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A Jefferson City man is dead after a crash involving two motorcycles. Police say Gregory Detienne lost control of his bike on Highway 50 at the capital last (sun) night. He hit a guardrail, then went back on the highway and hit Donald Hampton’s motorcycle. Detienne is dead. He was …

The coronavirus records kept falling over the weekend. Boone County added 56 cases on Saturday, it’s daily high. 32 more positives were confirmed yesterday (sun). Cole County set its record yesterday (sun), with 15 new cases. The state dropped well below its record daily numbers from last week, but still …

The man who threw a Molotov cocktail into the Columbia Planned Parenthood building gets his federal prison sentence this (mon) morning. Wesley Kaster is probably looking at serving five years. Kaster pleaded guilty to the arson last November. He did it early one morning last February. No one was hurt.

KMIZ– A Jefferson City man who pleaded guilty to killing his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend will spend the rest of his life in prison. A Cole County judge sentenced Brandon Rapier, 30, to consecutive life sentences on two counts of first-degree murder and 15 years apiece on two counts of …

Investigators say a body found near Millersburg last week is that of a Columbia man. The remains are identified as 31 – year old Ervin Hayes. His body was found Thursday along a road near the Boone – Callaway County line. The case is being treated as a murder.

Callaway County authorities say a person found dead on the side of the road was murdered. Deputies spotted the body yesterday (thur) afternoon near a county road off Route WW west of Millersburg. They believe the victim is from the Columbia area. We don’t know that person’s name yet. No …

For the second time in three days, Missouri breaks its single-day coronavirus case record. Another 795 positives were confirmed yesterday (thur). Five more Missourians have died from COVID-19. Cole County reported its highest daily increase ever, 13 new cases yesterday (thur). Boone County added 42 new cases yesterday (thur). That’s …

The August 4th primary will decide who will be Cole County’s Western District Commissioner. Both Gary Bemboom and Harry Otto are challenging incumbent Kris Scheperle. Otto is a career CPA who was also a Deputy State Auditor. He says he can devote full time to the position … Otto says …

(MissouriNet) — President Trump says he is going to put a lot of pressure on governors to reopen schools this fall and threatened on Twitter today to cut federal funding to schools that do not reopen. Governor Parson and Education Commissioner Margie Vandeven are in Washington, D.C. to meet with …

A former marijuana lobbyist pleads guilty to helping bring a lot of weed from Oregon to mid-Missouri. Eapen Thampy admitted this week to helping organize a drug deal. He faces up to five years in prison. Others charged as part of the conspiracy are connected to the death of Augustus …