines came down. Court documents says the men …

The second teen who left an Owensville home is okay. 17 – year old Jersey Reynolds returned to her father’s home in Gerald. He 14 – year old sister Brooklyn was found safe on Sunday. The two had left the Owensville home Saturday night.

Two people are hospitalized after a rollover crash in Columbia. Firefighters say they were called to eastbound I-70 near the West Boulevard exit around 6:15 p.m. Sunday. They say they found a single vehicle resting on its top on the side of the road. Two people were taken to the …