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Abc – 17 — The Jefferson City Board of Education has approved a new bonus pay incentive for substitute teachers. Beginning on Tuesday, substitute teachers will receive a $500 bonus for every 20 cumulative days they sub for the district. The bonus pay structure, which is not retroactive, is in …

Update — Man sought after car chase and crash east of JCMO has been caught. Law officers are hunting for a man who was in a car that led police on a chase from Osage County and crashed at the State Emergency Management Agency Site east of Jefferson City. Investigators …

What do you think is behind the shortage of truck drivers in the country? Reed Coverdale is a trucker and a blogger. He says it’s getting too tough to get a commercial driver’s license … And now the state of California is not allowing trucking firms to use independent owner …

(AP) — A Mid – Missouri man accused of killing his wife admitted Tuesday that he buried her body in a park but insisted that her death was an accident that happened after he pushed her during an argument. Joseph Elledge is charged with first-degree murder in the death of …

Law enforcement agencies from across mid-Missouri are searching for a Boone County murder suspect, who’s on the run.   36-year-old Mark Alan Achterberg is charged with first degree murder, accused of shooting and killing 32-year-old Justin Stidham on Monday afternoon at Stidham’s home on North Kent Drive. That’s just north …

The jury in a high-profile Columbia murder trial heard a few hours of testimony on Monday from a CPD investigator about Joseph Elledge’s journal. The 26-year-old Elledge is charged with first degree murder for the October 2019 death of his wife, Menggi Ji. Her remains were discovered in March at …

Missouri’s governor is praising plans to build a new tech center in fast-growing Ashland, saying it ties-in with his focus on workforce development. Governor Mike Parson predicts Ashland’s tech center will create a pipeline of skilled workers in the region: The center is expected to open by the fall of …

ABC – 17 — Multiple first responder agencies signed the Missouri Open Roads Agreement. Those signing onto the agreement will adopt a goal to clear traffic incidents from roads safely in 90 minutes or fewer from the arrival of first responders. The incidents listed in the agreement include crashes and …

ABC – 17 — Prosecutors charged a man Monday in connection with a downtown Columbia shooting that happened over the weekend. Christopher Michael Sledd is charged with assault, unlawful use of a firearm, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm. The Columbia Police Department said the shooting happened …

ABC – 17 — A missing Jefferson City child was found in Kansas and the suspect is in custody. The Jefferson City Police Department issued an Endangered Person Advisory for a missing person incident on Sunday.  An eight-year-old girl Dakota Sky Autumn Leigh was missing. The suspect was believed to …