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A Mexico police officer has minor injuries, after his gun went off and he was dragged a couple blocks while partially in a suspect’s car. No arrests yet, after a failed traffic stop on a wanted Mexico man on West Promenade early yesterday (mon) morning. Authorities say the suspect pulled …

A woman falls 15 feet from a cliff at Pinnacles State Park northeast of Columbia. She was stuck for a while yesterday (mon) afternoon until dozens of Boone County authorities got her out.  She has a lower leg injury, but should be ok.  

A flight out of Columbia bound for Chicago has to make an emergency landing. ABC 17 reports the flight bound for O’Hare airport last (sun) night had mechanical problems. It safely landed at the Bloomington, Illinois airport. No one was hurt.

A missing Camden County woman is okay. 57 – year old Elizabeth Stump went missing Saturday morning. Investigators pinged her phone and found that she was in Springfield around midnight Sunday.

A Jefferson City man dies in a Callaway County motorcycle crash. Troopers say 65 – year old John Nelson ran off Route J Friday afternoon. His motorcycle hit a traffic sign. No one else was on the bike. A mid-Missouri man is dead after a crash on Highway 50. Troopers …

It’s time again to safely get rid of old, unwanted prescription medications. The Cole County Sheriffs Department is collecting discarded prescriptions Saturday at the Region West Fire Station in St. Martins from10am – 2pm. You can also drop drugs off from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jefferson City …

It’s official .. a special election will decide a tie for a Holts Summit Alderman seat. The two candidates in the Ward – 2 race each got 35 votes. They were going to settle it with a coin toss, but Lisa Buhr disagreed. The June 18th election will see either …

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Missouri agency is warning merchants and consumers that bottles from a central Missouri winery pose a risk of exploding. The Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control said Thursday that the issue came to its attention during a routine inspection, when a wine bottle from …

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. (AP) – A man who has served 15 years in prison for the 2001 killing of a Missouri sports editor is challenging his imprisonment. Charles Erickson pleaded guilty in 2004 in the death of Columbia Daily Tribune sports editor Kent Heitholt. The Daily Tribune reports attorneys for …

Missouri Vietnam era veterans get a long deserved ‘Welcome Home’. Hundreds gathered in the Capitol Rotunda to be honored for their time served by Army veteran Governor Mike Parson … State lawmakers and National Guardsmen pinned special recognition medals on the veterans. Governor Parson served six years as a military …