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WASHINGTON (AP) – The House has opened the first public hearing in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff opened the live, televised session Wednesday on Capitol Hill. It’s a remarkable moment for Trump, facing a rare impeachment proceeding over his actions toward Ukraine. Trump …

A kitchen fire forces people out of several Jefferson City apartments. It started yesterday (mon) evening on Southridge Drive near Highway 179 and Route C. Smoke came out of a basement level apartment. Smoke had to be removed from three other apartments in the building too. The Red Cross is …

A memorial will be held tonight [Monday] in Jefferson City for the artist who died during a performance on Halloween. Tarren Jakobi simulated a hanging as part of a spoken word piece about suicide at the bar The Mission. The harness he was wearing malfunctioned, but on-lookers had no idea …

It could be the most snow we’ve ever seen on this date in Columbia. Jared Maples of the National Weather Service says the forecast calls for one-to-two inches. It’s also looking like possibly record-breaking cold. Maples says to expect a low near 10 degrees tonight (mon), and a high only …

(MissouriNet) — Two northern Missouri men who fought side by side in the Vietnam War reunited decades later during a veterans trip to visit the nation’s war memorials. Steve Paulsell, the flight director for Central Missouri Honor Flight, says the Kirksville war heroes did not recognize each other on the …

HyVee treated Mid-Missouri veterans to a free buffet breakfast today Monday – (until 11am). Sorry guys, no S-O-S in sight! Thanks Rod Dolph and the whole HyVee crew from News Radio — KWOS!

A 17-year-old is now facing a first degree murder charge over that shooting in Jefferson City last week. Devin Schrimpf of Holts Summit is now in custody over the death of 18-year-old Jefferson City man Marquise Conley. Conley was found dead on Rolling Hills Drive early Halloween morning. A juvenile …

Boone County’s prosecutor points the finger at the husband in the case of a missing Columbia woman. ABC 17 reports Dan Knight called Joseph Elledge the prime suspect in the disappearance of Mengqi Ji Elledge yesterday (wed). She’s been missing about a month. A detective said yesterday (wed) he does …

A Pettis County resident is dead this morning after an officer involved shooting Tuesday night. According to a Nixle Alert, someone shot at deputies when they responded to a home for a domestic disturbance. Officers returned fire and the resident was hit and later died. No information yet on the …

(MissouriNet) — During a spoken word performance about suicide, artist and poet Tarren Jakobi simulated a hanging in front of a crowd of on-lookers at a Jefferson City music club. Audience members posed for pictures with Jakobi and took videos of the performance, not realizing anything was wrong. It wasn’t …