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(KMIZ) — A California Missouri man is charged with sexually abusing a 4 – year old girl. Jason Davis was arrested by Cole County deputies last month. Investigators had been looking into the case after being notified by family. Davis faces statutory rape and child molestation charges.  

A suspect tied to a car theft and a burglary in Cole County has been caught. The sheriff said yesterday (wed) Jesse Scott was found in Miller County. Investigators say they chased the Eldon man through some woods near Route D and Scrivner Road on Tuesday. He allegedly broke into …

Boone County Jail workers find a gun in an inmate’s cell. Amy Wilhite was booked into the jail on Valentine’s Day. Officers did not find the gun on the Moberly woman during a strip search that day. They spotted it with her personal belongings in the jail yesterday (wed). They …

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Roman Catholic leaders in St. Louis and New Orleans are advising Catholics that the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, newly approved for use in the U.S., is “morally compromised” because it is produced using a cell line derived from an aborted fetus. The New Orleans …

Now that the Johnson and Johnson COVID one – dose vaccine is on its way to Missouri, should you hold out for it?…      x760303    The Cole County Health Department’s Chezney Schulte thinks the vaccination clinics and the rate of patients who’ve had the virus has led to very …

Did you get an alert of a tornado warning on your phone yesterday? The National Weather Service now says it was sent in error during the Statewide Tornado Drill Tuesday morning. Software issues that caused the message to have been sent have now been fixed.

Cole County authorities are looking for a suspect tied to a car theft and a burglary. Jesse Scott has a large tattoo on his throat and neck. The Eldon man is white, six feet tall, 200 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes Investigators say they chased the 31-year-old Scott …

The pilot is okay after he crash lands his small private plane Monday at the Jefferson City Memorial airport. The Beechcraft Bonanza was having radio problems and the landing gear wouldn’t come down all the way. He managed to put the plane down without crashing. No one was hurt.

A Missouri father and his two young sons who were the subject of a missing person advisory have been found dead near Warsaw in Benton County. The Highway Patrol confirmed Monday night the deaths of Darrell Peak, 40; Kaiden Peak, 4; and Mayson Peak; 3. They were first reported missing …

(MissouriNet) — Governor Parson has released 281 million dollars – the last of his current state budget restrictions. A press release today from Parson’s office says about $123 million of the funding is for K-12 public schools and $1.5 million is for the Bright Flight state college scholarship program. Another …