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Road rage behind Cole County weekend shooting

One suspect is behind bars and a Cole County victim is at University Hospital with a gunshot wound. Sheriff John Wheeler says it apparently started as a road rage incident Sunday afternoon. Wheeler says deputies encountered a large crowd when they showed up at the scene in Elston. He believes …

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Teen gets off easy in theft case

A suspect in thefts from a Jefferson City sporting goods store gets off with only community service. 18 – year old Erneisha Dorema is accused of taking hundreds of dollars worth of items from Dick Sporting Goods and leading police on a chase during which items were thrown out of …

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Crash in JCMO fire station’s front yard injures 2

Talk about your quick response times. Jefferson City firefighters pull two victims from an overturned car last night. Their car ran off Highway 179 and into the front yard of Fire Station 3. One person managed to get out of the car, but crews had to pull the other victim …

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Paying the marijuana bills in cash

(MissouriNet) — The Missouri Department of Health is proposing to ban the practice of medical marijuana businesses paying their taxes and fees in cash. Industry officials say not paying in cash would keep some small businesses from being able to operate. Medical marijuana is legal in Missouri, but selling it …

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US House begins impeachment hearings

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 …

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A smoky fire empties out several JCMO apartments

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 …

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Memorial for JCMO man who died on Halloween

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 …

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Welcome to winter!

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 …

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Veterans renew old ties on the Honor Flight

(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 …

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