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Jefferson City police have one person in custody after a shots fired incident today on the city’s south side. They were called to West Dunklin around 9:30. Shots were fired at a car after an apparent dispute. No one was hit, but bullets hit the car. The suspected shooter was …

KINGSTON, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri man has pleaded not guilty to tampering with a vehicle rented by two missing Wisconsin brothers. KSHB-41 reports that Garland Nelson pleaded not guilty during an arraignment Monday. Missouri prosecutors allege Nelson abandoned a rental truck used by Justin and Nick Diemel, of Shawano …

(MissouriNet) — The House Subcommittee on Health Care Reform will hold a hearing today afternoon at 12:30. Subcommittee chairman Steve Helms of Springfield tells Missourinet his committee aim is to improve access to health care, and reduce costs for individuals. GOP House Speaker Elijah Haahr (pronounced like car) opposes Medicaid …

Are U-S forces going to ‘cut and run’ in Syria? Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer acknowledges that about 1000 U-S troops are pulling out of the Kurdish controlled areas ahead of a Turkish offensive … Turkey’s operation is aimed at clearing the US-backed Kurdish militia away from Turkey’s border. Luetkemeyer says, while …

A Moberly man dies in a Columbia motorcycle crash. Police say Tracy Page was riding his Harley on the Business Loop late Saturday morning. He crashed into the side of a car trying to cross the Business Loop at Seventh Street and was ejected. He died at a hospital. Page …

A Jefferson City man is doing ok after a boat crash on the Lake of the Ozarks. The patrol says Arthur Brown’s crashed into the port side of another boat yesterday (sun) afternoon in Workman Hollow Cove on the Osage Arm of the lake. The Potosi man in the other …

A 21-year-old is facing charges over Columbia’s latest shots fired investigation. Police found shell casings and some property damaged Wednesday night near Rice Road and Boyd Lane in the northeast part of town. Terrell Lawrence of Columbia was arrested on Chestnut Drive not long after the shots fired. He’s a …

(MissouriNet) — The state’s lieutenant governor says Missourians will have to decide whether a gasoline tax increase is needed. Missouri’s 17-cent gasoline tax has remained the same since 1996. Last November, voters rejected a proposed ten-cent gas tax increase. At his recent campaign announcement in Jefferson City, Lieutenant Governor Mike …

Crimestoppers is offering a reward if you’ve got info on a couple Cole County burglaries. Deputies say someone forced open a door and got in to homes on Route E south of Jefferson City, and West Lohman Road west of the capital, in the past week. The thief took weapons, …

Deputies say they caught a Chicago man with a bunch of drugs in Callaway County. Dossie Richmond was arrested after a traffic stop early yesterday (wed) on Highway 54 south of Kingdom City. Investigators say they found heroin, crack, and more. The total street value was more than 53-thousand dollars. …