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Authorities have caught a Jefferson City shooting suspect. Police said they arrested Trey Garrett at a home this week. Garrett is accused of shooting someone at an apartment on Broadway Street back on June 4th. He ran away before the cops got there. Garrett has been charged with first-degree assault …

Zimmer Communications was just named the winner of a national service award. The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation chose Zimmer Radio out of four finalists for the Service to Community Award for Radio in the ownership group category. Zimmer won the award for its annual Miracles for Kids Radiothon. …

KMIZ 17 — A Monroe County man charged with murdering his fiancee was sentenced Monday to life in prison plus a decade. A Cole County judge sentenced James Addie to life in prison without parole plus 10 years for the 2018 death of Molly Watson. Addie was convicted in April …

The man who was shot in the head in downtown Moberly last week has died. Police said yesterday (mon) Mitchell Nickerson passed away at the hospital. He was 49 years old. Prosecutors charged 79-year old Jerry Fitzwater with first-degree assault and more. It’s possible that Fitzwater could soon be charged …

Governor Parson is expected to sign into law the state’s first gas tax increase in decades. That bill signed is scheduled to take place today (tue). The law will gradually raise the state’s gas tax by 12-and-a-half cents-a-gallon over five years, with the option for buyers to get a refund …

Are we in for an even worse round of Covid – 19 infections? Capital Region Medical Center’s Dr. Randall Haight says they’re worried …       Haight says his (Jefferson City) hospital is full right now and about one –tenth of patients have Covid. He adds most of those Coronavirus – positive …

Charges have now been filed after a man is shot in the head in downtown Moberly. Police say 79-year old Jerry Fitzwater is charged with first-degree assault and more. Fitzwater admitted to shooting a 49-year old man in the head on East Burkhart Street last week. The victim was taken …

A 98-year old Illinois man drowns near a home in the Lake of the Ozarks. The patrol says Louis Janowski was trying to lean on a post on a dock on Tangled Oaks Road near Kaiser last week. He missed the post and fell into the water, and never resurfaced. …

KWOS Promotion / Jefferson Bank – Person You Should Know with Austin Petersen & John Marsh July 9, 2021 This person is a single parent, born and raised in JCMO. This person started a rescue for pit bull pups, right here in our community. This person is also an assistant …

KMIZ 17 — Cole County prosecutors charged a Holts Summit man with three felonies in the Wednesday armed robbery of a Jefferson City Dollar General store. Tyler Williams, 24, was charged Thursday with first-degree robbery, unlawful use of a weapon and armed criminal action. He is accused of robbing a …