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Ian Thomas has confirmed Mayor Brian Treece has asked him to resign from the Columbia City Council. The Missourian first reported the story. Thomas is facing a misdemeanor charge, after offering his vote on a development if the developer put money toward affordable housing in town. Thomas has apologized and …

Autopsies are happening today (thur) in Columbia in the investigation of the death of a four-year-old boy and a family friend. The Highway Patrol now says the boy who died is Bentlee Turner, and the man is 37-year-old Monty Barton. They’re both from Belle. Their bodies were found near Barton’s …

Searchers in Columbia’s landfill found human remains yesterday (wed), as they looked for the body of Megan Shultz. Those remains were turned over to medical examiners, who will now try to confirm it is Shultz. She’s the Columbia woman who went missing in 2006. Wisconsin police say her husband, Keith …

Lincoln University was on a brief lockdown Wednesday after several parked cars were hit by gunshots. The University Police issued the alert around noon and lifted it about 20 minutes later. No one was injured but police say some cars were damaged. No one has been arrested.

It’s safe bet that the flood – damaged Jefferson City Airport terminal is coming down. The questions still is .. what will they replace it with? The city’s Britt Smith says they’re just in the early planning stages … The Council okayed the city to apply for about $45,000 in …

A man is found dead in an SUV at a Lake area parking lot. Camdenton Police say a Wal Mart employee found the man dead in the back of the vehicle in the store’s parking lot around 5:30 Monday afternoon. The man is identified as 45 – year old James …

Jefferson City Councilmen okay pursuing a grant that will fund the planning for a new airport terminal. The airport terminal was badly damaged in this year’s flooding and needs to be replaced. The study will look at locations for a new terminal and cost estimates. The grant would provide about …

A Miller County man will spend nearly 50 – years in prison after admitting to sex charges involving two underage girls. 23 – year old Dillon Hall of Brumley was sentenced to 47 – years behind bars for statutory rape and sodomy.

Police drug dogs sniff out drugs at Fulton High School. A surprise search didn’t turn up any drugs inside the building, but drugs were found in a car in the high school parking lot.

Jefferson City police have tracked down a shooting suspect. Arthur Phillips is now in jail with a 50-thousand dollar bond. Investigators say they’ve got Phillips on surveillance video causing some property damage with a gun near Broadway and West Atchison on the 3rd. He also was allegedly selling some fake …